Aussie Server

[ksuyen]

Does anyone know the details about Oceanic Server yet? Like, when will it open, will it be free transfer 'only' for the Oceanic countries, how many worlds will be available, etc.

[Seraphor]

Not yet, but based on previous data center reshuffles we can assume:

- New Servers. Perhaps 2-4 new servers to go with 2-4 moved over from JP/US. I would expect maybe Tonberry and Kujata get moved to OCE, and then 4 new servers get added too. Giving OCE 6 servers in total. That might be a tad optimistic, so it could be that only 2 additional servers are added for 4 total.
- Free Transfers. Anyone transferring to one of the OCE servers, or transferring from any servers that get moved to the OCE center, will get those transfers for free. They will also get a full refund of their house if they have one, and there will be no limit on how much gil they can transfer with.

[VelKallor]

I would expect maybe Tonberry and Kujata get moved to OCE,

YES PLEASE :-D

[Shibi]

That will suck if you own a house although buying a house on the new server will be pretty easy.

Have a FC... so bah. All that work needs to be redone, including getting a new FC to level 6 so it can even buy land. Let alone anything like an expansion to subs, or FC spaceships...

And of course, what will the community be like on the server one does decide to put down roots on.

(Echidna would be a non-fitting name - not in Eorzia... and it's not an Aussie server per se, but Oceanic ANZ+more... I am hoping one is named Lahee, or Enkidu!)

[Seraphor]

Have a FC... so bah. All that work needs to be redone, including getting a new FC to level 6 so it can even buy land. Let alone anything like an expansion to subs, or FC spaceships...

And of course, what will the community be like on the server one does decide to put down roots on.

(Echidna would be a non-fitting name, I am hoping one is Lahee, or Enkidu!)

How is Echidna non-fitting?

[Sotaris]

Given covid and travel restrictions for JP, I wouldn't count on 6.0 launch but within a year would seem realistic (unless SE stated already otherwise?)

[Penthea]

Not yet, but based on previous data center reshuffles we can assume:

- New Servers. Perhaps 2-4 new servers to go with 2-4 moved over from JP/US. I would expect maybe Tonberry and Kujata get moved to OCE, and then 4 new servers get added too. Giving OCE 6 servers in total. That might be a tad optimistic, so it could be that only 2 additional servers are added for 4 total.

I don't think they're going to move servers if the majority of players there are not playing from the Oceania area. SE did say that players from there are divided into many groups on many different servers so while they may be a large group when added all together, they may be small groups when looking the individual servers they separately play on.

With this in mind I would not be surprised if all the Oceania servers turn out to be completely new. It might be better to do that anyway because that would mean those new servers would have empty housing wards which would be more than enough to convince many to transfer without a second thought.

[LaylaTsarra]

It's going to be interesting to see how many servers they add even to existing data centers and whether or not they'll do a server reshuffle like they did before. With Data Center travel coming it will at least allow people to visit friends if they are reshuffled. The did mention additional restrictions to what can be done with data center travel though.

Light and Chaos have 6 servers each so it'll be interesting to see if they create 6 new server or simply reshuffle some servers to the new one and add some more.

[Seraphor]

It's going to be interesting to see how many servers they add even to existing data centers and whether or not they'll do a server reshuffle like they did before. With Data Center travel coming it will at least allow people to visit friends if they are reshuffled. The did mention additional restrictions to what can be done with data center travel though.

Light and Chaos have 6 servers each so it'll be interesting to see if they create 6 new server or simply reshuffle some servers to the new one and add some more.

I expect with how complicated they said data center travel would be, that we will have to log in to a data center to start with, and then you're stuck on that data center until you log out and change it. So no transferring from the aetheryte like the world visit system.
That wouldn't be that prohibitive, but you wouldn't be able to chat to people on different DCs at the same time.
But who knows, maybe they work something out.

I'm definitely interested in the names for sure.
For the DC itself, maybe Astral, Umbral or Eikon?
For new servers, I've seen Echidna suggested, which would be pretty fitting. Vrtra/Azdaja would be kinda cool too.

[LaylaTsarra]

I expect with how complicated they said data center travel would be, that we will have to log in to a data center to start with, and then you're stuck on that data center until you log out and change it. So no transferring from the aetheryte like the world visit system.
That wouldn't be that prohibitive, but you wouldn't be able to chat to people on different DCs at the same time.

I'm definitely interested in the names for sure.
For the DC itself, maybe Astral, Umbral or Eikon?
For new servers, I've seen Echidna suggested, which would be pretty fitting.

Yeah it's definitely going to be harder but logging out switching dc's and logging back in isn't that big a deal I do that continually with my alts. I belong to numerous discords for hunts and I'll jump a DC frequently when I'm in capping mode for my alts. It really doesn't take that much time. I have no idea what the names should be though and how they might reshuffle or perhaps that isn't going to happen a reshuffle that is. Light and Chaos have 6 servers each which isn't a lot compared to other data centers.