Personal Housing Server Limitations and the Future of FFXIV Development

[Nephera]

we could've always gone with a less intensive housing system from the get go. we could've had eq2 housiiiiiinnngg -fades into the distance-

[Baneus]

we could've always gone with a less intensive housing system from the get go. we could've had eq2 housiiiiiinnngg -fades into the distance-

EQ2 housing was a far better solution than what SE has rolled out here.

[Zileth]

Hey guys did you know that servers can be upgraded if needed......

More you know...........

[Dark-Saviour]

Hey guys did you know that servers can be upgraded if needed......

SE is the one you should be informing of this.
Of course they, as always, see no need.

[Zileth]

SE is the one you should be informing of this.
Of course they, as always, see no need.

As of now.... no they dont.

All these complex effects/ mechanics and other stuff people have been whining about isnt just from the server not being able to handle it....... the game consoles do play their parts and people that still game with potato of a computer

[Souljacker]

then scrap the ridiculous wards system for the personal housing. XI's system worked just fine. We didn't need FC houses with rooms inside fc houses and then player houses in the same wards so they have to add more wards (to the tune of what, a thousand at least per server?). People asked for a FC house, and a personal house.

The FC housing system remains as it is. The rooms inside the FC houses were not needed.
The player housing system should have been the room system, entered from some origination point, purchased from an npc, and created on demand.

They need to hire a consultant, because they are doing everything in the most resource-intensive way possible. You can't do that and then cry "but server capacity!"... especially when your decade-old mmo somehow managed to accommodate all the players on hamster equipment.

[Riixie]

You forgot to mention the limitations of the PS3 and continual support of that platform.

[Morningstar1337]

They need to hire a consultant, because they are doing everything in the most resource-intensive way possible. You can't do that and then cry "but server capacity!"... especially when your decade-old mmo somehow managed to accommodate all the players on hamster equipment.

You forgot to mention the limitations of the PS3 and continual support of that platform.

Isn't XI still supported on the PS2? Housing and all?

Even back in FFXI days, I've always thought a lot of SE's problems stemmed from the fact they were a console game company trying to make PC games.

Now that you think of it 1.0 did use The Crystal Tools engines, which was likely intended for the Fabulla Nova Crystalis games and the results were horrendous to say the least

[Dyvid]

Well this is a difficult issue when you talking about server expansion. Honestly and people are going to hate this but housing is going to be popular the first few months then the hype will die out much like 2.1 and FC housing. As consumer we tell them to spare no expense when it comes to us and we are right to do so. As a company they see it from the other end where they spend millions in more server only to find out it was needed, the companies bottom line and all.

It is time SE expands on servers and add another server hub to Europe in prep for 3.0. The players have shown there is enough interest in the game that it's not going to have a steep drop in subs.

[Cynthis]

I think you are absolutely right and agree that if they want to play it cheap or not fix the underlying design problems but instead limit gameplay for us subscribers then they just don't have a clue how to run a subscription based model MMO.