[Feedback] Data Center Travel Changes

[NanaWiloh]

The issue with FFXIV is the infrastructure was built incorrectly from the start and they built atop of it. FFXIV has separate individual storage spaces for absolutely everything, including retainers. This has not changed since 2.0 outside of capacity increases.

When we world transfer or DC travel, the system only keeps our personal inventory and a few special storage areas like the glamour dresser and armoire. Additionally, if you look at the buff bar the text color changes on them from green to white, which probably means it is applying a copy of a buff to the character without a designated source. Basically, they have a very clunky system and never intended for this feature to exist.

As for why WoW lets people transfer to congested servers and FFXIV doesn't, that's probably more a policy thing. FFXIV has had that suffering from success problem of getting too many players before so they try to make sure everyone has a max possible login time. WoW is just kind of a monster when it comes to this stuff: Simpler game so more time to deal with the big problems.

Ugh going to feel like a broken record saying this but...this entire games back bone needs to be rebuilt.

[KappaRoll]

I know people here are arguing about very important, technical stuff I don't understand but ... I just wanted to poke my head in here and say how the DC travel changes have effected me and my friends. Me and my best friend, husband, and a few other friends have been on Halicarnassus since it was made because that was around when we joined the game and it was what we were directed to. Despite it being largely "dead" we stayed because we managed to find a RP FC and were able to travel to Crystal and Aether for RP on the evenings nothing was open on our server (which was often). Ever since the DC travel restrictions were put in place, as soon as DC transfer was available, our FC of just over 30 people has seen several people leave so they can transfer to Crystal because every night they are unable to access RP. The RP venues are still borderline non-existent on Dynamis PF (unless you're looking to go to a gambling den or DJ nightclub, which I'm not) while alive elsewhere. It's been so dead that people have gotten bored and are either just not logging in anymore or are, as I said, fleeing to Crystal while a couple of those worlds are still open for transfer. Me and my friend are planning to transfer later tonight so we can also make it to Crystal before it's completely blocked off and we're stuck on the worst server in the game. So yeah, before we had an active and somewhat healthy FC of people who'd play on both Dynamis and Crystal, now our FC is dying as everyone flees to Crystal because Dynamis honest to god just sucks. That's the impact that this change has had on our FC. Not sure if that's what Square Enix originally intended with these changes, but that's what's happening.

[1313]

I know people here are arguing about very important, technical stuff I don't understand but ... I just wanted to poke my head in here and say how the DC travel changes have effected me and my friends. Me and my best friend, husband, and a few other friends have been on Halicarnassus since it was made because that was around when we joined the game and it was what we were directed to. Despite it being largely "dead" we stayed because we managed to find a RP FC and were able to travel to Crystal and Aether for RP on the evenings nothing was open on our server (which was often). Ever since the DC travel restrictions were put in place, as soon as DC transfer was available, our FC of just over 30 people has seen several people leave so they can transfer to Crystal because every night they are unable to access RP. The RP venues are still borderline non-existent on Dynamis PF (unless you're looking to go to a gambling den or DJ nightclub, which I'm not) while alive elsewhere. It's been so dead that people have gotten bored and are either just not logging in anymore or are, as I said, fleeing to Crystal while a couple of those worlds are still open for transfer. Me and my friend are planning to transfer later tonight so we can also make it to Crystal before it's completely blocked off and we're stuck on the worst server in the game. So yeah, before we had an active and somewhat healthy FC of people who'd play on both Dynamis and Crystal, now our FC is dying as everyone flees to Crystal because Dynamis honest to god just sucks. That's the impact that this change has had on our FC. Not sure if that's what Square Enix originally intended with these changes, but that's what's happening.

