Guess I'll quit again...a story of loneliness where there should be friendship

[CidHeiral]

Well that sucks, because they're not getting another penny from me until I can play with my friend. Its the entire point of playing a damn MMORPG.

Usually server congestion is lifted in the next major patch. During 6.4 I had some friends that wanted to transfer to Hyperion which was congested at the time. It was lifted in 6.5. They do that to keep the realm populations relatively healthy. You should be able to transfer in 7.1.

DC travel should've been fully re-enabled with 7.01

DC travel should be deleted forever.

[SophiaDL]

How else are they going to pretend that Dynamis is alive if they dont force literally everyone to go there ?

Fun fact, Dynamis is "alive" right now, thanks to all the travelers that have to travel there because they cant meet and play with their friends thanks to the absolutely useless restrictions

That apparently to SE is the way to go, lock everyone away from their friends so they are forced to go on a dead DC just to pretend that it's in a healthy state, that is bound to die again once travel and transfer opens up again.

Most people aint stupid, we on Dynamis can see that half the population right now if not more are travelers, and once DC travel opens, those people will go back to older DC's, they aint going to stay here, SE should give proper rewards to people transfering to Dynamis instead of trying to play a game of pretending that the DC is fully healthy by locking an entire community to 1 DC while other people can enjoy two.

And to OP especially, I understand you, most of my friends are on crystal with some on Aether and I am Dynamis based, I am basically stuck on here, I'm not going to cut my group of friends in half just so they can come over to me on my dead DC that no one cares to go to, this restriction shouldnt be in place, but as you can see, the community as usual is divided on the problem and barely anyone is complaining, even though it should have been lifted with 7.0.1 as there's absolutely no congestion.

This is another case of "great community btw" really, people being selfish. The people that are agaisnt the lifting of the restriction are mostly on already established DC's, while us on Dynamis have no say in who comes to our DC and we cant go anywhere.

Usually server congestion is lifted in the next major patch. During 6.4 I had some friends that wanted to transfer to Hyperion which was congested at the time. It was lifted in 6.5. They do that to keep the realm populations relatively healthy. You should be able to transfer in 7.1.




DC travel should be deleted forever.

Also your post is false, the restrictions will lift at the latest on 7.0.5 which is in 11 days, this isnt a normal congestion and it was posted that it'd be lifted either for 7.0.1 or 7.0.5.

[Reinha]

Well that sucks, because they're not getting another penny from me until I can play with my friend. Its the entire point of playing a damn MMORPG.

Don't believe misinformation. The devs said travel opens in 11 days when savage is released.

[CidHeiral]

Also your post is false, the restrictions will lift at the latest on 7.0.5 which is in 11 days, this isnt a normal congestion and it was posted that it'd be lifted either for 7.0.1 or 7.0.5.

Well then I stand corrected.

[Naoki34]

I played FFXIV for many years with a couple of co-workers, and had a great time. Somewhere during early Endwalker they both quit playing for various reasons, and I was left alone, with no friends to play with. I kept playing, but it was lonely, and it ruined the game for me, and eventually I quit too.

Recently, I made a new RL friend, and imagine my surprise when we're talking and I found out he plays FFXIV. He tells me about Dawntrail and that he has an active FC that do lots of different content together, and a house! All the fun memories I have of the game come rushing back. So I excitedly hop on my phone, buy Dawntrail and 30 day subscription, and reactivate my extra retainers. Fun times ahead, right?

Nope, I go to transfer my character to his homeworld and its "congested". I ask my friend, and there's no queues even in prime time, but still "congested". So I suck it up, and play through the MSQ, hit lvl100...and I'm lonely again in FFXIV and can't bring myself to log in anymore. To rub salt in the wound, Wuk Lamat reminds me every 5 minutes how important friendship is, while I sit here lonely in the game.

I can't expect my new friend to abandon his FC, but I can't join their fun. I can't expect every one of them to datacenter travel to meet me over at Dynamis every time they want to run a trial or hunt maps or some other group content. I can't hang out in front of the FC house and socialize, because I can't travel there.

So I just don't play, and I guess I'll quit again instead of having a great time. And that's sad. And my sadness turns to anger and resentment when I realize I am being robbed of fun because the "congested" status is artificial to prop up Dynamis, a ghost-town data-center that seemingly no one wants to play on unless they are forced there.

Well, it's a good thing that not everyone comes to tell us they're going to stop the game, otherwise how would we manage?

Who are you anyway?
Do you need our consent?

[SophiaDL]

Well, it's a good thing that not everyone comes to tell us they're going to stop the game, otherwise how would we manage?

Who are you anyway?
Do you need our consent?

Who are you anyway ? Do they need your consent to post their thread ?

Also just a little hint for the future

Dont click the thread if it doesnt interest you, but I know for people like you it's very hard.

Grow up.

[Boblawblah]

Who are you anyway ? Do they need your consent to post their thread ?

Also just a little hint for the future

Dont click the thread if it doesnt interest you, but I know for people like you it's very hard.

Grow up.

Speaking of who are you..that sass is awfully familiar...

[Ardeth]

I'm debating on it as well, but more from just the general loneliness of the game. I join FCs, and nobody wants to play with me. I try to talk to people in dungeons, and they ignore me.

I know this was a server congestion is crap post, and I agree, but I am seriously debating on quitting after almost 11 years because of all the anti-social behavior I keep running into. I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does.

[FlowerMilk]

To rub salt in the wound, Wuk Lamat reminds me every 5 minutes how important friendship is, while I sit here lonely in the game.

OOF

[Sekundessounet]

I played FFXIV for many years with a couple of co-workers, and had a great time. Somewhere during early Endwalker they both quit playing for various reasons, and I was left alone, with no friends to play with. I kept playing, but it was lonely, and it ruined the game for me, and eventually I quit too.

Recently, I made a new RL friend, and imagine my surprise when we're talking and I found out he plays FFXIV. He tells me about Dawntrail and that he has an active FC that do lots of different content together, and a house! All the fun memories I have of the game come rushing back. So I excitedly hop on my phone, buy Dawntrail and 30 day subscription, and reactivate my extra retainers. Fun times ahead, right?

Nope, I go to transfer my character to his homeworld and its "congested". I ask my friend, and there's no queues even in prime time, but still "congested". So I suck it up, and play through the MSQ, hit lvl100...and I'm lonely again in FFXIV and can't bring myself to log in anymore. To rub salt in the wound, Wuk Lamat reminds me every 5 minutes how important friendship is, while I sit here lonely in the game.

I can't expect my new friend to abandon his FC, but I can't join their fun. I can't expect every one of them to datacenter travel to meet me over at Dynamis every time they want to run a trial or hunt maps or some other group content. I can't hang out in front of the FC house and socialize, because I can't travel there.

So I just don't play, and I guess I'll quit again instead of having a great time. And that's sad. And my sadness turns to anger and resentment when I realize I am being robbed of fun because the "congested" status is artificial to prop up Dynamis, a ghost-town data-center that seemingly no one wants to play on unless they are forced there.

You can't expect them to do that everytime, but they could do it for a few weeks until restrictions are lifted. It's not so much as to prop up Dynamis than to keep these DC stable enough.
It's a bummer but bid your time for a little bit and restrictions should lift soon enough. Also try to make your transfer in off hours when you can. And if this friend is your friend, you can ask them to DC travel from time to time.