[Feedback] Data Center Travel Changes

[angelar_]

It's laughable how bad these changes are. I manage to get into an Aether server, then it tells me basically to go back where I came from, because it's too congested for me to log in. Okay? Why let me transfer then?

Then I can't transfer to a different data center for an unknown time period. So I'm just stuck? What a trash system. I guess the only option is to go back to my home world server and have no chance to play with my friends. Functional system.

[SophiaDL]

I'd be willing to pay to get her back...Just FYI..

After a transfer to Dynamis, you are stuck there for 90 days, there's no fail safe or way around it. Paid or not.

It's laughable how bad these changes are. I manage to get into an Aether server, then it tells me basically to go back where I came from, because it's too congested for me to log in. Okay? Why let me transfer then?

Then I can't transfer to a different data center for an unknown time period. So I'm just stuck? What a trash system. I guess the only option is to go back to my home world server and have no chance to play with my friends. Functional system.

Some people on this very forum will tell you that this is "for the greater good and that dynamis needs to grow and people need to stop going to aether"

yet this helps neither of those two.

[angelar_]

Just cause you live on an empty server doesn't mean every raider should suffer for it. There is nothing wrong with people wanting to be on active servers & they have no obligation to do otherwise. The only permanent solution is to make cross-DC parties, then it won't matter where people are or what server they choose to make a character on.

Only modern MMO not moving towards megaserver technology, if it isn't already there.

[KazukoHimura]

Only modern MMO not moving towards megaserver technology, if it isn't already there.

I'd say if Sqenix was to go for megaserver technology, they should make sure blacklisting is solid. Game I fled from didn't have full blacklisting and a megaserver system so needless to say it kept throwing me with people I was blacklisted with in open world zones.

But regardless of that, these current issues need to be fixed.

[VoidsentStatus]

Long story here so TLDR version: Restrictions for creating a new character on Aether had me and my Wife who's home DC is Aether along with someone from Behemoth entertain the possibility of re birthing the FC on Dynamis with the chance of transferring the FC House (Large in LB with fully unlocked workshop and Rank 29 perks unlocked) Decided after reading a description regarding relocating to another plot VERY NEARLY cost us YEARS AND YEARS of work and subscription payments to maintain the plot for us and am now facing the possibility that I will not be able to return my Wife and Co-Leader to Aether.


Her account says she's eligible to transfer back 3 days after the transfer to Dynamis but with this news that it could be up to 90 days to return here has me in a state of panic, are there fail safes regarding bad transfers being able to return to their home datacenters or are we screwed?

Stuck. 3 days is the lockout for transfering to any home world so you can't just change home worlds every single day. However, new world classifications have a 90 day restriction imposed that I'm assuming is meant to promote people giving it a legitimate chance before hopping back. Though can you expand on the housing issue? I don't understand the "chance of transferring the FC House" section. My best assumption is something along the lines of:
- You were an Aether main
- You went to Dynamis wanting to get a particular plot
- you were not able to get said plot
- you bought a different plot instead, and while waiting you leveled your workshop and other things
- plot became available and you didn't realize the relocation consequences
- you now don't have the plot you originally wanted while having an FC full of resources and years of effort on Dynamis you're stuck with
- you find yourself unable to return to Aether as well

[VoidsentStatus]

Only modern MMO not moving towards megaserver technology, if it isn't already there.

I don't think FF14 would ever want to have megaserver technology given the population numbers. Just on average, If I was to assume 20 players during prime hours in Limsa, and you had that for 32 worlds, I would not want to think of having over 600 characters on my screen in a small area. I wouldn't be able to see anything at all. I would not want to think of hunt trains of 400+ people trying to kill the same mob and someone didn't have their effects turned down. I would not want to think of dealing with 1 marketboard that was combined and dealing with bots crashing every market that much easier. I also would not want to think of a 300+ Other Tab for venues because all 4 data centers are competing now and trying to spam PF's to stay at the top. I do not want to think of a 200+ savage PF list to cyphen through to decide what to join. Crystalline Conflict would be better and worse because ranked would be harder to wintrade inside of, but casual sync'ing with friends would be near impossible and the trolls/griefers/queue problems from one data center would have free reign on all of them. Currently it's a pick your poison for what data center you queue on. Housing would be a massive dumpster fire to combine, shout chat advertising being combined of all 4 data centers would be a dumpster fire.

