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

[Dreadnought]

whats the difference between 4 and 2?

[Murugan]

whats the difference between 4 and 2?

In 4 people had to choose a destination server, if they did not they would be sent to a random server.

In option 2 all people on a server are by default moved to a specific destination world, but there will be two opportunities (before and after the merge) for them to transfer to a server of their choice.

[Answa]

whats the difference between 4 and 2?

Less QQ. And merges are designated. And LS/FL/BL info is kept.

[Darkhaund]

Did I miss read, or are they going to introduce things and stuff into 14 from previous final fantasies?

[Sidious]

whats the difference between 4 and 2?

Some will say "nothing", but they're quite wrong.

Option 2 is what Yoshi refers to as "basic consolidation" with the added bonus of free electable transfers. At the end of the day, it takes two full communities and smashes them together-- save the for the stragglers who opt to transfer elsewhere. No matter where they go, however, they will be joining a world that has two or more communities coexisting.

Option 4, when it was still an option, created new worlds from all of the current worlds collectively. It provided no structure to preserve communities. However, it had the added benefit of population control at the time of the merges. Also, the a new server's community would be established from the ground up as a "new" community unique to that server. This is as opposed to two pre-established communities coexisting, as we see in option 2.

[Davorok]

A couple of small gems from Yoshi's post:

Also, as we look to expand FFXIV, some of our visions for the future, such as releasing content based in Worlds from previous FF titles

Sweet!

Also, we would like to reserve the name Gold Saucer for the casino,

Dude!

[Bulwarkz]

They listened to every little detail from a diverse amount of opinions and came up with the perfect merge plan - Epic win SE! I hope I end up on "Excalibur" =D

Also, we would like to reserve the name Gold Saucer for the casino

There's gonna be a CASINO!? =D!!

We are very grateful that we received lots of feedback from players all over the world.

We're grateful to have such a great team on our side!

[Babydoll]

If they're going to put content in from previous FF titles that's cool! Can we have costumes =D also what happens if a deactivated character who was created first reactivates after the merge and someone who created their character after has the same name...i assume the one who recently reactivated will be asked to change ?

[Noir]

Character name overlap. So someone who played on a buddy key first month and never again get to force a name change on current customers? This shall be interesting.

No. It means active players.

[Dreadnought]

Some will say "nothing", but they're quite wrong.

Option 2 is what Yoshi refers to as "basic consolidation" with the added bonus of free electable transfers. At the end of the day, it takes two full communities and smashes them together-- save the for the stragglers who opt to transfer elsewhere. No matter where they go, however, they will be joining a world that has two or more communities coexisting.

Option 4, when it was still an option, created new worlds from all of the current worlds collectively. It provided no structure to preserve communities. However, it had the added benefit of population control at the time of the merges. Also, the a new server's community would be established from the ground up as a "new" community unique to that server. This is as opposed to two pre-established communities coexisting, as we see in option 2.

but wouldnt the branches of each servers community who actually cared about being with eachother still choose to follow eachother to their server of choice regardless of either option? Do most linkshells in each server commune with eachother enough to know eachothers existence?
Im just wondering how established these "communities" are to where they need to be treated like holy porcelain dolls.

if you wanted to play with your friends and they wanted to play with you.... then wouldnt you guys follow eachother through either option? if your friends left you and you decided to go to that server.... doesnt that mean you guys arent that great of friends? idk, it just seems to me that the only people who need this type of guidence and structure are children.