Data Center Travel is ruining server Party Finder

[fantasiaaddict]

Cross-DC partyfinder really needs to be a thing in Dawntrail.



And it's not because the raid scene is slowing, it was pretty much like this when patches just dropped.

This isn't how datacenters work, they can't just plug you in and out of instances across datacenters, and this isn't even considering the simplest things like the chatbox working outside of the instance, etc. Even if they somehow DID make this work, it would probably still use the queue system that is used when traveling to a different datacenter normally. Now imagine that when it was first implemented, visits taking excruciating amounts of time because EVERYONE was trying it out. Now imagine that on the regular. Not even taking in the fact even if it was normal visit times, it would still take a solid minute or two just to queue each time, which would probably make you complain even more. No, just go to whichever datacenter is more popular.

[Avoidy]

Cross-DC partyfinder really needs to be a thing in Dawntrail.



And it's not because the raid scene is slowing, it was pretty much like this when patches just dropped.

More cross-DC quality of life features would be great to supplement the DC travel option. In this thread some doubt has been expressed about how such a feature could even work, but I think it's important to remember that none of us actually knows how this game operates except the staff (and even the staff will occasionally come out and say that X is impossible, only to implement X a few months later), so for all we know they're working something out that we haven't considered yet because we just don't have all the pieces in front of us. I wish I'd bookmarked all the threads where forumgoers shot down the possibility of even having cross-dc travel to begin with. And they gave very reasonable sounding explanations that turned out to be totally baseless and full of hot air because, yeah, we're all just in the dark and none of us have a dad working at Square Enix.

So, yeah. Here's hoping we see some beefing up of the system soon! Even if in the end it proves to be impossible, it costs nothing to come here and ask for better.

[fantasiaaddict]

More cross-DC quality of life features would be great to supplement the DC travel option. In this thread some doubt has been expressed about how such a feature could even work, but I think it's important to remember that none of us actually knows how this game operates except the staff (and even the staff will occasionally come out and say that X is impossible, only to implement X a few months later), so for all we know they're working something out that we haven't considered yet because we just don't have all the pieces in front of us. I wish I'd bookmarked all the threads where forumgoers shot down the possibility of even having cross-dc travel to begin with. And they gave very reasonable sounding explanations that turned out to be totally baseless and full of hot air because, yeah, we're all just in the dark and none of us have a dad working at Square Enix.

So, yeah. Here's hoping we see some beefing up of the system soon! Even if in the end it proves to be impossible, it costs nothing to come here and ask for better.

keep coping lol

[MitsukiKimura]

As someone who lives on the crystal Data Center I can tell you all the people I've known as friends in the raiding scene have moved to Aether. Data Center travel isn't a hinderance. It's just the way it's been for some time. Crystal Data center is more Casual and leans to the RP community scene. Every week I travel for my unreal clears and then return back. There's no benefit in doing the raid tier anymore since the relic weapons are out and there's no more additional battle content for the gear to be a use for. (Unless you are clearing 11 for the weapon solvent for Criterion Savage weapon glamour though I don't even know why this isn't buyable yet with coins) But anyway back to topic, Aether is basically the NA raiding Data Center home.

[Sqwall]

So you got all the Golbez weapons presumably from buying them with the totems.. and you're complaining you had to grind totems for the mount? You made your own problem.

No...I WON the weapons from clearing this fight like 45 times. I never spent a single totem...the mount just happened to drop when I had 92 totems.

But thanks for assuming

[Sqwall]

This isn't how datacenters work, they can't just plug you in and out of instances across datacenters, and this isn't even considering the simplest things like the chatbox working outside of the instance, etc. Even if they somehow DID make this work, it would probably still use the queue system that is used when traveling to a different datacenter normally. Now imagine that when it was first implemented, visits taking excruciating amounts of time because EVERYONE was trying it out. Now imagine that on the regular. Not even taking in the fact even if it was normal visit times, it would still take a solid minute or two just to queue each time, which would probably make you complain even more. No, just go to whichever datacenter is more popular.

I think your missing the point of even having a server community in the first place. FC, Housing, Markets, server population plays a big part in that particular servers community. Now if you allow people to leave and visit another data center that all falls apart. I know I can get Grade 8 pots on adamantoise for around 2k cheaper per unit then on diabolos. I can't be the only one that does this. So that would mean if people just server transfer to purchase mats, materia, etc; then go back to their server that everything is 50% more expensive...well pretty much free gil.

The raiding portion of DC travel is a problem in my opinion. Some would think it's no big deal to sit for a minute to travel. For me it's more then that. I think about a servers community. It begs the question..."Why even have a server of choice at all?". Just move to a DC and stay there and just be active on your FC's discord.

Seems kinda backwards.

[Saraide]

They really need to figure out tearing down the boundries between DCs in a region. I dont really care how difficult that is it's their problem to fix because going back to strict divisions is blatantly silly.

[Sqwall]

Cross-DC partyfinder really needs to be a thing in Dawntrail.



And it's not because the raid scene is slowing, it was pretty much like this when patches just dropped.

This is a great example btw. Thanks for taking the time to illustrate.

I would love to see the statistics of this over 6 months.

[fantasiaaddict]

I think your missing the point of even having a server community in the first place. FC, Housing, Markets, server population plays a big part in that particular servers community. Now if you allow people to leave and visit another data center that all falls apart.

I think YOU are. When people come together there is always going to be the bigger group. Does it suck that Aether is the most popular place to raid now? Yes. Was it inevitable. Yes. Some people need to suck it up and accept, unless they decide to reverse this, that Aether is the place to be. There is nothing people are going to do.

[Bonoki]

This is a great example btw. Thanks for taking the time to illustrate.

I would love to see the statistics of this over 6 months.

The time and day of the week also heavily impact the results.