Keep Server Merges the Same

[Serdapi]

To the community:

Please stop complaining about the way SE is doing the Server merge. The way they are doing it is the most fair way to do a server merge. To the crying RPer's, think about it this way, you can pick a server and announce it in many ways. Also think about it this way if they told us the names of the servers and all the RPers pick Selbina and then all the FFXI fanatics picked Selbina too, not all the RPers or FFXI fanatics could fit on one server and it would close.

This would mean some RPers would have to flock to another server as well as the FFXI fanatics. This would only piss off that server because then they have to deal with RPers. This would also make RPers mad because if a friend of yours or Guardian forbid your "in game wife" get split because a server fills up. You would then do exactly what you most of the idiots attached to names are doing now and complain of the forum.

The way SE is doing it now you can pick Server 1 and people who dislike RPing can stay the hell away from that Server and not feel connected to a server name. This is FAIR.


To the Dev:

Please do not cave to a community that is crying over something as trivial as a name of a server. The current way of merging is [SIZE="5"]FAIR[/SIZE] to everyone because we are all in the same boat. If you give the names of the servers this will just be unfair because you will have people fighting for server control over a name.

If people threaten to quit over a name of a server, all that means is they like the name of the server they are on more than the game and that they would quit soon eventually either way. Also the community asked for a server merge, you give them one and they complain. They are going to complain either way as I pointed out in the "to the community part". So just deal with this complaining and let them get over it.

[Quesse]

You could still pick all new names for the servers and have it be FAIR.

[Niqote]

You could still pick all new names for the servers and have it be FAIR.

This is the correct response ^

[Mychael]

The way SE is doing it now you can pick Server 1 and people who dislike RPing can stay the hell away from that Server and not feel connected to a server name. This is FAIR.

But what to those of us that are not necessarily members of a strict denomination of players (e.g. "RPer" "FFXI Fanatic") and have more than two friends? Can you force all of them to come with you? Maybe. But can they force all of their friends to come with them? Maybe. Eventually, the probability of those "maybes" being true gets pretty low... and then people start to leave to play with other friends. God forbid someone have two or three linkshells, and hope the members all have their eyes set on the same place.

Yeah, we lose friends, and we can get over it. Maybe that's your idea of "Fair."

And then, even if everyone convinced everyone, wouldn't just be an "traditional" merge of an entire server migrating?

My friend, I believe you have confused "fair" with "uniform."

You could still pick all new names for the servers and have it be FAIR.

^ And I'll third this. Again. :P

[ChefKiyo]

Did you read the posting of the server merges at all? SE states the hiding of names will balance the servers. Everyone will pick server 1, until it is maxed. Then it will be 2, until it is maxed.

We're getting rid of 8 servers, and groups are already claiming servers. This means that a few Linkshells will populate random servers, Germans and French communities are told to be in 10, and the top 4 will be maxed or high pop.

Balance?

[syntaxlies]

To the community:

Please stop complaining about the way SE is doing the Server merge. The way they are doing it is the most fair way to do a server merge. To the crying RPer's, think about it this way, you can pick a server and announce it in many ways. Also think about it this way if they told us the names of the servers and all the RPers pick Selbina and then all the FFXI fanatics picked Selbina too, not all the RPers or FFXI fanatics could fit on one server and it would close.

This would mean some RPers would have to flock to another server as well as the FFXI fanatics. This would only piss off that server because then they have to deal with RPers. This would also make RPers mad because if a friend of yours or Guardian forbid your "in game wife" get split because a server fills up. You would then do exactly what you most of the idiots attached to names are doing now and complain of the forum.

The way SE is doing it now you can pick Server 1 and people who dislike RPing can stay the hell away from that Server and not feel connected to a server name. This is FAIR.


To the Dev:

Please do not cave to a community that is crying over something as trivial as a name of a server. The current way of merging is [SIZE="5"]FAIR[/SIZE] to everyone because we are all in the same boat. If you give the names of the servers this will just be unfair because you will have people fighting for server control over a name.

If people threaten to quit over a name of a server, all that means is they like the name of the server they are on more than the game and that they would quit soon eventually either way. Also the community asked for a server merge, you give them one and they complain. They are going to complain either way as I pointed out in the "to the community part". So just deal with this complaining and let them get over it.

just cause people are complaining doesn't mean they were gonna change the way they are doing it. You are complaining about complainers = +1 complaint.

[ChefKiyo]

Did you read the posting of the server merges at all? SE states the hiding of names will balance the servers. Everyone will pick server 1, until it is maxed. Then it will be 2, until it is maxed.

We're getting rid of 8 servers, and groups are already claiming servers. This means that a few Linkshells will populate random servers, Germans and French communities are told to be in 10, and the top 4 will be maxed or high pop.

Balance?

[Finalfreak]

But what to those of us that are not necessarily members of a strict denomination of players (e.g. "RPer" "FFXI Fanatic") and have more than two friends? Can you force all of them to come with you? Maybe. But can they force all of their friends to come with them? Maybe. Eventually, the probability of those "maybes" being true gets pretty low... and then people start to leave to play with other friends. God forbid someone have two or three linkshells, and hope the members all have their eyes set on the same place.

Yeah, we lose friends, and we can get over it. Maybe that's your idea of "Fair."

And then, even if everyone convinced everyone, wouldn't just be an "traditional" merge of an entire server migrating?

My friend, I believe you have confused "fair" with "uniform."





^ And I'll third this. Again. :P

I was thinking exactly the same -.-
I don't give a shit about the server name, but I would like to be on a server with all my friends & linkshells.

If 1 of the linkshells I'm in, prefers an other server, I'll lose that linkshell. The name thing might be fair, all the other stuff isn't. If you have more then 2 friends in the game, you'll lose a lot just because SE doesn't know how to merge servers.

[Serdapi]

just cause people are complaining doesn't mean they were gonna change the way they are doing it. You are complaining about complainers = +1 complaint.

Thank you, you got my points can't stop complainers.

[Valhol]

just cause people are complaining doesn't mean they were gonna change the way they are doing it. You are complaining about complainers = +1 complaint.

Hey your complaining +1 complain. complain @ 3