FFXIV ARR is 3 this year, Server upgrades?

[Kosmos992k]

FFXIV ARR hits 3 years old in the late summer this year.

The saying goes that a year is a long time in technology, never mind 3 years; you could put off buying a new PC and within as little as 6 months the one you were looking at will be completely outclassed by something else at the same price.

So with that 3 year mark advancing upon us, I wondered about server upgrades for FFXIV. With increasing network bandwidth and better server hardware, how many of the limitations we hear of might be overcome?

What do you think? Could the advancement of technology lead to better servers for the game, and better models for characters and gear?

What else might be improved as technology advances?

[Ragology]

Are you willing to postpone content updates for a server overhaul?

[Kosmos992k]

Are you willing to postpone content updates for a server overhaul?

Are you willing to stagger onward with old server hardware? Servers age, and need refreshed, it's a fact of life with infrastructure.

[Duuude007]

Are you willing to stagger onward with old server hardware? Servers age, and need refreshed, it's a fact of life with infrastructure.

Its also likely been happening since day one. It doesn't mean that it will change the nature of ARR core functions, merely more stability between maintenance windows, better error monitoring, and general performance for a constantly growing playerbase.

And... you consider Montreal and Europe Data centers NOT upgrades? please.

Priorities will be met, and the checklist will be updated. Internally. Don't expect every little upgrade to affect you personally, or even be publicly reported.

[Kurogaea]

Are you willing to stagger onward with old server hardware? Servers age, and need refreshed, it's a fact of life with infrastructure.

So what would this server overhaul do for the players? I'm not too knowledgeable on this stuff. -_-

[Dualgunner]

Are you willing to postpone content updates for a server overhaul?

I would be. A little sacrifice in the short term would lead to huge benefits in the long run.

[LadyVal]

Are you willing to postpone content updates for a server overhaul?

Just to add my own two cents to this, I would rather not postpone content since we just waited, what, 7 months between 3.0 and 3.1 and the game is just now getting back on its feet (at least on my server), a couple of weeks into 3.2. We would need some long-lasting content if the server overhaul would take more than a month. (I understand that may be a silly expectation for a time frame but honestly I have no idea how the process would go.)

[Colorful]

Are you willing to postpone content updates for a server overhaul?

Somehow I doubt their server guys are the same people from the various development teams on FFXIV. Regardless of that, another delay won't fly with the community most likely, it was a real ghost town pre-3.1 for a relatively disappointing patch but giving us the same tired excuses won't fly either. Server/PS3 limitations has practically become a meme at this point, I see constant jokes about it everywhere, it really is a joke at this point.

[Khalithar]

They could very easily upgrade the servers with the launch of the next xpac or some sort of major patch. Also this:

Somehow I doubt their server guys are the same people from the various development teams on FFXIV.

[Noxifer]

Somehow I doubt their server guys are the same people from the various development teams on FFXIV.

Well, no. But both are paid from the same wallet, right? Or else someone from the development team *coughYoshicough* would need to go to the people holding said wallet and go, "can we pretty please have some more money? it's an investment, really," and the stingy people holding said wallet (because let's face it, they're always stingy) would go, "um. we'll consider it." Because... it's not exactly a cheap thing to replace servers. Especially since, for inscrutable reasons, companies get charged more for services and products like that than a non-corporate person would. At least they are where I live.