About the World Merge and Character Transfers (02/09/2012)

[Griss]

Upside, Big lead time so people can talk it out and decide what arbitrary number world there migrating to so they can continue playing together. I am kind of happy that there keeping server names out of the equation until the dust settles. I doubt that there will be any heated debate on what number is better. Granted there is a strong argument for 3....

Downside, Inactives have a high chance of coming back and being on a server where they know nobody. I would guess that there planting inactives due to some behind the scenes system stuff.

I think it would be absolutely nifty if they allowed those auto assigned a free world transfer ticket(s) redeemable with in a month or so of there return. Not to mention there will be multiple cases where some players will simply not be able to put in there transfer apps.

[Laf]

Unlimited character transfers (Can I have it?)

[Laf]

Unlimited character transfers (Can I have it?)

or some sort of LS/friends/etc shared transfer password/etc what would ensure that everyone end up in same server no matter what.

[BeePee]

Upside, Big lead time so people can talk it out and decide what arbitrary number world there migrating to so they can continue playing together. I am kind of happy that there keeping server names out of the equation until the dust settles. I doubt that there will be any heated debate on what number is better. Granted there is a strong argument for 3....

Downside, Inactives have a high chance of coming back and being on a server where they know nobody. I would guess that there planting inactives due to some behind the scenes system stuff.

I think it would be absolutely nifty if they allowed those auto assigned a free world transfer ticket(s) redeemable with in a month or so of there return. Not to mention there will be multiple cases where some players will simply not be able to put in there transfer apps.

That'd be a fine idea. It'd take care of my only gripe.

[Jinrya-Geki]

It scared me how we have less than a month to choose, and the list of the 10 server names isn't revealed yet...

this is a big decision for linkshells to make. Shouldn't the renames been out now as well?

[KaiKatzchen]

I don't like they way they are doing this...

We have about a week and a half to make the server changes, not everyone can hop on day one and do it. What if worlds get locked and some LS members can't get on it. Now all the other LS members have to move again, make the shell again, now what happened if in the process of doing that, that world gets locked. Now they have to move again, repearl AGAIN etc etc rinse dry and repeat until HOPEFULLY your whole LS gets on the same server?

This seems like a silly way to do server mergers, I mean they even handled FFXI's server mergers better. Come on SE..

Just take the top 5 full servers, then take the bottom 5 and merge them onto a fuller server.

Example (Because I don't know the pop of each server)::

Selbina (Low Pop) merges onto Wutai (High Pop) Selbina goes way and now everyone's on Wutai.

At least this way LS's and friends people have made stay together and we don't have to HOPE we all get on a server before it's full.

Making everyone move is just silly.

[Mychael]

I don't like they way they are doing this...

Well, I think what they were trying to avoid was a "destination world." I was all for this, as I hated the thought in XI of having to move into someone else's world, rename, etc. But they took it a little too far. What was wrong with A+B=C? Why does it either have to be none of either world or all of one? x.x;

[NefarioCall]

I don't like they way they are doing this...

We have about a week and a half to make the server changes, not everyone can hop on day one and do it. What if worlds get locked and some LS members can't get on it. Now all the other LS members have to move again, make the shell again, now what happened if in the process of doing that, that world gets locked. Now they have to move again, repearl AGAIN etc etc rinse dry and repeat until HOPEFULLY your whole LS gets on the same server?

This seems like a silly way to do server mergers, I mean they even handled FFXI's server mergers better. Come on SE..

Just take the top 5 full servers, then take the bottom 5 and merge them onto a fuller server.

Example (Because I don't know the pop of each server)::

Selbina (Low Pop) merges onto Wutai (High Pop) Selbina goes way and now everyone's on Wutai.

At least this way LS's and friends people have made stay together and we don't have to HOPE we all get on a server before it's full.

Making everyone move is just silly.

^^i agree with this.
March is gonna get messy.

[CanteJondo]

Come on SE, reveal the new server names

[Choyi]

Wow, this merger looks terrible for the future of the game, as many stated before, tons of people taking a break until 2.0 will find themselves stranded on different servers then their friends once they do come back.

Despite 2.0 showing so much promise, this merger decision might actualy be what sinks XIVs ability to be a big player MMO.

I do hope they reconsider this forced merger, I much rather it be slightly underpopulated(still plenty enough players atm) when I play then overcrowded.