[Bladesinger]

Stuck. 3 days is the lockout for transfering to any home world so you can't just change home worlds every single day. However, new world classifications have a 90 day restriction imposed that I'm assuming is meant to promote people giving it a legitimate chance before hopping back. Though can you expand on the housing issue? I don't understand the "chance of transferring the FC House" section. My best assumption is something along the lines of:
- You were an Aether main
- You went to Dynamis wanting to get a particular plot
- you were not able to get said plot
- you bought a different plot instead, and while waiting you leveled your workshop and other things
- plot became available and you didn't realize the relocation consequences
- you now don't have the plot you originally wanted while having an FC full of resources and years of effort on Dynamis you're stuck with
- you find yourself unable to return to Aether as well

Not at all - 2 out of the 3 of us made the transfer to Dynamis one of which is my RL wife with all the FC Gil and the idea that the FC House is relocatable because of a quote regarding relocating FC houses to another plot that wasn't very clear if it was possible across data centers. I stayed once it was clear that was NOT going to be the case It would have been a fresh FC with a 30 day lockout from purchasing a new FC house regardless of the plot - It's ok but extremely frustrating because one - Wife is stuck on Dynamis with no ability to even visit but is totally self sufficient and do what she's been doing and 2 - We haven't lost years and years of work from my FC but have to wait up to 90 days to start bringing folks back =(

[VoidsentStatus]

Not at all - 2 out of the 3 of us made the transfer to Dynamis one of which is my RL wife with all the FC Gil and the idea that the FC House is relocatable because of a quote regarding relocating FC houses to another plot that wasn't very clear if it was possible across data centers. I stayed once it was clear that was NOT going to be the case It would have been a fresh FC with a 30 day lockout from purchasing a new FC house regardless of the plot - It's ok but extremely frustrating because one - Wife is stuck on Dynamis with no ability to even visit but is totally self sufficient and do what she's been doing and 2 - We haven't lost years and years of work from my FC but have to wait up to 90 days to start bringing folks back =(

Aahhhh, okay. Well, if it helps any, in terms of running content if you have enough people of if you just want transfer gil every blue moon you could:
- create a Dynamis alt
- use an Aether alt
- send both to OCE/Materia where failure of data center travel is 0% because of extremely low population in order to trade gil and if they get temporarily stuck trying to return to home world it's fine because you can still run content on main and just fetch the gil in non-congestion hours on one side instead of both sides needing to be available
- self queue into dungeons or raids depending on how many people you have.

I'm actually somewhat surprised most statics aren't meeting up OCE instead of Dynamis just because it's a guaranteed transfer. Sure it doesn't have access to a decent MB like that or other players for visual effect, but in terms of pure raiding it's way easier.

[Bladesinger]

3 months isn't hard, she doesn't run any content outside of MSQ to level - She gathers and crafts, I'm more worried about the other gentleman being stuck there too waiting for that blooming window and not having to jump through hoops just to engage with the FC and perks.

[VoidsentStatus]

3 months isn't hard, she doesn't run any content outside of MSQ to level - She gathers and crafts, I'm more worried about the other gentleman being stuck there too waiting for that blooming window and not having to jump through hoops just to engage with the FC and perks.

That's gonna suck T_T If you're from Siren, I'd recommend for them to at least have a 4-6 month plan because it might be a minute. Congested status only changes possibly on certain maintenances/patch drops and iirc, Siren and Gilgamesh were 2 of the worlds that normally stayed congested the most often. Aether before Dawntrail had 4-6/8 worlds congested at any given time and the spike in player count for DT is likely going to have it the same or worse for a bit.