New data centers

[Leticro]

I picture it like every player that visits another world will have a time limit whilst they are there and would be kicked if inactive for more than 10mins (akin to Eureka) in order to keep the world that\\'s being visited from being too overly populated at a single time. Of course I could be completely wrong but we\\'ll find out in time.

The new data centres should help to spread the most populated worlds a little more evenly, but definitely queue times are going to take a hit so let\\'s hope we get some nice jobs worth queuing up for!

You can visit another world and stay there with no timer. They've already talked about how you can log off in another world and if you log back in much later, you'll still be in that world. You just can't use retainers and attend EBs in different worlds.

As for the split, I was okay with it until the realization that we're getting moved to the data center that has less than half the raid clears as servers staying on Aether or Primal. Clearing high level content will be much harder on Crystal if the population of people able to clear the content is so low.

If I move back to Primal however, I lose the limited large housing I worked so hard to get. All the people that say you can just buy a house again, they've probably never tried to obtain a large plot. Large plots are never available because of how high the demand for them are. If there was a server where large plots are open, I would happily transfer to that server.

If the decision was a personal thing, then whatever, but my EB partner recently came and settled in my house only to find we're getting cut off from the raid data centers. She is deciding whether to make an alt to still easily clear content with or just keep transferring back and forth between data centers, which is either a pain to maintain 2 accounts, or a dumb unnecessary cost to keep transfering.

[Mirakumi]

New NA swap

[Hestzhyen]

If they put Crystal on the east cost I will jump ship immediately... even if it means more Balmung madness. That's the only thing I really want (and won't get) out of this... servers for my side of the country.

[Rangar]

JFC, SE is just adding another data center, it's gonna be in the same place where the two currently are.

[Sasha_Marigold]

I've kept quiet about all this server changing....until now....and frankly....i hate it...yes this means nothing to the powers that be.....but I just found out that half my friends are planning on leaving because of the redistribution. The other half are staying because we have too much time and effort in our housing which is so limited that it would be pretty much impossible to replace if we moved. Being separated from the more active raid worlds has crushed my friend list. So this is just one more rant/complaint about the redistribution that can be ignored by all, but just had to finally chime in as this is rather depressing. This is supposed to be fun and the redistribution is yanking the fun away from this game......*sad in Coeurl*

[Ibuki-]

I would love to have an oceanic data center.

[Kazrah]

This is supposed to be fun and the redistribution is yanking the fun away from this game......*sad in Coeurl*

As bad as it is, I only have two words for it: blame Balmung. I'd argue that this is all happening because players on crowded servers like Balmung don't want to leave their servers for various reasons.

But community? The upcoming world transfer system means that you can visit and be part of communities on other servers.
But housing? Players will get reimbursed in full and then some for transferring for any housing plots or apartments they leave behind with. In fact, this would motivate others getting housing since some players might transfer from a high-pop server where getting a house would be next to impossible to a lower-pop server where it's not too hard to get a house.
But static? Yes, some statics may be broken, and while that is certainly unfortunate, but there will always be more raiders and whole statics can be moved to their datacenter of choice without having to worry about things like housing. Furthermore, by the time we get our free transfers in response to (either before or after) the datacenter change-up, there will likely be more statics prepping for the Shadowbringers raid rather than working on Omega.

But, but....something? At least for NA servers, this is only happening because Balmung is not just as bloated as it is, but is filled with so many players that absolutely refuse to leave for one reason or another. What is being done is an attempt to nullify (or at least shrink down) the major excuses players on high-pop servers may have against transferring to lower-pop servers.

As for EU servers, I'm not as sure. The only real theory I have short of increased marketing targeted at the EU is that SE might tighten the limit at which a server becomes classified as "congested" as a means of evening out server populations. This would not only mean that the most populated servers on EU could become listed as "congested", but that more players on NA servers like Balmung would need to transfer before being classified again as "standard", and at that point, players wouldn't have much excuse anymore not to leave.

I would love to have an oceanic data center.

SERIOUSLY, WHY IS THIS NOT A THING YET? Although I feel like by now, the Aussie playerbase should've banded together and conquered a JP datacenter, or at least a couple of servers on the same datacenter.

[Enla]

As bad as it is, I only have two words for it: blame Balmung. I'd argue that this is all happening because players on crowded servers like Balmung don't want to leave their servers for various reasons.

Really not just Balmung anymore. The issue is that Aether has the three most populated servers in the entire game. Balmung at 17k according to LuckyBancho, Gilgamesh at 12k, and Mateus at 14k. A quick check at the other servers on Aether show similar signs of being larger than their Japanese or EU counterparts as well, with even our smallest servers dwarfing theirs by a couple thousand players in some cases. Which all combine together to create massive server strain.

[GomJabbar]

the Aussie playerbase should've banded together and conquered a JP datacenter, or at least a couple of servers on the same datacenter.

Isn't that pretty much what they did with Tonberry?

[Kazrah]

Really not just Balmung anymore.

Gilgamesh, while definitely a crowded server, not once has ever been deemed a "congested" server despite being the prime hub for hardcore players.

Meanwile, Mateus is only as crowded as it is because it's Balmung's overflow server. That's how I know that it's not a problem with Aether as much as it's a problem with Balmung.

Isn't that pretty much what they did with Tonberry?

I thought so too, but I've been seeing more and more Aussie players on NA servers, so I wasn't sure these days.