Crystal Datacenter Locked

[Eshura]

Is this just for the new housing lottery dash? Every world server can't be as jam-packed as Balmung... I'm paying multiple characters on one server and can't make any (that's been an issue on Balmung forever though).

[LaylaTsarra]

All of crystal is currently in a congested status. Can't make new characters anywhere. I think we are going to see more and more of that as they add data centers and new servers. The idea is to balance populations.

[Amarande]

I think we are going to see more and more of that as they add data centers and new servers. The idea is to balance populations.

Yeeeeep. And sadly I expect it to work poorly.

If anything, it was Aether that should have been locked, especially with the culture norm having so rapidly become "everybody have fun tonight, everybody Aether tonight ..." if you actually want to DF with decent queue times (FWIW, on Dynamis, it seems to be 11ish minute advertised queues for EW casual content. As White Mage. I can only imagine what it's like for the poor DPS), or if you want to PF at all - in fact, exactly what I feared would happen with DC visit (just like with World visit, the player culture becomes forcibly dominated by the most hardcore datacenter).

We've probably hit the WoW peak, and managing server population at that point is impossible ("balancing" actually backfires later on in the game's lifecycle, since as the smaller servers' population wanes people transfer more and more to the largest servers, leaving most of the smaller ones as noob traps. At least DC and World visit is a thing here, unlike many games where all you can do at that point is restart or pay a pretty penny to transfer off ... conveniently, of course, such servers are universally "recommended" by MMO operators for new players, LOL).

[Kyrj]

All of crystal is currently in a congested status. Can't make new characters anywhere. I think we are going to see more and more of that as they add data centers and new servers. The idea is to balance populations.

They're going to add more?!?! Why? Dynamis is a pathetic shit show right now...

[Tommyjc]

They're going to add more?!?! Why? Dynamis is a pathetic shit show right now...

Already cannot create characters on Seraph -_-

[LaylaTsarra]

Already cannot create characters on Seraph -_-

You can you just need to wait for off peak hours (early morning the best) when most people have logged and gone to bed. The server is still in new status so it's not locked.

I just made one on Seraph and it's 3:30 am EST.

[DixieBellOCE]

They're going to add more?!?! Why? Dynamis is a pathetic shit show right now...

Nothing wrong with Dynamis.

As somebody who played on Materia for 9 miserable months with no access to DC travel, Dynamis is great.

No content? DC travel and do content.

Don't want to DC travel? That's your own problem.

[LianaThorne]

Nothing wrong with Dynamis.

As somebody who played on Materia for 9 miserable months with no access to DC travel, Dynamis is great.

No content? DC travel and do content.

Don't want to DC travel? That's your own problem.

Agreed here as someone who also stayed on Materia for a while.

People who are calling Dynamis dead or a problem really need to go visit Materia and see how actually bad it can get. Dynamis is no where near that level.

I do think they should have locked Aether though compared to Crystal as Aether has a much higher pop AFAIK.

[ForteNightshade]

Agreed here as someone who also stayed on Materia for a while.

People who are calling Dynamis dead or a problem really need to go visit Materia and see how actually bad it can get. Dynamis is no where near that level.

I do think they should have locked Aether though compared to Crystal as Aether has a much higher pop AFAIK.

It actually doesn't. According to the recent Lucky Bancho census, Crystal is absolutely killing Aether in terms of population. Literally every single Crystal server has surpassed Aether's. The major difference is Crystal focuses more on casual content, roleplay and venues while Aether focuses on higher end stuff like EX and Savage. Which is why it always seems more popular as people from Crystal, Primal and Dynamis travel over.

At some point, I do wonder if they'll ever consider locking DC travel to try encouraging people not to congregate on one data center. JP has been loudly complaining about it since Mana has essentially become their version of Aether.

[Eshura]

That seems unlikely to me, but then I don't have access to their server census either... sounds more like they just locked it to force people to go elsewhere.