Why Is Dynamis Dead

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They probably didn't want to have what happened when they peeled off servers from the original NA DCs to create Crystal. People moved back in droves. And what exactly is wrong with being happy with the community you have and not wanting to be removed from it? Also, NA isn't just Americans. Dynamis is only barely 2 months old. Give it time.

When it happened in the EU, we didn't have this problem.
EU was split into Light and Chaos, the existing servers were split evenly across them.
Sure, people had issues losing access to friends that would have been a world visit away but were now off limits on a different DC. The result was some moved from Light to Chaos, and some moved from Chaos to Light, to maintain those friendships. It was an even two-way split either way you swing it.

When Crystal (and then Dynamis) was created, you didn't get this with Americans. They didn't have an even split of some leaving Crystal and some joining Crystal, because it's not just about friendships for them, it's about server identity. Some players simply didn't want to be on Crystal, because Crystal had an identity they didn't like, and vice versa.
This is bizarre phenomenon unique to the NA servers.

If they took one server from each of the existing datacenters and moved it to Dynamis, all four Datacenters would have an even split of servers.
This might upset some players, but those players would be offered a free world transfer and house reimbursement. Say Siren gets moved to Dynamis, some Siren players might not like being on Dynamis, and so move back to an existing Aether server, while some other Aether inhabitants might want to folow their friends on Siren, and move to a Dynamis server. On average, it would be an even two-way migratory trade. But then you factor in American server identity and now that average migration becomes a mass exodus from Siren to other Aether servers.