Reshuffle NA worlds to help Dynamis grow

[Rinoa_353]

As most people here know, Dynamis suffers from having the lowest population and doing content is difficult without traveling to other data centers. One solution is breaking up Dynamis and have the highest population worlds (Seraph, Hali and such) sent to Primal being the smallest of the big three NA datacenters and the rest split between Crystal and Aether. But we also have to contend with the ongoing sore spot that is the spaghetti code so this isn't the most ideal solution if it is true that adding more worlds to a data center would cause issues.


My other proposal is reshuffling the worlds so that the population is redistributed. I suggest taking one or two of the most populated worlds of the big three data centers and sending them to Dynamis and replace them with the lowest population worlds like Aether getting Cuchulainn and Golem for example. This would provide much needed redistribution and the low population worlds that were on Dynamis sent to the other datacenters would provide much needed housing plots and still have a healthy population from those larger datacenters.



Aether being the largest NA datacenter should get the lowest population worlds from Dynamis followed by Crystal and finally to Primal in that order based on the population size of the worlds from Dynamis. Then force the demolition of the submarine shacks so that there would be more plots freed up for FC's and people moving to the former Dynamis worlds that were sent to the other NA datacenters. Limit the plots to one personal and one FC plot per world and give 45 days to choose and demolish the rest for a full refund of the plot's worth for those that have multiple FC plots in the same world. The game would choose randomly and demolish if those that own multiple personal and FC plots in the same world don't.

[VeyaAkemi]

While I don't disagree with the idea, you need to understand how nuclearly unpopular such thing would be.

So I say we go through with it, it will be funny! And it's not like it can negatively impact me since I am already in Dynamis!

[Supersnow845]

You won’t fix dynamis by scrambling the NA servers because the problem is as much people migrating TOWARDS aether as it is people migrating away from dynamis

The only way to fix it in any capacity is to have cross region PF, so there is no downside to actually staying on dynamis if you want to stay on dynamis. If that happens first and dynamis is still uniquely dead (but not dealing with materia’s problems) then a shuffle might be in order where nobody is negatively affected by a shuffle

But as it stands right now shuffling the servers unfairly punishes aether residents for a problem that’s not their fault

[Jeeqbit]

It's a solution that would work because Crystal proved that.

But it's also problematic because many people will immediately just transfer back to Aether, Crystal or Primal.

They will feel upset at being forced to leave their FC behind which is restricted to their world/DC.

In many cases there are DC-specific communities for hunts, raids and other activities, forcing them to choose between that or their homeworld they have been on for years with their FC.

The situation is better now because we have DC travel, but traveling is just annoying because you have to logout, and SE forces you to go through the launcher and 2FA all over again if you have been logged in for only a few days. That makes traveling even more annoying, even if you can handle the hurdle of logging out and waiting at the start screen for a while and losing communication with your home DC.

[Nero-Voidstails]

the better solution would be to remove dynamis and and the server to the other DC

[brinn12]

Without cross-DC PF, this would punish Aether raiders for no reason, and benefit the people who decided to transfer despite knowing the new DC would have very few people.

[Nebelheim]

I wouldn't want to possibly have my server be swapped with a dynamis server to help populate dynamis all it will do is make me transfer back to primal and upset a bunch of other people who don't want to have to datacenter travel to have to get stuff done. And all it will do is make people want to transfer back to the datacenter they were forced to leave similar to the previous shuffle to make crystal.

[Ardeth]

The fundamental issue that caused Dynamis to be dead would still exist. You wouldn't fix the problem. You'd only create a new one.

And realistically they aren't going to add us to Aether so unless it magically comes with cross-DC PF/DF it's still going to keep Aether locked up. And even if you fixed all of that would any given player want to play on a mega server? I wouldn't. I don't like what DC Travel has done to the game and opening it up completely would kill what speck of community you have left on any given server save the RP ones and Aether. And it still wouldn't fix the problem as Aether would still exist as a shining example of players shooting their feet off to get rid of a hang nail.

And at the end of the day once those walls are gone it's just World of Warcraft at that point. Cross server guilds and cross server everything and you slowly become a tool instead of a person. Yippee! I can't wait.../s

[SophiaDL]

Hell no.

/10char

[Khryseis_Astra]

I think the first idea would be the more palatable one… adding Dynamis worlds to each of the larger three to even them out. That way no one who’s already on the larger DCs would have to move, and anyone currently on Dynamis would be getting the benefits of being on an active server. And people might be more willing to transfer to those worlds for housing, now that they would be part of a more active DC. I’m sure people would still be annoyed no matter what, but that seems like the best way to benefit the most amount of people.

I don’t know the logistics involved, but it sounds like a cross-DC PF, while it would be great, would take a long time for them to implement. And Cosmic Exploration has already shown how punishing the low population can be for world-based content.