Forced server move from Ragnarok

[ServerCollaps]

shame on SE

how can they care more about 720 million europeans than over 20 million australians

[NessaWyvern]

New Zealanders have the same thing... Leaving everyone I had ever known in FF14, seeing my friends list got from 142 people to 0, It was heart breaking, luckily I found a friendly FC on the server I moved to, to help fill the void that was made when I left.

>.> FF14 recommended the EU server when I joined... Why?

[AskaRay]

New Zealanders have the same thing... Leaving everyone I had ever known in FF14, seeing my friends list got from 142 people to 0, It was heart breaking, luckily I found a friendly FC on the server I moved to, to help fill the void that was made when I left.

>.> FF14 recommended the EU server when I joined... Why?

Is it because NZ and AUS are part of the EU?

Seriously asking if they're considered part of it, I'm not sure. That's the only reason I could think of to be honest.

[Atoli]

Is it because NZ and AUS are part of the EU?
Seriously asking if they're considered part of it, I'm not sure. That's the only reason I could think of to be honest.

In general: no, of course not xD
In terms of games though: yes, they are.

There are 3 major regions for video games, which are Asia (except for China), NA and PAL (Europe, Australia and NZ). Region lock from consoles works with these regions, so I assume Australian players got recommendations to join EU servers based on that concept.

[Chessala]

I am really trying to feel sorry for the OP and I would if he hadn't put the thread in such an obnoxious way.

I understand people in Australia and New Zealand would like a server in their region. I think every person in Europe that now experiences the marvel of low ping can understand. Unfortunately, you need to see the business need here and what I suspect here is that there are simply not enough people from that area of the world to warrant a datacenter. As a company, would you make a whole datacenter for 1-2% of the server population? (number is just random). Seeing that the datacenters are not connected to each other, would you want to be on a deserted datacenter? Believe me, especially in such a group-heavy game, that would NOT enhance your gaming experience.

Have you tried using ping enhancers? Try WTFast, battleping or whatever else is out there.

[Colorful]

Well, sadly this is no wonder.
The amount of absolutely stupid laws (about games) you guys have down there will always make game companies think twice whether they will even publish there, let alone do anything more after they had to invest ridiculous amounts of extra funds to even get their games on the AUS market.

No publisher is stupid enough to think twice about publishing to Australia, while we have a rather small population we have a healthy gaming community, they're also given a free pass to overcharge us for whatever reason. iiNet is known for being generous when it comes to hosting, SWTOR was offered hosting for "almost free" in terms of server hosting from what I've been told for a few months, the servers were ultimately shut down due to lack of activity though. FFXIV has a much larger Australian/Oceanic community than SWTOR. HiRez studios, SOE/Daybreak, Blizzard, Jagex, and others all have Australian servers, some of those studios are far smaller and make far less money than FFXIV. The problem lies in SE's lack of unwillingness to invest money on it when they're already getting away with what they have, 2 years to implement EU servers? I'm sorry, but that's pathetic. Most MMOs have that at launch. That's not to mention that the servers don't even have to be located in Australia, Singapore/New Zealand would both work.

Let's say FFXIV has 1 million players, and 5% of those are Oceanic/SEA, that's $600,000 a month with $12 a month subscriptions, that's not including game sales from those regions, Mogstation purchases (of which I've personally spent quite a bit), and services like name changes, server transfers, retainers you name it. More than safe enough to round it up to $700,000-$800,000 a month. If you're honestly telling me that they can't spare the money for severs located in Singapore, Australia, where have you, then I don't know what to say to you. As for dead servers, I don't think they'll be dead to begin with if they launch only a few servers, but WoW has implemented cross-region technology allowing Oceanic players to play with NA players through their version of the Duty Finder if there aren't enough Australian players, and vice versa. Seeing as WoW developers seem to be far more skilled than SE at server related issues, I'm not sure if SE could manage this, but it's an idea.

Was the unofficial AU server on Chaos?

No, the unofficial AU server is Tonberry on Elemental. I hear Masamune on Mana has a healthy Australian community, but I'm not 100% certain on that one.

[AskaRay]

In general: no, of course not xD
In terms of games though: yes, they are.

There are 3 major regions for video games, which are Asia (except for China), NA and PAL (Europe, Australia and NZ). Region lock from consoles works with these regions, so I assume Australian players got recommendations to join EU servers based on that concept.

OOOH yeah I frequently forget about region locks.
Thanks

[Avin00]

If you want to get around the 1 million gil limit buy the tin/bronze/whatever pieces from the market board or anything else really that has a high sell value you can't take gil but items are ok.

[dank1]

Yeah and they're "forcing" you to move out of Australia too!
God that horrible company forcing everyone to do horrible totally forced actions you definitely don't have a choice to leave or not on your own!!