Please be Careful about the Labels used during Server Transfer

[Katella_Avenlea]

Honestly I'd almost rather they force merged servers, because then I'd still get to be with my friends on my server who have opted to wait for 2.0 to start playing again. I don't have a good way to get a hold of many of them. Was relying on my friendlist, to catch up with them again once they started back up. (The Friends list which will likely be hosed when we merge all over the place I'm guessing?).

But, since they are saying that is not what they are going to do, and that people will individually be picking servers, please don't label them by nationality.. If you must label them at all, label them by their peak times as that is the actual useful piece of information.. I don't typically get to play during peak hours for the country I live in, but I still want people to play with.

[Murugan]

Besaid is not JP. It's the unofficial NA RP server. =P

Seriously, I picked Besaid because of it's large English-speaking population (I'm sorry, at the end of the day, I just want to be able to talk to someone in my native language and not get frustrated because the auto-translator doesn't say what I need it to say).

I see very few JP shouts on Besaid in comparison to the large number of English shouts.

And Tibian's post is pretty long, so I won't quote it, but I agree 100%. I'm all in favor of designating language-based servers for pretty much all the reasons he mentioned.



This would be great. Give those who want to be on a server who speak a primary language the option, and those who like cultural diversity on another.

You were/are wrong. Sorry but search results show that Besaid has a higher Japanese population during their peak time, than the reported English speaking population during NA prime time.

So Besaid is clearly a Japanese server. With labeling I guess it would clear up such confusion like you being on a server where you don't "belong".

I think if they are ever going to give regional servers they should be fresh servers so people like you aren't forced off of your server.

[Dragon]

You were/are wrong. Sorry but search results show that Besaid has a higher Japanese population during their peak time, than the reported English speaking population during NA prime time.

So Besaid is clearly a Japanese server. With labeling I guess it would clear up such confusion like you being on a server where you don't "belong".

I think if they are ever going to give regional servers they should be fresh servers so people like you aren't forced off of your server.

She's right actually, Besaid is an English server. It certainly may have a decent JP population, but that does NOT dispute the fact it is still and/or also an English server.

[NomNom]

I have made many friends over the months, European, Japanese, American, Arab and no doubt others. Personally I would like to stay with my friends and would prefer this to be easy rather than require detailed planning. Love the game btw

[Zantetsuken]

Perhaps in order to counteract the lag issues, Yoshi-P is thinking about giving the servers physical locations in NA and the EU as well as JP.

It would certainly help EU and NA players to know which servers are closest to them when choosing.

[MicahZerrshia]

Perhaps in order to counteract the lag issues, Yoshi-P is thinking about giving the servers physical locations in NA and the EU as well as JP.

It would certainly help EU and NA players to know which servers are closest to them when choosing.

It would be nice to have servers that we located outside Japan, other games have them. Maybe its a cost thing or maybe there is some other reason they dont do it but it something they should consider more strongly. As for the diversified servers idc which way they go, I frankly have no issues with ppl from other areas. Less server lag would be nice but you become accustomed to the extra challance it can bring.

The only good thing is that there would be less need of asking ppl to use auto-trans and frankly it would be easier to get groups. Yrs of xi taught me well that alot of jp players tend to not want to play with non-jp players and when you have a high jp population it makes it tough at times, esp when you are just starting out. We havent really had this issue yet in xiv but I attribute that to the low population, take what you can get, sort of thing. No disrespect of course it was just an issue in xi for alot of eng speaking players. I couldnt imagine how bad it would be for french or german speakers if they had very little english skills.

[NamudNevets]

I was rly hoping for a merge and not a transfer....... I hope i can get my LS to join the same server as we have PPL from all over the world. This is going to destroy many LSs but i guess what has to b done will b done.

[ninesunz]

SE should try balance the regional IPs for each server.
For instance balance the server with 33%JP 33%NA 33%EU with max players at 2,000. Which would give prime time for said region about 660 players.

When transferring suggest the server the player should transfer to to balance the number, but allow the player to choose any server regardless.

This way the servers will have players at all times of the day without too much dead time. (loading a server with 70% EU players would impact non EU players on said server)

This would protect the server from being language dependent or time zone dependent.

[UmJammerSully]

Please do. I am tired of feeling completely cut off from other people who speak my primary language. Yes it leads to segregation, but it is a better situation in the long run. It leads to better party search functionality, better pick up groups, and overall a better community.

I fail to see how you have friends from another language (especially if they can't speak english well), when you can't even say simple phrases like "How was your day?" Apparently having an emotional connection is not a requirement when you make "friends."

Think for a second.

You make a fair enough point about language barriers, but the very real possibility of segregated servers that OP gives splits apart North America from Europe which is a pretty big deal. I'm from the UK and 90% of the people I know in-game are American or Canadian. There's no language barrier there.

Plus, our time-zones crossover plenty. When I'm playing in the afternoon, evening or especially at night there are plenty of Americans and Canadians online.

Nothing needs to change here, the global servers are just fine how they are. The only thing we need is more people populating the servers from all regions.

SE should try balance the regional IPs for each server.
For instance balance the server with 33%JP 33%NA 33%EU with max players at 2,000. Which would give prime time for said region about 660 players.

How would they go about doing that? If they wanted it split perfectly three ways like that then they would have to tear apart the current population.

"Oh, you're from Germany? We need more Europeans in a different server so say goodbye to all your linkshell friends forever. "

Not a viable idea in the slightest, sorry.

[Answa]

Besaid is a server. It has JP, NA, and EU players. Questions?