Ever getting server merge?

[MihaelB]

How is that gonna solve the housing and FC problems? Forcefully take away all houses, dissolve all FCs and linkshells? That would make people happy for sure.

It doesn't, it solves the dead population issue. You can't merge something with existing conflicted data which is housing, FCs & character names.

If you ever used excel or any basic merging program, it's the fundamentals.

[LandricFrey]

It doesn't, it solves the dead population issue. You can't merge something with existing conflicted data which is housing, FCs & character names.

If you ever used excel or any basic merging program, it's the fundamentals.

Actually server merges are commonplace for MMO's. Same character name? They give you a free name change before you can log in again. Same with (guild)FC names. More housing areas would be needed to place the old servers player housings. I don't know, I think it could work, but really at this point I don't think a merger is necessary, even on my home, Goblin.

[Hanayumi]

Think if there will never be server merge, then they should at least add some kind of data center wide Party Finder and maybe even market boards, or at least with a few servers in one. I think that would help things a lot, the only other thing I can think of would be to start restricting transfers or character creations like how they did when FFXIV ARR 1st started but that would prolly piss a lot of people off, >.<

[Adire]

Think if there will never be server merge, then they should at least add some kind of data center wide Party Finder and maybe even market boards, or at least with a few servers in one. I think that would help things a lot, the only other thing I can think of would be to start restricting transfers or character creations like how they did when FFXIV ARR 1st started but that would prolly piss a lot of people off, >.<

Something something data limitations, something something server limitations.

[FunkYeahDragons]

Think if there will never be server merge, then they should at least add some kind of data center wide Party Finder and maybe even market boards, or at least with a few servers in one. I think that would help things a lot, the only other thing I can think of would be to start restricting transfers or character creations like how they did when FFXIV ARR 1st started but that would prolly piss a lot of people off, >.<

I'd have literally unsubbed if staying on a small server was my only option. I briefly debated it, but looking at recruitment for servers like Gilgamesh and Leviathan convinced me to give moving a chance.

Preventing transfers or in any way forcing or pressuring players onto small servers is a terrible idea. The MMO experience some people play and pay for is only available on large ones. Maybe a merge isn't the answer, but the other options (short of simply leaving everything as-is) are even worse.