....and the rest of Dynamis is dead, can't travel unless I give up on sleep and move over to another dc at 6am but now I'm at a loss cuz I cant access any of my retainers or fc buffs, etc. no sleep, no queues, no leveling retainers, small number of people to talk to and play with. The pf is pretty barren most times, queues are rough no matter what job you play, except for a couple hours in the evening when the online player count reaches its daily peak. so many people are just straight up quitting the game, taking a break, or fleeing to another dc asap where they sit logged in 24/7 using 3rd party tools to avoid being removed for inactivity. Dynamis is just as dead as it was at patch 6.5 (ish) and is getting worse daily. I believe everyone from Dynamis is due some playtime as compensation, because this has just been a completely unacceptable situation. The fact that they've completely ignored this outburst of unhappiness on the forums by not removing the restrictions with the hotfix, and haven't commented on it at all is complete disrespect to all of us, and unprofessional to say the least.

[Bladesinger]

....and the rest of Dynamis is dead, can't travel unless I give up on sleep and move over to another dc at 6am but now I'm at a loss cuz I cant access any of my retainers or fc buffs, etc. no sleep, no queues, no leveling retainers, small number of people to talk to and play with. The pf is pretty barren most times, queues are rough no matter what job you play, except for a couple hours in the evening when the online player count reaches its daily peak. so many people are just straight up quitting the game, taking a break, or fleeing to another dc asap where they sit logged in 24/7 using 3rd party tools to avoid being removed for inactivity. Dynamis is just as dead as it was at patch 6.5 (ish) and is getting worse daily. I believe everyone from Dynamis is due some playtime as compensation, because this has just been a completely unacceptable situation. The fact that they've completely ignored this outburst of unhappiness on the forums by not removing the restrictions with the hotfix, and haven't commented on it at all is complete disrespect to all of us, and unprofessional to say the least.

Well said =)

[LianaThorne]

....and the rest of Dynamis is dead, can't travel unless I give up on sleep and move over to another dc at 6am but now I'm at a loss cuz I cant access any of my retainers or fc buffs, etc. no sleep, no queues, no leveling retainers, small number of people to talk to and play with. The pf is pretty barren most times, queues are rough no matter what job you play, except for a couple hours in the evening when the online player count reaches its daily peak. so many people are just straight up quitting the game, taking a break, or fleeing to another dc asap where they sit logged in 24/7 using 3rd party tools to avoid being removed for inactivity. Dynamis is just as dead as it was at patch 6.5 (ish) and is getting worse daily. I believe everyone from Dynamis is due some playtime as compensation, because this has just been a completely unacceptable situation. The fact that they've completely ignored this outburst of unhappiness on the forums by not removing the restrictions with the hotfix, and haven't commented on it at all is complete disrespect to all of us, and unprofessional to say the least.

Get in line behind Materia for compensation lol. Dynamis is packed compared to there, especially Seraph now dubbing itself Balmung Jr. and looking like any other NA Limsa at most periods of the day.

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Get in line behind Materia for compensation lol. Dynamis is packed compared to there, especially Seraph now dubbing itself Balmung Jr. and looking like any other NA Limsa.

Yeah that's a sad place to be. I was there when it was new for 4-5 months. I did not enjoy it.... but I wasn't forced to stay there. I did my time and stayed a bit longer, until i could move back to NA with my people all at the same time.

[Andanie]

Me and my friend are planning to transfer later tonight so we can also make it to Crystal before it's completely blocked off and we're stuck on the worst server in the game. So yeah, before we had an active and somewhat healthy FC of people who'd play on both Dynamis and Crystal, now our FC is dying as everyone flees to Crystal because Dynamis honest to god just sucks. That's the impact that this change has had on our FC. Not sure if that's what Square Enix originally intended with these changes, but that's what's happening.

I've been saying that the entire time. This isn't going to make players roll on Dynamis. It's going to make the ones on it flee. As an rper, most if not all the best rp venues are on Crystal specifically Balmung or Mateus. With the current restrictions getting onto these servers is frustrating if not impossible at times. This is a net negative for us.

[xanatosdc]

Creating or moving characters to full DCs is a different issue, though, to SE completely destroying both gameplay and the social scene. Can we move back on topic

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[kajv95]

EU isn't congested enough to keep the Shadow DC. Remove restrictions for EU