Server merge: Hidden server names.

[Noata]

So what is in a name really. They gave you numbers, Tell friends and family, your LS's and friendslist to decide on a server, like server 9 or something. if your really worried about RP, why not use there very forums to organize the migration, those interested in RP will listen and move. I know it may sound tough but alot of people love to RP, it all starts with you> How much action are you willing to take to get what you want. You cannot change that there are going to be server merges, but you can change what servers you select, so get it together you have qhite a bit to organize this. Spend this time thinking of getting what you want, and not complaining about how surprising this is. I have faith you will all band together and find a solution.

[Delsus]

First and foremost the reason they're doing this is to try and even out the servers. Do any of you want to play on a server that's a ghost town? I'm going to guess that most of you will say no to this. How should they achieve their goal of more even distribution?

Is it really so important that you end up on your *insert favorite name here* server that you'd forsake people who'd like to have more then a handful of people to play with?

Yep even servers out, people have already said this will not work people will go to 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 "message server number 1 is at capacity" 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2 "Message Server 2 is at capacity" *Rage posts on these forums about people whos linkshell went to server 2* 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3 "server 3 is at capacity but we are reopening server 1" *Rage posts on these forums "My ls went to server 1 and I was forced onto *insert server number* now I cant play with them"* and it will go on, you call that balance?

[Noata]

I think your overthinking this, I am pretty sure by march they will have elaborated on how it will work and even give the server names. despite what everyone rages about with posts , SE really dosnt let us down that much. everyone thinks its the end of the world when they implement X but when ti happens everfyone ends up happy with X. besides the migration to the 2.0 servers were gonna be like this anyways, if anything it gives you a what to expect feeling and it lets SE notice and correct any difficencies tehy encounter with a server merger/Transfer. All in all things will be fine

[Radav]

Yep even servers out, people have already said this will not work people will go to 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 "message server number 1 is at capacity" 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2 "Message Server 2 is at capacity" *Rage posts on these forums about people whos linkshell went to server 2* 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3 "server 3 is at capacity but we are reopening server 1" *Rage posts on these forums "My ls went to server 1 and I was forced onto *insert server number* now I cant play with them"* and it will go on, you call that balance?

I do not call that balanced. I also do not believe that's what is going to happen. They have stated that you will be able to switch during a period of time. If your LS gets on a server that fills up and decides to leave you behind maybe they didn't like you very much. If you really think that everyone is just going to randomly pick 1 then 2 then 3 and so on... I think you've not taken a very close look at the forums today.

[Kyri]

Yep even servers out, people have already said this will not work people will go to 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 "message server number 1 is at capacity" 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2 "Message Server 2 is at capacity" *Rage posts on these forums about people whos linkshell went to server 2* 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3 "server 3 is at capacity but we are reopening server 1" *Rage posts on these forums "My ls went to server 1 and I was forced onto *insert server number* now I cant play with them"* and it will go on, you call that balance?

I think your ls would be pretty dumb to pick 1 2 or 3 as the choice seeing as yea they probably would fill up the fastest ^.-

[Kyri]

On a side note what do you think Selbina becomes... *drumroll* Muhara!! Grats you shipped over without being attacked by the pirates!! *throws a big party!<33*

[Bayohne]

I would like to offer some insight into why we decided not to display the World names.

The operations and development teams held many internal discussions regarding how the Worlds were going to be merged. We discussed displaying the World names and allowing players to choose their destination and we also considered having some Worlds dissolved and merged into other existing worlds.

We did consider deciding on the World names beforehand, but the problem is that players often choose which World to go to based on its name (to be more specific, currently both Selbina and Gysahl are highly populated due to the popularity of the World names).

Therefore, when merging 18 servers into 10, you can imagine that there will be a rush to choose the Worlds that have popular names. These would fill up quickly and we would have to stop letting people in, and then it would end up being something of a lottery. Taking into consideration the time difference and what day etc, it was really hard to decide, but as we are making playing together as a community a priority, we have decided to hold back the World names and let people choose this way.

We are aware that some players may be frustrated at this, and we apologize for that but please try to understand our reasoning. We haven’t decided which World will get what name yet. For, things like drawing lots and other methods, we want to think about this separately.

[Answa]

I would like to offer some insight into why we decided not to display the World names.

The operations and development teams held many internal discussions regarding how the Worlds were going to be merged. We discussed displaying the World names and allowing players to choose their destination and we also considered having some Worlds dissolved and merged into other existing worlds.

We did consider deciding on the World names beforehand, but the problem is that players often choose which World to go to based on its name (to be more specific, currently both Selbina and Gysahl are highly populated due to the popularity of the World names).

Therefore, when merging 18 servers into 10, you can imagine that there will be a rush to choose the Worlds that have popular names. These would fill up quickly and we would have to stop letting people in, and then it would end up being something of a lottery. Taking into consideration the time difference and what day etc, it was really hard to decide, but as we are making playing together as a community a priority, we have decided to hold back the World names and let people choose this way.

We are aware that some players may be frustrated at this, and we apologize for that but please try to understand our reasoning. We haven’t decided which World will get what name yet. For, things like drawing lots and other methods, we want to think about this separately.

And thar you go. A reasonable answer.

[Elexia]

Which is perfectly logical and what some people have been saying all along but well...

[Delsus]

I would like to offer some insight into why we decided not to display the World names.

The operations and development teams held many internal discussions regarding how the Worlds were going to be merged. We discussed displaying the World names and allowing players to choose their destination and we also considered having some Worlds dissolved and merged into other existing worlds.

We did consider deciding on the World names beforehand, but the problem is that players often choose which World to go to based on its name (to be more specific, currently both Selbina and Gysahl are highly populated due to the popularity of the World names).

Therefore, when merging 18 servers into 10, you can imagine that there will be a rush to choose the Worlds that have popular names. These would fill up quickly and we would have to stop letting people in, and then it would end up being something of a lottery. Taking into consideration the time difference and what day etc, it was really hard to decide, but as we are making playing together as a community a priority, we have decided to hold back the World names and let people choose this way.

We are aware that some players may be frustrated at this, and we apologize for that but please try to understand our reasoning. We haven’t decided which World will get what name yet. For, things like drawing lots and other methods, we want to think about this separately.

I would prefer it if we could see the world names before the merge, if for example I end up on one with a name based on FFXIII I will be really unhappy because that was by far the FF I least enjoyed, as people have said I see the server name as an extension of my character name. From what has been said by Rainhart (sp?) I believe the Japanese side also agree.

There will be the possibility of numbered servers filling up when we choose for people that are too lazy to go down the list, and if I cant play with my ls because of it I will be very annoyed.

At the very least take this feedback into consideration. Asking alot of people to choose thier server based on a number is like asking them to choose thier character name based on a random number.