New data centers

[StarRosie]

But it's not guaranteed, and people are very risk adverse...

I'm not saying it's guaranteed, just a likely possibility.

[TarynH]

The issue with that is housing. You may be forced to give up your house because half your static is on another server. And in this game, getting another will be almost impossible.

Right. If they'd worked on instanced housing long before this, then this wouldn't be a huge issue. Maybe they'll surprise everyone and implement that as well.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Right. If they'd worked on instanced housing long before this, then this wouldn't be a huge issue. Maybe they'll surprise everyone and implement that as well.

I was just talking about that with a friend in Discord. This would be the perfect time to abandon the archaic ward system that just isn't working. Sadly, we know they aren't going to.

[TarynH]

I was just talking about that with a friend in Discord. This would be the perfect time to abandon the archaic ward system that just isn't working. Sadly, we know they aren't going to.

I could actually see this data center thing all working better with world visit, free transfers and instanced housing. As it stands right now, though, it's a hard sell any way you look at it. Definitely going to shake things up.

On a side note... The mention of farms makes me hopeful they may have looked into FFXI's instanced island feature. (Wishful thinking.)

[Stormfur]

I love my Leviathan family <3

[Fourbestintoner]

Please be east coast.

[Roda]

Please be east coast.

Nah, just centralize the servers.
Don't want to re-screw over the west coasters.

[Tempest222]

They are going to add new worlds too right? Having each dada center have half the number of worlds the current ones do wouldn’t be ideal.

[Fourbestintoner]

Nah, just centralize the servers.
Don't want to re-screw over the west coasters.

No thanks, aether and primal can stay west coast.
Ill gladly switch to the new data center and so will 95% of my fc if its on the east coast, but it won't happen, I already know they will keep all 3 in cali because of this beautiful lie they told us over a year ago.

[Roda]

No thanks, aether and primal can stay west coast.
Ill gladly switch to the new data center and so will 95% of my fc if its on the east coast, but it won't happen, I already know they will keep all 3 in cali because of this beautiful lie they told us over a year ago.

I mean cool, continue to screw over east coasters on those DCs who also have friends on the west coast, because it's completely normal for mmos to have communities span a continent.
Or we can compromise like every other MMO and place the servers in texas or somewhere close to the center of the continent.
Not to mention that this dramatic delay is an XIV problem specifically. I live on the east coast, and every other mmo I play has me at 40-120ms on average play with virtually no feelings of delay. None of these games have servers on the east coast.