Housing

[MizArai]

That would be a very dirty move, I don't think that is the answer to the current problem with demand on High Populated servers to say hey jump shipif you want to use a feature that we provide. SE needs to address the demands that is required on the High Populated servers, why would I want to move if I have been on a server since I started ARR and have the same friends who play there and are friends irl too. Makes no sense. The bottom line is going to another server is not the option to correct the issue, the issue is demand greater than what SE's servers can handle.

We have to live with it now, as this proves yet again that SE cannot keep up, simple. If you play the game only for a house and nothing more then moving to a dead server should be fine for you. If you are on a server that you like and been there for years, your f**ked.

Or you could start a conversation with your friends about all moving together? A million years ago when I played WoW, I played on a super high population server. When they opened up free transfers my entire guild (FC equiv) transferred to a different server together. With cross world PF and friends list, it wouldn't be that bad as long as you stayed in your current data center. SE has made it pretty clear that they want the server population to be balanced throughout all the servers. If you don't want to move, then that's fine, but you should realize that means you have to deal with the housing system as it is, 'cause they're not gonna start doing dynamic wards or take away wards from low pop servers to give more to high pop servers.

[LinkBadguyZero]

When they opened up free transfers my entire guild (FC equiv) transferred to a different server together. With cross world PF and friends list, it wouldn't be that bad as long as you stayed in your current data center. SE has made it pretty clear that they want the server population to be balanced throughout all the servers.

Then, just like Blizzard did, they should open a free transfer limited-time window. Only adding a bonus exp on some servers (and you'll look at that only during character creation) won't solve any problem in high populated servers, Legacy ones in primis.

[MizArai]

Then, just like Blizzard did, they should open a free transfer limited-time window. Only adding a bonus exp on some servers (and you'll look at that only during character creation) won't solve any problem in high populated servers, Legacy ones in primis.

They had a free transfer window for "congested servers" to preferred or new servers. That's why Balmung's active population is about half of what it used to be. People transferred off. And I think it's still the highest population server, anywhere.

edit: Transfer was free. Max amount of gil that could be transferred was increased to 999,999,999. They gave you 10 gold chocobo feathers. Reimbursed people for housing and apartment costs PLUS an additional amount for furnishing that couldn't be recovered. But it did lock you on the new server for 90 days.