Proposed Server Merge Solution

[Razor]

We can sit here posting about how we knew were right, we knew this was going to happen, and blah blah blah, but that doesnt actually fix anything. I'm still stuck on @$%^ing Masamune with my four other friends trying to gtfo!

The problem currently is (per the majority of the community's less than intellectual requests) inactive players get factored into the server merge because god forbid people who don't actually play (or pay SE, which is what MMOs are all about) and may never come back don't get first dibs on a server. This clogs the entire system up and people who want to change servers can't because of all inactive players jamming up the intersections.

In otherwords, my five people from Masamune can't leave to Sargatanas because both worlds are full. Even though there are likely five people from Sargatanas who either A) want to leave and can't or B) Don't play the game and don't care.

Solution:
Raise/remove the capacity restriction temporarily for 48 hours. This would alleviate the current "traffic jam" that we are experiencing. People who are currently stuck (people who are active enough to take advantage of a 48hr window) will be able to situate themselves without the chaos of all servers are full so no one can move.

After the 48hr window, return the transfer to how it is now. As in, people on max worlds can move to lower pop worlds, but max worlds can no longer take new people.

After the 13th, proceed as normal. Max worlds are completely locked, and the stragglers can mix around the lower pop servers.

27th: Merge the servers, everyone should be happy.


It probably isn't the prettiest solution, but SE already changed the plan once, we can't expect them to do it again once its already in effect. (Regardless of the venomous feelings any given individual has towards what would of, or should've happened) The only thing we can do now, is try to find a way to make it work.

EDIT: Bolded the important part of my post, since I'm aware of how little people like reading lol

[Thanos]

What happens if its lifted and EVERYONE ends up on 2-3 servers cause they all want to be somewhere populated?

There needs to be a cap!

[Razor]

What happens if its lifted and EVERYONE ends up on 2-3 servers cause they all want to be somewhere populated?

There needs to be a cap!

Although that is a possibility, from just looking around the forums it feels like most people are fine where they are. The ones who desperately want to transfer are few and far between. They also have strong LS/friendship ties to the worlds they will be going to so I don't know that we'll see certain servers become grossly overpopulated. But it is a possibility so to prevent this they could add 500~1000 players to the current max capacities temporarily (instead of making it unlimited).

[Vaen]

They should set up a queue for people who want to switch to a different sever IMO.

So that even though things are "full" right now, you can still sign up for the server you want to move to and when they figure out how to unjam it, they'll let people go to the server they want on a first-come-first-served basis with a cap. So if you and your friends all apply for queue of the server you want at the same time, it'd be unlikely that only a few of you would make the transfer; either you all would or you'd all be above the cap and wouldn't.

[Quesse]

You're a bit late.

This is the solution people originally complained for. Deal with it.

[Signy]

They should have used the option #1... On FFXI the last year there was a server merge and they use it and nothing went wrong and nobody go mad.

Anyway. They should change the server selection to use another method, something like let everyone select the server they want to move and then balance the population between every servers using FCFS.

[Coombah]

They set the time for the transfer.. I made it a point to stay up to transfer.. others should have done the same

[Vassteel]

nobody cares about your idea

i liked option 4 but your dumbshits wanted option 2. ya got what you wanted so stop complaining

[BrusselSprout]

I suggest renaming Ragnarok to Cookies, while renaming the top three servers to "Boogers" "Farts" and "Blueberry Pop-Tarts" for an undisclosed time. People will naturally congregate in Cookies and allow people to join Boogers.

Or, you know, we could all just calm down and realize we have over a week to get into our servers of choice.