How long until transfers to the big servers return?

[Alestorm]

Didn't YoshiP mention something about wanting to do a mega server for the game at some point? The tech is there and I half expected the transfer to move in that direction. Granted ESO tried it and it more or less failed early on.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

The simplest answer to the question of "How Long until transfers to the big servers return?" is "When they are no longer big servers".

[ReclusiveMage]

Wasn't Mateus trying to become the second RP server?

I saw people RPing in the Carline Canopy.

[Laerune]

If SE is smart, they will keep it locked until patch 4.3-4.5. With Stormblood alot of newcomers are going to join the game and every one of them will be adviced (heard or read) to join big servers like Balmung, because of its population. Servers like Balmung should have been locked the moment SE saw how high the population was.

I think for FFXIV servers in general, its best to keep it locked for the next 12 months.

[Reinha]

The transfers will open when the big servers are no longer big.

[Berethos]

If SE is offering free server transfers, then have the entire FC transfer out together.

It's actually not an if - part of the proposed solution will be free transfers to designated servers (existing ones for NA/JP, the new ones for EU) that also include bonuses for playing and leveling on them for a certain amount of time.

So the only real barrier at that point will be getting enough of a given group to agree to leave together to make it worthwhile for those individuals.

[Xiomara]

If SE is offering free server transfers, then have the entire FC transfer out together.

Only issue is that at the moment there is no easy way to transfer an entire FC, including the FC house. For everyone to move, the FC would have to disband (and sell their estate if they had one), move to the new server, then re-establish itself.

So until they solve that issue, I doubt we'll see many FC's move servers.

[CosmicKirby]

If those "connections" won't come with you to a new server then that means you didn't really have much of a connection in the first place.

Ah yes, I remember when I left my home town, and my friends didn't ALSO move with me.

??

How the eff did this get upvotes.

Sure some people who are really good friends/connections will keep in contact via other means. But your primary shared interest becomes greatly more difficult to share if you're not on the same server, it's a logical progression that it would be harder to maintain that relationship with the addition of a strain.

[Berethos]

So until they solve that issue, I doubt we'll see many FC's move servers.

The good news is this is already on their radar - "For players who own personal housing, we are planning a number of provisions including a reimbursement for the full price of the estate, and compensation for the cost of furnishings which we will add in subsequent updates moving forward. We also plan to accommodate free companies members that plan to move together with or without a free company estate." - Emphasis mine.

Bad news is, no additional details on how thorough these provisions will end up being or a real time table for implementation.

[Paladinleeds]

Sure some people who are really good friends/connections will keep in contact via other means. But your primary shared interest becomes greatly more difficult to share if you're not on the same server, it's a logical progression that it would be harder to maintain that relationship with the addition of a strain.

But, from what I'm hearing, in Stormblood we're getting cross-realm (so datacentre wide) friends lists (though don't take me for gospel on that, it's interpretation from what I've been reading on the forums). It won't help if the designated servers for NA are on the other NA datacentre (the one w/o Balmung + Gila I always forget the names), but for EU that'll help immensely as we'll still be on the Chaos datacentre (since they're not adding a new EU datacentre, even though I think it may be needed, they're just adding new realms). However we're discussing Balmung and Gilga here so my Chaos datacentre information isn't really productive. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what designated NA realms are. If they're the DC with B/G, and we get cross-realm FL, then it becomes a good chunk easier. If they're the other one, then your point will still stand in its entirity. Even with the cross-realm FL and the desig servers on the same DC as B/G there will be some challenges, but they'll be somewhat mitigated by that FL.

And I'm sorry that's an incoherent wall of text. I woke up about 20 minutes ago and haven't eaten. My brain can't English properly right now.