reconsider EU DC split

[ErryK]

Than again, they dint split up JP DC's. Why not? Bc they want to **** the west. Theres no other reason than this. Especial the EU DC.

Chaos as it was would have been an estimated 120k population, making it the most populous datacenter when considering it was only one datacenter. It needed to be split.

[Vidu]

Chaos is getting split but not Japan. This is dumb.

Japan already has 3 DCs - why would they need to split those up? If they want to attract more EU-players and offer more server-space for those of us who life in the EU (or would like to play on an EU-server), they need to add more servers and apparently that also requires them to create a new datacenter. I'm not sure how the situation of the japanese servers is related to this at all?

[Kogekigami]

Chaos as it was would have been an estimated 120k population, making it the most populous datacenter when considering it was only one datacenter. It needed to be split.

Ok that chart is actually really interesting. When did that get shown? I must of missed it when my stream bugged out for a few minuets.

Also it is sad that people are being made forced to chose but its a nesscary evil. With how big Europe is it is dumb to have on one dc and you can't really think its fair to just do a dc of new worlds

[ElainaMason]

Well, I do understand where the split is coming from, most of you only see what will happen now, like less players, longer ques splitting of PVE and PVP. Yes it is true it will happen. But the split is not because we need it now. It's because they will need it for new Expansion and the sea of new people who will start playing the game. The current Datacenter/Severs won't be able to handle that load. It's also easier to implement it now, so that when Shadowbringers gets released there won't be that many issues for players. Doing it early on is a measurement in case something goes wrong and they have to time to fix. Do you all want the severs to be down during new expansion, so that they can fix it.

Also people complaining about PF, while yes it will have Less PF's, but the PF's will be filled much faster. If you look at current PF most end up hours waiting for that 1 or 2 players to join.

I am mean I am not all too happy either, since 7/8 of my Raid is in Cerberus. I have friends on Ragnarok and Moogle and yes I won't be able to play with them. But I can see why they are doing it.

And how long does it work fine after new expansion?
Maybe some months and then PFs are dead especially if you wanna do something else than the newest stuff or if you dont do the newest stuff with a static or not at prime time in the evening.

[Yorihisa]

And how long does it work fine after new expansion?
Maybe some months and then PFs are dead especially if you wanna do something else than the newest stuff or if you dont do the newest stuff with a static or not at prime time in the evening.

Because everyone is looking at the situation now, there will be a flux of increased NEW PLAYERS with expansion. Not just returning players.

[ElainaMason]

Because everyone is looking at the situation now, there will be a flux of increased NEW PLAYERS with expansion. Not just returning players.

Maybe that could happen. But what will happen if it is not like that? Is SE really expecting that there will sooooo many new players in EU?

[NanaWiloh]

Um no. Please don't exaggerate.

The response at the fan fest towards this is what anyone would have expected. Considering SE apologised as part of the announcement for the disruption it may cause, it is clear that they're well aware of the implications of what they're doing. They knew it may not be very well received.

Blizzard, for some unknown cosmic reason, thought their hardcore pc gamer audience wanted a mobile game for a franchise that's been on pc for 20 years, and they were shocked when they found this wasn't the case.

You can't compare these two.

Hehe I was reading the forums after that went down...oh boy the word Immortal is now a meme on the diablo forums.

[Ilan]

Chaos as it was would have been an estimated 120k population, making it the most populous datacenter when considering it was only one datacenter. It needed to be split.

And the numbers are probably as correct as the numbers that SE always uses to show how many players we have.

[ErryK]

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Wasn't from the stream, was calculated by approximate data from XIVCensus: https://twitter.com/Bwin4L/status/1063986895754006528

And the numbers are probably as correct as the numbers that SE always uses to show how many players we have.

Never said it was fact, it's an approximation. I would assume SE knows what they're doing if they are going through with the split.

[Sunako]

If that graph is true, why we have less servers than any other datacenter, if we have more players than any other datacenter?