Please lock OCE servers to OCE players (At first)

[Gothicshark]

They can probably suss out the player's location based on billing address or other such data-driven things that I know little to nothing about.

I agree with the OP. People who are in the OCE region should be the ones to populate the data center at first. It's an unfortunate fact that people will go somewhere for short term gains and ruin it for those who will be there for the long run. Let the servers on Materia be a closed system (no realm visit, etc) so they have time to develop their own cultures, figure out social expectations, and build stable economies before letting people from outside the DC go in and stir things up.

If they do decide to let people actually located in NA, EU, and JP transfer to Materia, they should have a year-long lock on transferring off that server.



When WoW Classic launched I was on the single RP server because my friends and I wanted an RP guild. It was great until the second day when all the assholes from PvP servers made new characters there because the queues on the RP server were much lower than elsewhere. They completely ruined the server's atmosphere and culture nearly from the get go, turning it in to a steaming pile of Cess Pit of Unusual Size and Unknowable Depth. I was the last one to hang on and even then only lasted until I hit 60 a month later. Everyone else was gone within a couple of weeks.

I don't want the equivalent to happen to the Oceanic/Aus/NZ players transferring to the data center put up specifically for them.

You realize the issue here, if they did that, then they should force remove all OCE players off NA servers to free up the houses that they took from the people who live in NA. I hope you realize that your argument can be used against you. I personally dislike this kind of gatekeeping. Oh, and if I needed an OCE address, and for some reason needed one, it's quiet easy to obtain one online, in fact I could easily set up a Fiji ident online, open a business, have a legal address, and everything and never once leave Los Angeles. Same for NA. It's how people in China do this, often.

[Arillyn]

The biggest 'draw' is the bonuses we are getting.
1 mil Gil, Silver Chocobo feathers, 15 days free game time for making and leveling a character to 30.
Gold Chocobo feathers for character transferring.
And of course access to fresh housing estates.

I actually meant to reply to this too. There is a reason SE is doing this - to make sure the OCE datacenters actually HAVE enough players on it. This is a major financial investment for SE. And while they must have the data to back it up that there are enough OCE players to justify it to the higher ups to make that investment - SE has to make sure people actually transfer there and make new characters there.

[SenorPatty]

The biggest 'draw' is the bonuses we are getting.
1 mil Gil, Silver Chocobo feathers, 15 days free game time for making and leveling a character to 30.
Gold Chocobo feathers for character transferring.
And of course access to fresh housing estates.

You're not wrong at all, imo.

I got 10 gold chocobo feathers. One way or another...I'm getting that twintania mount *licks lips surreptiously*

I don't care about the houses.

I don't care about the extra game time.

I just want that mount.

[Quintessa]

I doubt there's gonna be mass transfers, not everyone wants to do it, and doing so also means separation from friends unless they transfer with them. One last thing that'll make people think twice is that moving to a NEW server subjects to them to a 3 month lock out(no transfers).

[Gothicshark]

You're not wrong at all, imo.

I got 10 gold chocobo feathers. One way or another...I'm getting that twintania mount *licks lips surreptiously*

I don't care about the houses.

I don't care about the extra game time.

I just want that mount.

it's worth it. (have 2 friends recruited.)

[Krotoan]

From "there won't be enough people to do content!"
to "OMG Too many people will transfer"


I love this forum.

[TaleraRistain]

Holy US Hatred, Batman

Obligatory reminder that NA isn't just US, too

And what about the other regions? Just us filthy Americans stay out, huh?

I have no intention of going there. But the xenophobia in the OP's post and others is thick.

[Hasrat]

So... anyone wanna take a guess at how long it'll be before every housing plot on every world has actually finally sold?

Cuz I'd wager this is one of those concerns that really isn't going to be a problem. Probably gonna be some months before they start reaching "normal" population levels.

[TristanX]

Invade OCE servers! I wanna join too! Just kidding.

Both JP and AU servers about the same ping for me.

[Rokke]

Yes, and is something that's actually meaningful to people who RP their characters; whether that be person-to-person or just in their own head WoL-to-NPC. I took quite a bit of time figuring out appropriate names for my retainers and had to find new ones as some of the names were taken.

If you roleplay you've prolly put thought into your characters names. Cloud Strife and Viewing Cutscene might get taken quickly but the average XIV character name is usually unique enough to not worry their name being squatted. If I looked up Il'lmaeran Quel'lar on the lodestone I'd be surprised if there were several of various races across different datacenters.