Server merge: Hidden server names.

[Sidious]

You seem to think that Gysahl is in the top ten..

And you have evidence that it is not? It's one of < 10 servers with three chocobo's whenever I check. By all means, enlighten me.

If they have enough players to support the ten servers, and the servers are going to keep their names, let us keep our server names. The remaining 8 servers' players will remain to fill the rest, and will be locked out of servers with too high a population.

Even distribution is not going to happen, sorry.

You're for the idea in every other thread. Why the change of heart?


*EDIT* I just noticed someone posted this reference to a post in the JP forums:

23:02 1150 Gysahl
22:46 1071 Cornelia
23:37 　955 Mysidia
23:26 1400 Selbina
22:33 1008 Figaro
23:48　 698 Trabia
23:29　 627 Palamecia
23:00　 874 Lindblum
22:13　 659 Istory
23:36 　753 Besaid
23:28 　460 Wutai
22:30 　593 Rabanastre
23:02 　748 Kashuan
22:55 　710 Saronia
23:56 　619 Fabul
23:06 　487 Bodhum
22:41 　585 Melmond
23:39 　439 Karnak

I can't vouch for how accurate it is, but even if the margin of error is quite large... Gysahl is well within the top 10. Kthx.

[Mychael]

And you have evidence that it is not? It's one of < 10 servers with three chocobo's whenever I check. By all means, enlighten me.



You're for the idea in every other thread. Why the change of heart?

I'm for lots of different ideas. They're not mutually exclusive. To sum up:

I would like them to merge entire servers with an "opt-out" option. I.e. Selbina and Rabanastre will become Zanarkand (just examples), but you can choose to move elsewhere.

Because I realize that SE will probably not do a 360, I at least support the early release of server names because people (including myself) are simply trying to circumvent this equal disbursement that they think numbers will bring. And if they will not do this, I am for the idea of creating new server names so there is not a feeling of having been displaced, but of being replaced.

I am also a proponent of equal treatment for the non-subs and current subs. I.e. if they choose for us, I want the non-subs to come with us; and if we choose freely, I want the non-subs to choose freely. Though I realize you can and might argue this to the death, this game is not quite a finished product, and the devs have admitted that they're not even going to try to push PR until after 1.21, presumably for 2.0. To say that players who have every intention of coming back do not deserve a fair chance to play with their friends sounds wrong to me, regardless of whether that's absolute or enforced by a "tax" on non-subs. We get special benefits for paying in the form of event items (Goobbue) and the "live" storyline.

And regarding Gysahl, I could care less either way. The names are just names, and it's tragic that they've elected to do this method with the same names, and then make it so we're picking without knowing. I don't frequently go through the trouble of creating new characters just to back up a forum post.