Server merge: Hidden server names.

[KaiKatzchen]

I am perfectly fine with not knowing the new name of a server. Still a bit worried about how they are merging servers together though.

[northernsky]

Fair argument; will it be the same for new players who buy the game after the merge?

Or for reroll?

[Delsus]

Fair argument; will it be the same for new players who buy the game after the merge?

Or for reroll?

They said they will release the names of the servers after the transfer window has closed, so effectively punishing us, people currently playing cannot choose a server based on nostalgia, but new players when they open servers to a choice again will/

[Phen]

People feel passionate about something, lets remove the reason to be passionate and stick them with some random shit they don't want rather than what they want. I get the reasoning but its flawed, 1 and 2 gonna be a lottery folks, and its in direct opposition with everything I've known of this game in the last year. I am constantly defending this game to people and the one thing I could always rely on was a dev team that was sympathetic to the players and this has seriously ruined that in my eyes.

I just its baffling to me. Choose your Grand Company and nation based off what you love but SE knows best on this?

For those going its fine the way it is, would it really bother you if it said names? Really are you that concerned if a server is just slightly higher?

[Akira]

its just a server name who chars what its called as long as you are still with friends thats all that matters tbh they should just keep it numbers to avoid it all

[Gramul]

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.

What I don't understand is, why you're making people choose at all?
I mean, without server names available, there's no real point.

Why not just merge low population servers with mid and high population, then change the name from there? It's not like we'd be any more upset with what names you choose for that than the names you choose for these servers we're randomly picking. I already have to drop one of my linkshells because they're choosing a different server than my main linkshell.
What's the point of that?

[Biggs]

I am absolutely infuriated about this utterly unnecessary complication in world transfer!

* The new Worlds shall inherit the names of the ten most popular current Worlds. Name assignments will be announced after the transfer selection period has ended.

What ridiculous reason could you have for hiding our server names from us until we are on them?
Yes they are just names but to some of us they have value and enhance our experience!

I chose my server for a reason, it is one of the top and will be featured as a name in the 10 but I and my friends who also want to stay on the same name have to chance getting it in a stupid hope of luck?

Please change this and allow us to see the server names before we transfer!!

Perhaps it would have been easier to truly merge server A to server B. At least you would have guaranteed control of the numbers. Perhaps even allow everyone the free transfer anyway ... but it should be a choice, don't force us to split up or follow one group in hopes that we can stay together,

To me at least, a server name is nothing more than a tool that makes you more or less favorable to picking a certain world. I don't see whats keeping someone from starting a thread that says, SERVER NUMBER 5 WILL BE THE UNOFFICIAL RP SERVER. I mean, once your on the server, how often do you use your server name in conversation throughout your time playing the game. If anything, this gives people that want to play on a RP server but didn't go to besaid because they didnt know what it was the chance to join up. Instead of posting a thread complaining about something that isn't going to change, why not start one now while you have time that brings the people together that share your view onto one of the new servers? You certainly have a few weeks to get that going, and from the posts I have read in other OP's, there are a TON of people that would get onboard with that. Try to focus more on ways to turn what you perceive as a negative into a positive. As long as you accomplish your goal, who really cares what they end up naming the server?

[Phen]

its just a server name who chars what its called as long as you are still with friends thats all that matters tbh they should just keep it numbers to avoid it all

Look Alice, maybe us and all of our friends want to say- be on the server that is named for our favorite game?

[Elexia]

Look Alice, maybe us and all of our friends want to say- be on the server that is named for our favorite game?

I want a Lamborghini Murciélago.

[Phen]

To me at least, a server name is nothing more than a tool that makes you more or less favorable to picking a certain world. I don't see whats keeping someone from starting a thread that says, SERVER NUMBER 5 WILL BE THE UNOFFICIAL RP SERVER. I mean, once your on the server, how often do you use your server name in conversation throughout your time playing the game. If anything, this gives people that want to play on a RP server but didn't go to besaid because they didnt know what it was the chance to join up. Instead of posting a thread complaining about something that isn't going to change, why not start one now while you have time that brings the people together that share your view onto one of the new servers? You certainly have a few weeks to get that going, and from the posts I have read in other OP's, there are a TON of people that would get onboard with that. Try to focus more on ways to turn what you perseive as a negative into a positive. As long as you accomplish your goal, who really cares what they end up naming the server?

Wedge let me level with ya here, ill see it everyday associated with my character, every time i log in, and every time Im talking to people ya know, outside of game. What we are focusing on is reversing this before you know, we get stuck with something we don't like.