EU Confirmed as 3rd Rate Customer

[LunaFaye]

Excuse you, there were no free transfers to the Chaos data centre. Only NA players got special treatment in free transfers away from Chaos.

I guess they should have offered free transfers for the europeans at that time, because their decision to move the entire data center itself for free, instead of having everybody file out a transfer ticket was a bad idea too.

Giving free transfers to the NA players to that time, that were on the chaos data center which was located on the same continent they were living in, now being moved to a whole different continent not just a different region of the same continent, was defiantly a conspiracy theory.

[Lexia]

because i have friends in NA?

now im getting more ping

[StouterTaru]

because i have friends in NA?

now im getting more ping

They haven't moved the servers yet, how are you getting more ping?

Or do you mean you plan on getting more ping from the new location that SE won't disclose?

[Kazrah]

Or do you mean you plan on getting more ping from the new location that SE won't disclose?

Given their statement that EU players would have ping issues issues, that would indicate the servers are being moved further west, which doesn't quite say much given how I think nearly everything on the NA continent is west of where that datacenter is now.

Also, as a NA player on a EU server, I haven't had much issue with ping, but still feel like something should be done to better accommodate Aussie players.

[Theodric]

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It it by no means as simple as that. By the time that European servers were added to the game many players had settled on North American servers, securing houses, forging strong friendships and committing to raid and other similar obligations. I would suggest educating yourself on the subject - because there are a lot of times where European customers are screwed over either intentionally or unintentionally due to a lack of consideration. One prominent example is outlined by multiple players in the following thread:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...nd-fat-chocobo

Note that the thread in question was created last year and - as of the current day - there has been no resolution to the legitimate concerns outlined repeatedly throughout the thread. It's just the tip of the iceberg and I predict a rather prominent backlash if a significant number of European players find it difficult to play on the North American servers that they decided to settle on already. It's not as if the transfer system has ever been tailored to making moving elsewhere an appealing option, either. You can't transfer a house and neither can you transfer more than roughly a million gil per character.

Expecting people to just up and leave is very selfish - and it's laughable to believe that adding European servers resolves everything when there's no steps taken to actually support players invested in the game to make the move in such a way that ensures that they aren't just sacrificing a lot of their own time, effort and resources.

[GunksFoy]

And NA, the players the NA servers are for btw, will be getting less. Seems to be a non-issue for everyone but you.

[Crysten]

because i have friends in NA?

now im getting more ping

So what's more important to you? NA friends or lower ping?

There was already an opportunity for free transfers when the EU data centre was created. If you were there for that then you're going to get zero sympathy in this case.

[cougarel]

So, in short because it affects a small portion of the player base and specially you: burn them!Grow up, you're not the center of the universe !
As the others have pointed out, the information was made available since March and as you're an EU player, you should play on Eu servers or like this cry in a corner like a little kid. Again, grow up !

[Anzaman]

Because the Chaos data center is being relocated, certain players may find they are no longer playing on a desirable World. In order to address this issue, players will be allowed to transfer from Worlds within the Chaos data center to Worlds within the Elemental, Gaia, Mana, Aether, or Primal data centers free of charge for one week.

*The free World transfer service will not apply to characters moved from the Elemental, Gaia, Mana, Aether, or Primal data centers to the Chaos data center.

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...8c71cb4be72616

[Vanitas]

All I see in this thread is QQ no free transfers. -QQing intensifies-