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

[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;

[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.

[RolandDebreton]

My big questions to the devs are these:

Will the inactive be able to choose their new server when they log back in? A week after? A month after?

Is it only active players who are being randomly repopped on a server?

[Xeonerable]

It would be nice if I could leave a LS greeting message to let members of my LS know this is happening soon...

For the people who may be online when I am not.

[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.

[Phen]

Just signing the server names or bust bandwagon. I wouldn't pick hairstyle 1 without looking at it, wouldn't pick a class blind, wouldn't choose a character name blind. Why would i pick my server name blind? You know unless I was a guy with a mohawk on the side of his head playing cheese vendor named Inadequate McFailsalot.

[Gugnir]

We should! Still waiting on some people to sign on to talk about it. Is there a way to private message each other on Lodestone? Because I couldn't figure out how lol

dont think so, I'll leave my contact details on my lodestone blog ^^

Hi Guggy! /wave ^^/

Hiir! omg looking forward to maybe seeing you guys again what server you moving too?