RAF: Server Restrictions (Dead-Horse)

[Yaichiro]

Instead of "wasting" 30 days they could have transferred to your server at some cost which is quite possible as far as I know.

[Lan_Mantear]

Instead of "wasting" 30 days they could have transferred to your server at some cost which is quite possible as far as I know.

I would have to agree with OP. RAF should by-pass any such restrictions. What's the point of recruiting a friend, if they can't even be on the same server as you?

[Eidolon]

Instead of "wasting" 30 days they could have transferred to your server at some cost which is quite possible as far as I know.

Oh, right.

He should have his friends pay an additional 20$ on top of their initial purchase of the game + Monthly fee + Expansion (if they opened with the expansion, some might've gotten the pack even though it's useless to them pre-50) just to be able to play on the same server as their friend.

Yes, that's a sound business decision.

For square enix. NOT for the players. Don't encourage bad business practices.

If you have a character on the server
> You should be able to make alts without restriction.

If you refer a friend
> They should be able to make a character on your server without restriction.

[UltimateAoe2]

Oh, right.

He should have his friends pay an additional 20$ on top of their initial purchase of the game + Monthly fee + Expansion (if they opened with the expansion, some might've gotten the pack even though it's useless to them pre-50) just to be able to play on the same server as their friend.

Yes, that's a sound business decision.

For square enix. NOT for the players. Don't encourage bad business practices.

If you have a character on the server
> You should be able to make alts without restriction.

If you refer a friend
> They should be able to make a character on your server without restriction.

Reason why character restriction exists (probably):

RMT/Bots.

really it in my opinion. maybe not but who knows.

[Eidolon]

Reason why character restriction exists (probably):

RMT/Bots.

really it in my opinion. maybe not but who knows.

Balmung is actually one of the few servers you can go to where there are... very few RMT tells. This is because it's constantly locked; there's no way for the RMT/bots to get characters on there.

So they don't seem to have a character on the server to advertise with.

They don't seem to have a character on the server to refer more to the server with.

And honestly... Punishing the playerbase in an effort to stop RMT on -one- server is a very flimsy reason. That's neglectful to all the other servers and is even painful for the people on the server who want to invite their friend. It's basically a lose-lose-lose with the RMT being stopped in the trenches while the rest climb your walls and slaughter your king.

[Ashkendor]

Reason why character restriction exists (probably):

RMT/Bots.

really it in my opinion. maybe not but who knows.

Nah. Character creation restrictions don't do much to RMT. It just keeps them off of the busiest of servers because they can't make characters. It's an effort to try to funnel players to the less populated servers because there's a point at which the size of a server population becomes detrimental. There was a thread awhile back where someone from Balmung posted this gem:



I really don't think RAF should allow you to bypass character creation restrictions. I understand people want to play with their friends and all, but trying to cram more and more players onto the more populated servers leads to performance issues. :s

[Naunet]

Instead of "wasting" 30 days they could have transferred to your server at some cost which is quite possible as far as I know.

Oh lord. "Sure, you can play the game with your friend, but only if you give us $20 on top of what you've already spent for the box and sub."

Totally reasonable. Yup.