[Dev 1024] Server transfer & or Merging

[Arcell]

Well, I've said this in every single "Server merges please" thread so I guess I'll say it again:

It would be an incredibly foolish move to merge/allow transfers currently.

1. Ghost towns. If you allow transfers then the low population servers will be left with no one at all. This wouldn't seem like a problem now but what PS3 players are going to want to populate a completely dead server?

2. Over population. As a result of the above the current mid/high population servers would then become full. This means that some players would not be given a chance to move to a decent population server, PS3 players would be forced to populate dead servers.

3. Merge problems. If they merge servers now but come PS3 launch the population exceeds the new server load then they must make more servers again. So then at that point they've spent money to merge them and now re-open them, not necessarily a good thing.

The logical solution (to me) would be to wait until after PS3 launch population stabilizes, then allow transfers and/or merge as necessary. If they were to do this beforehand it would be premature and just cause more problems. I'm sorry that you're on a now-low population server but you must think of the bigger picture here. If it were not for PS3 launch it wouldn't be a problem.

[Fouluryu]

Well, I've said this in every single "Server merges please" thread so I guess I'll say it again:

It would be an incredibly foolish move to merge/allow transfers currently.

1. Ghost towns. If you allow transfers then the low population servers will be left with no one at all. This wouldn't seem like a problem now but what PS3 players are going to want to populate a completely dead server?

2. Over population. As a result of the above the current mid/high population servers would then become full. This means that some players would not be given a chance to move to a decent population server, PS3 players would be forced to populate dead servers.

3. Merge problems. If they merge servers now but come PS3 launch the population exceeds the new server load then they must make more servers again. So then at that point they've spent money to merge them and now re-open them, not necessarily a good thing.

The logical solution (to me) would be to wait until after PS3 launch population stabilizes, then allow transfers and/or merge as necessary. If they were to do this beforehand it would be premature and just cause more problems. I'm sorry that you're on a now-low population server but you must think of the bigger picture here. If it were not for PS3 launch it wouldn't be a problem.

I personally feel that your theory is off. I have some support to this game to some extent but you have to look at the statistics. Before the search function was taken out, the population was low on most servers. Wutai has sunk deeply to a low population than what it was before. It wouldn't cause problems, it would resolve the biggest problems so people would be encouraged to come out and play.