Server merge: Hidden server names.

[Gramul]

Pardon me if it seems I'm over dramatizing this, but It feel like they're committing the same sins that ruined XIV in the first place. Trying to innovate and change things simply for the sake of changing them. Over analyzing some aspects while completely ignoring others when designing a system.

Now, from what I can pick apart from google translate, the simple horrible server structure doesn't allow for regular mergers. However, that shouldn't stop them from simply recommending certain old servers to new. Like say Lindblum and Istory recommended to 5 or something.
Something simple like that would greatly relieve the confusion.

If your friends are scattered through linkshells and doesn't choose the same new world..hey that just happens.

It really shouldn't have to.

[Irondude]

I'm more concerned with my friends who will be coming back after 2.0 that will be automatically placed in a different server next month.

[Kyri]

I think numbers can pick favorites just as well as names. you have the ones going: i wanna be in server one cause its #1 and others like me going ooo 7 is my lucky number! maybe ill get lucky<3 Id like names, my day won't be ruined however if it doesn't become a option. it would be nice though ^^

[Niqote]

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.

Thank you for an official response. However the problem remains where people are going to flood the servers based on numbers.
1, 2 and 3 will obviously fill up fast and first. 7 will as well. Officially 10 is recommended for certain language groups... what difference does it make to give us our names except to give us back a pleasure we are crying out for?
In the end it's the same result but with happier people...

[zaviermhigo]

I'm sure this reference is going to go over some of your heads, but you act like Musset's Fantasio, tried of seeing the same people everyday needing new faces. This isn't what I want, I'm in a point in my life where my life does change rapidly, and isn't the most stable so I'd like to know I can find comfort in my gaming group. Hopefully the effort to put Selbina people on one server works but we picked Selbina because we wanted to make sure there would be FFXI players, if i wanted to play with just anyone I would of picked an rpg named server. Still think its lame FFXI got one server name, and XIII got 2 or 3

[Phen]

Yoshi said he announced it early to get feedback- this is one of the biggest concerns. We have the ability to say CHANGE YOUR PLAN INCLUDE NAMES. Thats kinda what the forum is for. Like I said- I have liked nearly every change up to this detail. I dont care if its old names, new names, heck ill even choose The Ocho. But I dont like making a decision I:
1. Can't Undo effectively
2. have no real knowledge as to what it actually is

[Niqote]

I think it will take a very short amount of time for the two communities (in that case) to become one... after all in the end we are all here for similar reasons.
I do not think there would be a case of original community vs migrated community especially because you could move if you wanted.

[Sidious]

I think it will take a very short amount of time for the two communities (in that case) to become one... after all in the end we are all here for similar reasons.
I do not think there would be a case of original community vs migrated community especially because you could move if you wanted.

They never become one. For example, in XI "Titan" was merged into "Phoenix". To this day, there are few Titan people who feel like their community experience is anywhere near as cohesive as it was when they were on their original server. They view themselves as people from Titan, playing on Phoenix.

Option 4 levels the playing field to where EVERYONE is contributing to a brand new community equally. Building a new community together is a bonding experience, one that simply can't be replicated with a traditional blanket merge.

[Niqote]

They never become one. For example, in XI "Titan" was merged into "Phoenix". To this day, there are few Titan people who feel like their community experience is anywhere near as cohesive as it was when they were on their original server. They view themselves as people from Titan, playing on Phoenix.

Option 4 levels the playing field to where EVERYONE is contributing to a brand new community equally. Building a new community together is a bonding experience, one that simply can't be replicated with a traditional blanket merge.

Hmm, I feel that the Titan to Phoenix example is too different because they had a community based on years of work together.
FFXIV is young and constantly changing, and even then with option 2 you can move.

Honestly I would be fine with option 4 if they just revealed the server names whether they be old or new names, which has been my main point ^_^
I think in a few days we will hear a new announcement with the final word, after all Yoshi did say the reason they told us in advance is to see the reaction, and it seems the forums of all languages are leaning towards wanting a new option. We shall see ^_^

[Ithil]

The way I see things going, people will follow their LS and LS leader from one world will ( more or less) all go to the same world in order to keep the community ( and the "multiple-LS" players).

So how is that different from having server A merged with server B Sidious?

Players from Besaid for example will end up in server 8 and populate it like mad ( besaid being a very big server), don't tell me there won't be a besaid community on this server and that anyone not from besaid joining this server will feel like belonging to "/insert new server name". My bet is when someone will try and join a LS in this new server, the first question he will have will not be " what is your main?" but " did you come from besaid?"

No offense to besaid players I just took besaid as example because it is a well known populated server.