Field Instances

[Issac]

Sounds like a good temporary solution, but...
■Worlds Currently Using Field Instances
Chocobo / Shinryu / Bahamut / Carbuncle / Balmung / Gilgamesh / Excalibur / Hyperion

Masamune is a highly populated server, especially JP clients. The game is going to launch EA during JP primetime. Why oh WHY is Masamune not on this list?

Uh...


For those who haven't seen yet,

■Details
To ease area populations and login restrictions due to congestion when service starts, we will be implementing multiple Field Instances of the following 3 areas.

　　Coerthas Central Highlands / Coerthas Western Highlands / The Sea of Clouds

A Field Instance is one of many copies of an area that you can travel to when changing areas.

These instances will be distinguished with a number at the end of the area name, such as "Coerthas Central Highlands 1", "Coerthas Central Highlands 2", "Coerthas Central Highlands 3", and so on. Each Field Instance will be the complete area, albeit separate copies.

Depending on each World's congestion, there may be Worlds that do not separate areas into Field Instances. Please check the "Worlds Currently Using Field Instances" section to see which Worlds are currently utilizing Field Instances.

[Kukajoo]

behemoth needs to be on that list too
oh please square please

[Causality]

Depending on each World's congestion, there may be Worlds that do not separate areas into Field Instances. Please check the "Worlds Currently Using Field Instances" section to see which Worlds are currently utilizing Field Instances.

Those worlds are automatically going to start with the instances and other worlds will use them as the need arises. I imagine they have an instance cap which will automatically trigger the initialization of the field instances.

For example

Chocobo / Shinryu / Bahamut / Carbuncle / Balmung / Gilgamesh / Excalibur / Hyperion

OMG WE ALREADY KNOW WE ARE JUST GOING TO LEAVE ALL THREE ON.


Everybody else

Its set to trigger Field instances as each instance fills up.

Two games that use this on the top of my mind are Elder Scrolls online and Star Wars the Old Republic.

[Issac]

Depending on each World's congestion, there may be Worlds that do not separate areas into Field Instances. Please check the "Worlds Currently Using Field Instances" section to see which Worlds are currently utilizing Field Instances.

Those worlds are automatically going to start with the instances and other worlds will use them as the need arises. I imagine they have an instance cap which will automatically trigger the initialization of the field instances.

Two games that use this on the top of my mind are Elder Scrolls online and Star Wars the Old Republic.

SE is not famous for having such automatic systems in place without a 3-6 hour emergency maintenance.

[Causality]

SE is not famous for having such automatic systems in place without a 3-6 hour emergency maintenance.

Oh I know but this is a 24hr maintenance and they seem to have already considered things.... for once..... *Knock on wood*

[aerialrave]

This 'feature' was annoying in Guild Wars 2 and caused a lot of problems.
I hope it doesn't cause any trouble in FFXIV. I am on one of those servers that will be affected (Balmung).

[Alquamire]

This "feature" was one of the main reasons I left WoW, though they really used it for the opposite means (shared maps with other servers rather than split maps on one server for the most part). Nope nope nope to instanced maps, thank the twelve I'm playing on a lower population server.

[Eul]

Oh my server is on list, but Shinryu is low populated server

I don't know what's the meaning of this Field Instance.

[Musashidon]

Oh my server is on list, but Shinryu is low populated server

I don't know what's the meaning of this Field Instance.

channels, basically you can be in the same map in the same spot but not see each other because you are in instance 1 and they are in 2.

[Eul]

channels, basically you can be in the same map in the same spot but not see each other because you are in instance 1 and they are in 2.

Oh I see, but it's kinda weird to have different channel.

EDIT: They should put it in high-populated server, are they just add this because they looked at most character people make in server? (Shinryu still new server like Jenova tho)