[Reddit] Is the grass greener in Aether?

[Zaiekk]

Something like Guild Wars 2's Megaserver would be ideal, but I doubt if SE could make something like that work w/ XIV though. At the very least, if they could make it so that Duty Finder works across an entire region, I feel like that'd fix the current problem; people wouldn't feel obligated to DC hop to avoid dead queues.

I could finally do dungeons on Dynamis, without sitting in "More than 30 minutes" queues...as a tank. x)

[AlexiaD]

Something like Guild Wars 2's Megaserver would be ideal, but I doubt if SE could make something like that work w/ XIV though. At the very least, if they could make it so that Duty Finder works across an entire region, I feel like that'd fix the current problem; people wouldn't feel obligated to DC hop to avoid dead queues.

I could finally do dungeons on Dynamis, without sitting in "More than 30 minutes" queues...as a tank. x)

Hell no.

/10char

[Zaiekk]

Hell no.

/10char

Persuasive argument.

[Remolia]

Something like Guild Wars 2's Megaserver would be ideal, but I doubt if SE could make something like that work w/ XIV though. At the very least, if they could make it so that Duty Finder works across an entire region, I feel like that'd fix the current problem; people wouldn't feel obligated to DC hop to avoid dead queues.

I could finally do dungeons on Dynamis, without sitting in "More than 30 minutes" queues...as a tank. x)

we don't need megaserver, we just need 1 data center per region, when I started playing, my datacenter was like 12 servers, now its pathetic 8 servers.
by making multiple datacenters u force active players to move from one DC to another, one way or another, coz u can't play MMO without active players (surprise)

[CidHeiral]

Something like Guild Wars 2's Megaserver would be ideal

[Rekh]

Diesn't matter. What matters is that xross cata center pf and duty finder should be implemented asap

[Neoyoshi]

Integrating a system that gives the players increased daily reward payouts/increased currency buff, etc for participating/queue'ing for content on a Home server would be one way to do it, but then no one would want to data-travel at all; plus likely create it's own unique problems.

I get the sense that anything hampering DC-travel would probably go against the vision the dev team has for this game; like it feels to me what Yoshi-P wants is this neighboring feeling within the community; and that everyone feels like one part of a whole; and that servers are like a different 'town' a player visits.

But i do agree about the issues regarding Aether being the place a lot of people tend to want to go to; although it wouldn't surprise me at all if a dev views this as a situation where it's: 'A person or people(s) wanting to visit a place like New york City.' - it doesn't really solve the additional problems that creates when you pack people into a location like a sardine can, and it does literally nothing for the places they came from. (i mean except for the case of Treasure map runs, it could bring over rare items for that servers market, etc)

But again, those same rare items could just be farmed locally as well.

[Kyrj]

I'd say it depends on the DC. Crystal is okay, it's not the best when it comes to finding a static for higher end content, but it has everything else that Aether does outside of that. Now if you're on Dynamis.....then yeah, once you used up your Road to 80, dip out. That DC is never going to grow.