What it takes to get players to transfer from congested servers

[Bourne_Endeavor]

what is takes people to move out?
new server: Checked
free transfer: Checked
increased gil transfer: Checked
Gold feather reward: Checked
Chance of no quene time: Checked
Chance of cheaper items: Checked
Chance of owning a cheaper FC/personal house: Checked

I think all there is left is cause them enough pain so they will actually do something.
INCREASE THE QUENE TIME !!!

• New EU server. What relevance does this have for Balmung and Gilgamesh, North American servers?
• Free transfer only matter if we want to leave. We don't.
• I have several million gil and can easily make more through crafting.
• People generally don't base transfer decisions on mounts. Most already have them since they've been out for years now.
• If the queue isn't bothering us...
• Balmung marketboards are the lowest in the entire game by a mile. Ironworks currently says for 169,999. How much is it selling for on Tonberry?
• Only if those houses sit unoccupied for several weeks. And as we've established, gil is extremely easy to make in this game.

And therein lies the problem. None of the perks offer anything enticing for people who prefer their current servers. You don't even get the EXP boost. So.... tell me again why I should transfer when I get nothing out of it?

[NanaWiloh]

It wasn't a problem when I made the transfer, so I didn't chose the problem. I choose a server where ppl were still playing. There wasn't a que 9 months ago when I xfered. Also, that's irrelevant. "What will it take?" A refund. Since you set S/E policy and I won't get one, then I'm not transferring.

Over population is a risk of joining High pop servers. Just by joining the server your accepting the risk, nobody goes around asking for these kinds of problems. I feel SE is kinda of/ if not dumping this problem off on the community and the community has a point raise the capacity of the servers or slap a RP tag on a new one and hope it lures RP'ers off Balmung.

[Veritas-Ancora]

Free transfers for up to one year on any given server.

No seriously, one year.

If you want our inactive friends to return to the game and not be separated, you'll consider how important this is.

And nobody is going to pay a sub just to transfer their character. Make sure this is available through Mog Station.

[Furiea]

[LIST][*]Balmung marketboards are the lowest in the entire game by a mile. Ironworks currently says for 169,999. How much is it selling for on Tonberry?

and you don't know how much it cost on tonberry? how did you make that claim then?

And therein lies the problem. None of the perks offer anything enticing for people who prefer their current servers. You don't even get the EXP boost. So.... tell me again why I should transfer when I get nothing out of it?

If the quene doesn't bother you, then by all mean, stay. I honestly don't give a crap what server you are on.

What I care about (and some other players) is that Balmung players stop crying foul on the forum about their quene time.

[Soft_Kitty]

Split the server in two, keeping players grouped by fc and friends. Offer free server xfer between the 2 servers for 30 days to allow possible people that got seperated to rejoin each other on ine server or the other. Or give people the choice between server a and b 30 days before the split.

If the pop is not big enough to split in two, then make two low pop servers the destination servers to split to.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

and you don't know how much it cost on tonberry? how did you make that claim then?

Because it's fairly common knowledge. Our population means more things sell and are subsequently made. Since you didn't check yourself, I suspect it's selling much higher on your server.

If the quene doesn't bother you, then by all mean, stay. I honestly don't give a crap what server you are on.

What I care about (and some other players) is that Balmung players stop crying foul on the forum about their quene time.

Evidently, you do since you're the one saying our queues should be forcefully increased in the hopes of frustrating us enough to transfer. Regardless, it's not Balmung people complaining. The last several threads and posts, such as yours, have come from people on different servers mad at is because we don't want to transfer. So kindly take your own advice.

[Furiea]

Because it's fairly common knowledge. Our population means more things sell and are subsequently made. Since you didn't check yourself, I suspect it's selling much higher on your server.



Evidently, you do since you're the one saying our queues should be forcefully increased in the hopes of frustrating us enough to transfer. Regardless, it's not Balmung people complaining. The last several threads and posts, such as yours, have come from people on different servers mad at is because we don't want to transfer. So kindly take your own advice.

because I really don't care. it's more or less a loltroll directed at Balmung since they whined on the forum.

[Kalocin]

Cross-server friends list that you can drop in and out of parties with. Wouldn't get everyone but it definitely would get some to.

[SgtLunatics]

I would transfer if I could keep all my gil...

*edit*

Nvm, just found out I can >_>

[Jeykama]

For me, it would have to be (in addition to the given stuff):
1) A new server on Aether so I could still connect with people on Balmung if I wanted (e.g.it wouldn't disrupt a static)
2) Guaranteed housing/apartment (assuming you owned on your server, same size/city at least, both personal/FC) with full no-exceptions FC housing transfer. no shenanigans about not being able to transfer airship or furnishings.
3) Ability to offer free transfers there forever to returners on my friend list (of course it would have to be preserved somehow post-transfer) as well as brand new players I sponsor, regardless of the server becoming closed in the future.

Everything else is ephemeral.