Idea : Invite to locked server codes

[Zarabeth]

They tried the buy your way in thing, that's how Balmung got so congested. Just wait a bit Leviathan should open up again, eventually.

Or you could just make a new character on the same server as your friend so you can play there with him.

[Catwho]

They tried the buy your way in thing, that's how Balmung got so congested.

Yup. New character creation was locked on Balmung for a long time, but people (like me, totally guilty here) just shrugged and shoveled $18 toward SE to transfer there.

Then they locked Balmung out of transfers on the website officially, but had a poor implementation that was only a minor UI change and popping open the hood would let you pick Balmung anyway.... so people kept transferring. I can't remember if anyone got banned over that, but once the exploit was discovered, SE shut it down fast.

So now here we are - no amount of money will let you transfer to a locked server.

[Brynne]

Yeah, I realize exactly why it's like this (and launch was quite smooth so it was obviously worth it) but it's still frustrating. I hope things start to even out eventually, so I can hype up the game to family and friends without having to explain why they wouldn't be able to play with me on my main if they picked it up.

Unfortunately, most people by this point have formed solid communities in FCs with time invested into them, so they're unlikely to move. But there may be a gradual trickle off the congested servers if the incentives are enticing enough.

[Kaethra]

I've said it before, Recruit-a-Friend should allow bypassing of character creation restrictions. Especially when ALL of NA is restricted during primetime.

Wth are our friends supposed to do? Roll on a Japanese server and we chat about our singleplayer experiences?

[Barraind]

I've said it before, Recruit-a-Friend should allow bypassing of character creation restrictions. Especially when ALL of NA is restricted during primetime.

That thing you can look on reddit and find 50 codes for? Hows something thats freely available for anyone to use going to solve the problem?

We really needed 2-3 servers per datacenter to be added when they merged and separated us, but we didnt get it, so we're all kind of stuck. To be fair, we didnt get it because the odds are exceptionally high it would have just meant 10 aether servers were congested instead of 8, but if you look at how the JP datacenters work, its an OBVIOUS need in NA (JP has 8 more servers for HALF the total population)

[Paladinleeds]

They won't do it. Congested means full and needs to reduce the population. Either suck it up, or move servers to be with him. As people have suggested, world visit is an option, so he can still play with you. Those are the options and SE will absolutely NOT budge on that because they're congested for the fact the servers can't handle anymore. There's only so much a server can handle, even the most powerful servers in the world. And combining servers together produces diminishing returns, at some point it becomes pointless to add more for a singular realm, and instead new realms are the best way to handle it. From my understanding, we have hit that limit on these servers.

[Kaethra]

They won't do it. Congested means full and needs to reduce the population. Either suck it up, or move servers to be with him. As people have suggested, world visit is an option, so he can still play with you. Those are the options and SE will absolutely NOT budge on that because they're congested for the fact the servers can't handle anymore. There's only so much a server can handle, even the most powerful servers in the world. And combining servers together produces diminishing returns, at some point it becomes pointless to add more for a singular realm, and instead new realms are the best way to handle it. From my understanding, we have hit that limit on these servers.

Where are they supposed to make a character? Which server in the list:

[Lexi]

Where are they supposed to make a character? Which server in the list:

That’s the problem I had. Didn’t want to leave Siren but had a family member join the game during expansion so I made alt on Spriggan to play with them until they can transfer.

[AxlStream]

Be partient an wait. The game will not stay like this for longer than a month or 2.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Where are they supposed to make a character? Which server in the list:

That's gotta be edited. The only congested world on crystal in balmung.

There's currently 2 standard worlds on primal accepting characters, and 3 on crystal. Only aether is fully congested.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/