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

[Murugan]

I don't understand? Why not tell all of your /friendlist to go to the same World? Seems like people are overreacting? If a world fills up, remember what SE said, you can STILL CHANGE your choice before switches occur. If a world fills up, merely tell your /friendlist that you can't get on, and have everyone apply to another, less populated server. EASY!

Because:

They don't all play right now, but are taking a break.
Maybe you have 2 friends, and so this is easy for you but some of us find the idea of coordinating everyone we like to play with onto one server especially when they are randomized to be absurd.

This is beyond even just offering server transfers, this is dumping everyone off of their server and saying "pick a number, and if you don't we are going to pick one for you".

They are destroying communities, and maybe yours sucks. But I like my linkshells and Selbina. They should have just merged the crappy servers into the better ones and then let the anti-socials/trolls/outcasts opt for a server transfer.

[Hitoriki]

I don't understand? Why not tell all of your /friendlist to go to the same World? Seems like people are overreacting? If a world fills up, remember what SE said, you can STILL CHANGE your choice before switches occur. If a world fills up, merely tell your /friendlist that you can't get on, and have everyone apply to another, less populated server. EASY!

No, no, no no no. The community is not overreacting. You really think you can get ALL your friends to get onto same server? That maybe true. What about your friend's friends? Your friends' friends' friends? Your friend's or your JP friends? And what about THEIR friends? Your friends that are not currently playing? I dont think so.... certainly not all of mine.

If you think all is good and great that you cannot be anymore naive. No matter who you are this will effect you severely as ties will be broken by SE regardless of who you are.

[Sophia]

Wonder how many people going to cry over Friend List / Black List / Linkshell going to be deleted lol

There seems to be enough time for any commited linkshell or group of friends to sort it out in advance

[zaviermhigo]

I want to be on Selbina again, I hope its not completely random about oh pick server 1 IT TURNED INTO PALMECIA TROLOLOLOLOLOLOL. I'd cry from being on such a lame named server imho. Plus this kinda sucks for those people who are like "oh i'll come back later" if they do decide to come back they'll just be on some random server.

[BooBoo]

Why not just merge 2 servers in to 1 or something like that? like in FFXI you lost no one just meet new people, I have 8 linkshells there is now way I meet all my friends after merge... You SE just force me to choice with who I go and I don't like it MMORPG is all about play with friends... now I lost people who I know long time. Bad idea.

[Toaster]

Your analogy is poor. My friends are not asking for cash. SE did there best to swiftly give us a very much needed server merger. The fact that you have to be sub is a small price to pay. If 10 dollars is breaking the bank, you shouldn't be playing a mmorpg.

You know what? You are right. I am going to go call my real friends right now and tell them that they'd better get over the recent death in their family right now and pay up to play because friendship via playing a game is far more important that grieving. Screw their expectations upon cancelling that they would be able to come back to their playing friends after they had everything sorted.

[YuriSan]

Make space in Cornelia for me and my buds
We comming to break the horns off your mobs over there.

Hope the A-holes from my server dont choose Cornelia aswell and apply in every single
linkshell over there too........ have like 247 linkshells lol.

[DexterityJones]

It seems needlessly over complicated and really screws over people on break. Not sure why they couldn't just stick to servers together and call it done.

[Murugan]

Make space in Cornelia for me and my buds
We comming to break the horns off your mobs over there.

Hope the A-holes from my server dont choose Cornelia aswell and apply in every single
linkshell over there too........ have like 247 linkshells lol.

Umm what? You have no choice over what server name you go to, you realize that right?

You pick "Server 3" like some horrible gameshow, and hope you don't end up back on Fabul (or some other horribly named server).

[SirOleas]

Well...won't we be transferred again to New Servers come v 2.0 and I presume the population restrictions will be lifted then so missing friends and LS members still may have a chance to find you.

Remember that this merger is just to increase populations for current subscribers in order to make partying easier, improve the Markets/Economies and presumably create a fuller gaming experience for paying customers.

Mandatory reminder.

>_>