What do you think will happen to a failed data center?

[Edelgarde]

We've had this discussion quite a few times. I do agree with people pointing out that cross data center travel, will not help with long queues in the duty finder. I still however, think it's beneficial for players to have the option to exhaust the content outside their data center if they can't do it in their main one.

A data center needs numbers. But people will ditch a data center if it's not active enough, but are likely to come back to it during an expansion launch release to not deal with the login wars in an active data center.

But say if a data center still fails in the end. Not enough hype and interest during expansion release, which means not a good enough boost in numbers, that people just end up transferring back after the expansion craze is done. How do you think Yoshi P and the team will handle the situation?

There is no way they will delete the worlds. That would result in a major backlash, especially from people who still made a community there and want to keep their houses. I think the data center will be deleted, but all the words on that can be merged with another data center, likely split.

So what if they deleted the data center, but merged the words to another one. Could be a culture clash, but everyone could still keep their communities and their houses.

These are just predictions. I'm thinking about scenarios that could seem possible and what could be the best solution for a data center that is a confirmed failure. But what's your take on it?

edit: Had to edit the post to keep the discussion more focused here. But it seems no one has a theory of their own at the moment.

[Stormpeaks]

So while I continue the domino effect of disaster by jumping from a ship onto a lifeboat before it sinks completely, the ship being Materia data center, the lifeboat being data center transfer, just thought I'd have some takes from you guys on a certain topic. I don't think Yoshi P and the team will give up on a data center until 7.1 or 7.2, to see if a next expansion release will help the data center become lively.

We've had this discussion quite a few times. I do agree with people pointing out that cross data center travel, will not help with long queues in the duty finder. I still however, think it's beneficial for players to have the option to exhaust the content outside their data center if they can't do it in their main one.

Obviously, a data center needs numbers. However, because 30% of the most active players who want to play all kinds of content have left Materia the moment their 3 month wait is up, it's left it in such a poor state, there is no way people will transfer back until 7.0, so that the people from OCE can avoid login wars on a very active data center.

But say if Materia data center still fails in the end. Not enough hype and interest during expansion release, which means not a good enough boost in numbers, that people just end up transferring back after the expansion craze is done. How do you think Yoshi P and the team will handle the situation?

There is no way they will delete the worlds. That would result in a major backlash, especially from people who still made a community there and want to keep their houses. I think the data center will be deleted, but all the words from Materia will be merged with another data center, likely split.

If they don't expand Dynamis if it fails, they could easily slap all the words there, but then people from OCE have to deal with awful NA ping. Would still be a major backlash, but people can still have their houses and communities intact.

These are just predictions. I'm thinking about scenarios that could seem possible and what could be the best solution for a data center that is a confirmed failure. But what's your take on it?

Just wait until they expand it even more and add even more new NA worlds next year as planned, making it even worse by spreading the numbers even further, while barely even adding any players to the new datacenter.

Same for EU, they are adding an entire new datacenter while Sagittarius/Raiden are both almost empty even at peak times, and yet they are still going with that idea which will ruin the actual datacenter in the long run as it's spreading the playerbase even further.

[Edelgarde]

Just wait until they expand it even more and add even more new NA worlds next year as planned, making it even worse by spreading the numbers even further, while barely even adding any players to the new datacenter.

Same for EU, they are adding an entire new datacenter while Sagittarius/Raiden are both almost empty even at peak times, and yet they are still going with that idea which will ruin the actual datacenter in the long run as it's spreading the playerbase even further.

I reckon they should stop creating more worlds or data centers. The huge surge of WoW refugees is done. We're passed that era. I don't think we'll get another huge wave again like that. We'll just get some new players as well as all returning casual players every expansion release and pre-release. But making new data centers or worlds is just confidence overload from SE. I do reckon that the popularity of FFXIV will gradually decline in a couple of years once the mmorpg market has more competition.

[Deveryn]

Wow, y'all must be fun to hang with in game and offline. ( /s if you really need it spelled out.)

[Ranaku]

Dunno if you can call it failed, a new datacenter needs time to build up their population. That doesn't happen just overnight. I mean sure it is frustrating probably, especially for people who transferred and expected, by whatever crude logic, that they could jump right into endgame like on other datacenters.

If it is still the same after 1-2 years then you can call it failed tbh.

[RobynDaBank]

I doubt propagating the notion that Materia is dead will help bring people to it. They'll read people saying it is and steer clear.

[Raven2014]

I doubt propagating the notion that Materia is dead will help bring people to it. They'll read people saying it is and steer clear.

Yeah, these people are basically speedrun "Self-fulfilled prophecy 101".

[LaylaTsarra]

They will do something they won't let the DC fail. I suspect if DC travel doesn't come to help with the transition then there may be the option of simply attaching it to another DC. It's got to be frustrating to those who transferred their mains and who have gotten housing but I don't see them letting the DC bleed to death they will have to take action.

[PirateRyanG]

Maybe materia would be more active if the people that constantly complained about materia spent their time playing the game instead?

[Kes13a]

Maybe materia would be more active if the people that constantly complained about materia spent their time playing the game instead?

cant believe I agree with something you say lol.

but seriously, people ask for new worlds to alleviate congestion, and then complain that it has alleviated congestion.

new servers do not instantly fill up and become full of life etc. expecting that is a bit unrealistic. people from that region of the world BEGGED for a data center for various reasons, and now its there.. its not what they expected. what a shocker.