Low pop server / Server inactivity

[Lilyanna]

Sadly to say, I doubt there will be any server mergers ... shareholders and the like will view mergers as the game is failing... WoW didn't even do that, they did that their instance thing... whatever... instead of just merging ...

[Rhas]

shareholders and the like will view mergers as the game is failing... (

What shareholders? SE owns it, just like originally with WoW and Blizzard.

FFXIV is not in the same boat as 95% of all the other MMO out there that actually have to listen to shareholder *demands* and implement them regardless of what the main company says.

If SE really wants to do it, they will. Just like they did with XI... Though, I really don't see it happening at this point, especially with 3.0 so close. The game is still far too popular.

Many of the problems where it seems like worlds are less active (imo) are due to most people not working on low content anymore and strictly farming for things like light. People are still in the game, just doing different content.

[Noahlimits]

What shareholders? SE owns it, just like originally with WoW and Blizzard.

You do realize Square Enix itself has shareholders, right? They can view servers merging or population dropping as failure depending on the incoming revenue. And they do have a say on what happens within the company, FFXIV included.

http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/faq.html

[Rhas]

You do realize Square Enix itself has shareholders, right? They can view servers merging or population dropping as failure depending on the incoming revenue. And they do have a say on what happens within the company, FFXIV included.

http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/faq.html

Again, FFXIV is not in the same boat as 95% of all the other MMO out there that actually have to listen to shareholder *demands* and implement them regardless of what the main company says.

Look at all the companies out there that have made a mess of things strictly because of shareholders. Lets just throw out the MMO name LOTRO as a perfect example, for instance. Or GW2.... How's SWTOR doing after being forced to go F2P. I really shouldn't have to go on at this point.

The main thing is, the shareholders SE does have don't have much real input about getting things forced into/onto the game. SE holds the control. Sure if enough investors tell SE they would like to see a certain thing or another, they may try to accommodate but SE will never be forced into implementing something it doesn't want to.

[Ilitsa]

WoW didn't even do that, they did that their instance thing... whatever... instead of just merging ...

Wow's servers are essentially merged now.

[Aegis]

... shareholders and the like will view mergers as the game is failing...

You can't have shares in FFXIV, it's not like it's made by a small company with only one IP. You can have shares in SE, but shareholders in SE won't be paying any attention to things like patches or server merges, only revenue and subscription numbers (if they even bother to look in that much detail).

Sure if enough investors tell SE they would like to see a certain thing or another, they may try to accommodate but SE will never be forced into implementing something it doesn't want to.

There are no investors in XIV, only Shareholders in SE. The only pressure that can be put on Yoshi-P is from his immediate superiors (or us).