[Feedback] Data Center Travel Changes

[angelar_]

Just cause you live on an empty server doesn't mean every raider should suffer for it. There is nothing wrong with people wanting to be on active servers & they have no obligation to do otherwise. The only permanent solution is to make cross-DC parties, then it won't matter where people are or what server they choose to make a character on.

Only modern MMO not moving towards megaserver technology, if it isn't already there.

[KazukoHimura]

Only modern MMO not moving towards megaserver technology, if it isn't already there.

I'd say if Sqenix was to go for megaserver technology, they should make sure blacklisting is solid. Game I fled from didn't have full blacklisting and a megaserver system so needless to say it kept throwing me with people I was blacklisted with in open world zones.

But regardless of that, these current issues need to be fixed.

[VoidsentStatus]

Only modern MMO not moving towards megaserver technology, if it isn't already there.

I don't think FF14 would ever want to have megaserver technology given the population numbers. Just on average, If I was to assume 20 players during prime hours in Limsa, and you had that for 32 worlds, I would not want to think of having over 600 characters on my screen in a small area. I wouldn't be able to see anything at all. I would not want to think of hunt trains of 400+ people trying to kill the same mob and someone didn't have their effects turned down. I would not want to think of dealing with 1 marketboard that was combined and dealing with bots crashing every market that much easier. I also would not want to think of a 300+ Other Tab for venues because all 4 data centers are competing now and trying to spam PF's to stay at the top. I do not want to think of a 200+ savage PF list to cyphen through to decide what to join. Crystalline Conflict would be better and worse because ranked would be harder to wintrade inside of, but casual sync'ing with friends would be near impossible and the trolls/griefers/queue problems from one data center would have free reign on all of them. Currently it's a pick your poison for what data center you queue on. Housing would be a massive dumpster fire to combine, shout chat advertising being combined of all 4 data centers would be a dumpster fire.