How long until transfers to the big servers return?

[Ultimatecalibur]

What i beleive they should do is offer free permanent moves off the big servers to the smaller ones, kind of what they are doing with the newly created servers but in reverse. They should also slap n RP server tag on one of those smaller ones, or a newly created one so the dedicated RP'ers can go and RP in peace.

Giving bonuses for transfers off of big servers will only move the problem from one server to another. It won't actually solve the over-focus problem. They need to distribute the weight to the proper places.

The new servers are not the only ones that will be designated for the bonus. All players transferring to/creating new characters on the designated servers will get the bonuses.

[347SPECTRE]

Giving bonuses for transfers off of big servers will only move the problem from one server to another. It won't actually solve the over-focus problem. They need to distribute the weight to the proper places.

The new servers are not the only ones that will be designated for the bonus. All players transferring to/creating new characters on the designated servers will get the bonuses.

Simple solution to this would be to instate a limit on how many can transfer onto that sever, adding in a lock to both character creation AND transfers once it reaches a certain population density. Which is also what SE should have been doing all along, which would have prevented the current problem in the first place.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Simple solution to this would be to instate a limit on how many can transfer onto that sever, adding in a lock to both character creation AND transfers once it reaches a certain population density. Which is also what SE should have been doing all along, which would have prevented the current problem in the first place.

True, but I suspect due to the timing of the transfer lock that they might not have previously been able to lock transfers in while letting players transfer away. The update to the Servers might have given them the ability to individually lock flow direction.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

They are allowing transfers off Balmung and Gilgamesh.

Also, an RP tag wouldn't fix the problem, as most RPers want to go where the RP is, which is Balmung, and RPers on Balmung aren't going to move unless everyone else does, which won't happen.

[Edewen]

If they want people to move off of the big servers they will need to address the main reasons people want to go there. Why does large population still matter?

Hunts
Economy
Friends

Need cross server friends lists and ignore lists, with the ability to group in open world and be in the group leaders server zones.
Need data center wide market boards to balance the economies together
Need an answer to hunts to prevent the use of above ideas for some form of abuse
Need a couple servers specifically labeled for RP. Not just Balmung unofficially but actual rp labeled servers to draw in that crowd.

[Berethos]

Need data center wide market boards to balance the economies together

Why should my experience with the market be dictated by the actions of those not on my server?

[MomomiMomi]

Why should my experience with the market be dictated by the actions of those not on my server?

At least if such a thing happened, I'm not on Aether. Keep it away from my market!

[Mature]

I don't understand what's the obsession with joining high populated servers. Is not like having more people means more "skill" people.

At the end of the day you will still have to create a PF to clear stuff. You will still beg for help to clear stuff wherever you go

No that PF is cross server it doesn't matter where you go.

[seraf]

My real question is why is everyone so obsessed with those particular servers? If it's closed off to new transfers/character creation why not designated traffic to another server and have a 2nd unofficial RP/Raid server to go to? Those servers are closed because for years that's where everyone was told to go if they wanted to do X or Y thing in this game. It's time for other servers to gain some of that spotlight.

[ExKage]

My real question is why is everyone so obsessed with those particular servers? If it's closed off to new transfers/character creation why not designated traffic to another server and have a 2nd unofficial RP/Raid server to go to? Those servers are closed because for years that's where everyone was told to go if they wanted to do X or Y thing in this game. It's time for other servers to gain some of that spotlight.

The simple, basic reason is that it is incredibly hard to set up. It requires dedication and time to build up a sustaining community of multiple groups. People seem to think it is as simple as telling a large FC group to move and that will do it. It's asking 20+ FCs of 15-30 members to move.

Otherwise, it's very easy to eventually ostracize individuals and have them feel unwelcome in such a small group. Sooner or later they will want to move somewhere else. Then the community starts to cannibalize itself as 'content creators' aka those who tend to majorly help pillar the stories and RP events get exhausted / have other obligations etc stop.