World Visit System & The Future Of Housing

[TwinMoon]

Context:

• Balmung is the result of a server merge between Besaid and Fabul in the 1.x era
• Balmung is one of the most populated servers, so it has trouble providing housing for all players that call it home.
• The second most populated server is/was on the same data center as Balmung (I don't remember the server's name). I don't remember if it will be moved to a new data center by 5.x

A portion of the FFXIV community (At least NA and EU?) made Besaid the unofficial RP server. This changed over time, and those who enjoy different kinds of role play have moved to or simply started their adventures on other servers. I started on Besaid for the community. I'm not so active in it anymore, but the memories and the people still here are important, so I don't want to change servers.

The World Visit System, does make changing to another server enticing. Move to a server in the same data center where housing is available, but still be able to adventure with your friends on another server.

What I am concerned about, and haven't read any information on, is the future of re-balancing data centers. If the server I move to is moved to a different data center, I would be cut off from the server I wanted to stay in touch with.

More housing will be coming in 5.x, but the odds of there being enough medium or large houses to sate Balmung's thirst is low. New housing typically sells out in the first 5-10 minutes it is available, assuming you can log in without getting kicked out of the login queue because of a lobby server error. Calling it a mad rush is generous. FCs deserve housing. Individuals deserve housing. There isn't enough on this server to go around while houses on other servers sit empty. It is a tough thing for Yoshi and the team to balance.

This is a long winded lead up to the following question:

Has Square-Enix mentioned anything about servers that absolutely will never be separated by different data centers?

If I could move to a server that will never be separated from Balmung, I think I could change servers without worry. I could get housing on that server, but still use the world visit system to complete content on another server (Balmung or otherwise) or adventure with friends who were lucky enough to get housing on Balmung.

Reference:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...de/worldvisit/