Reassessing the Merger of FFXIV Worlds (02/13/2012)

[Gramul]

A + B - X = C
So A is merged with B, who gets to keep the duplicate name?

Second, what if someone didn't want to merge with that server. [...]
People are forced into a community or they can jump server and leave their friends behind. Fun choices...

-Whomever had the name first.

-That would happen in any version of the merger.

[Camate]

Greetings everyone!

We are still working on the longer post that was made by Yoshi-P earlier today, but wanted to go ahead and share with you the first post he made which is a concise version outlining the main concepts of how the world merge specifications will be changed.

Hello. This is Producer/Director Yoshida.

I am sorry for creating problems for everyone with the World Merge.
In regards to the World Merge specifications that were announced the other day, we have received a large amount of feedback from everyone and I would like to share with you the results of our re-exploration of the specifications. Since this is a forum post, and not the specifications itself, this is more of a concept, but until the official announcement is released, please check over these two posts in regards to the direction of the specifications.

■Simple Digest■

The specification overview is an extremely large amount of text, so I wrote out a brief version. If you just want to get a grasp of the content, then please just read over this post.

The foundation of the World Merge will be based on consolidating multiple existing Worlds as below:

A + B = New World

For both existing Worlds, Linkshells, Friend Lists, and Blacklists will remain intact. The Worlds will be consolidated from the current 18 Worlds into 10 Worlds, which includes a completely new World recommended for players in the EU time zone. The 10 new Worlds will have completely new names.

Also, at the same time as the World Merge, we will be temporarily accepting “World Transfer applications,” so if you are looking to change to a new World, take this opportunity to do so.

In regards to character names and Linkshell names, I have written about the handling of those at the end of the next post, so please check it out.

[DoctorMog]

Greetings everyone!

We are still working on the longer post that was made by Yoshi-P earlier today, but wanted to go ahead and share with you the first post he made which is a concise version outlining the main concepts of how the world merge specifications will be changed.

Thank you Sir.

[Arcell]

Greetings everyone!

We are still working on the longer post that was made by Yoshi-P earlier today, but wanted to go ahead and share with you the first post he made which is a concise version outlining the main concepts of how the world merge specifications will be changed.

This option is quite agreeable, please keep it.

[Bulwarkz]

Greetings everyone!

The 10 new Worlds will have completely new names.

Yes! Yes! ( Yes! )

EDIT: It's relevantly fresh and cool because it's a merger; This allows the new worlds to become one with their new identities!

[Irondude]

(A^2+B^2=Nlog2/W(n))/pi

N= New
W=World
n= trolls who will inevitable complain about the new merge anyway.

Now can you post some exciting info about the jobs system !

[Cthulhu]

Everyone find a dance partner. The two worlds that stay the same get to be prom king and queen.

[Giviont]

Everyone find a dance partner. The two worlds that stay the same get to be prom king and queen.

Actually, with the new concept in mind, it sounds like all 18 worlds will take part in the merge and no two worlds will be left out.

The Worlds will be consolidated from the current 18 Worlds into 10 Worlds, which includes a completely new World recommended for players in the EU time zone.

If basic math has taught me anything; I'd assume nine 'server As' and nine 'server Bs' would merge together to create nine newly named servers. The tenth server, under this concept, would likely be a fresh and untouched server recommended for those playing in the EU timezone.

[Teknoman]

So new names + fusion of worlds, and optional transfers? I'm ok with this.

[Dawiichan]

Will we get a list that shows what two worlds are merging? Would be nice to know so we get a general idea on who is going to be in the new server with your own server.