Materia - Bismarck - Eastern La Noscea

[WinterAmethyst]

For those unaware, A FFXIV community member organised an event, roughly (21/06/25) that was meant to span a couple of days. This event was held on Materia DC and Bismarck server, but others in the FFXIV community are continuing to use this place as a cross-DC social gathering point.

How does it affect the local Bismarck Population:
1. We can’t access zones Easten La Noscea, Western Thanalan or The Churning Mists
2. Timed nodes – can only be accessed on your own server
3. We’ve been told to leave our own server to access these zones.

Options for a solution:
1. Instance the zone for Bismarck
2. Prioritise local residents to access the zones
3. Why isn’t DC travel supported for everyone?

Despite many tickets, I’m told I need to raise it here.
I appreciate the support to raise this to SE attention.

[Ajisaii]

The easy solution would be to just ban all voyagers in the area because they're for sure modbeasting.
I type this with a heavy heart as I fully respect all modbeast erpers for being the only ones funding the game we all love to play but it has to be done.



or they could just turn off voyagers because theyre all lowkey really annoying

[SalamanderIX]

Whoa, does it actually not let you teleport into those zones entirely? I've never seen that happen and I've been around in some very congested places over the years.

[SephiraLyn]

3. We’ve been told to leave our own server to access these zones.

I wish you didn't constantly fan the flames in novice network and shout with things like that. What was suggested is temporarily server hopping to access the congested areas. Nobody wants to be an inconvenience but you always demonize us. Don't try to make it and us sound worse than it is and we are. I do agree with your proposed solutions though and suggest another: Explain server hopping within the game better, what you can and can't do when visiting another server and how to do it.

[WinterAmethyst]

SE told me I needed to create a thread to be heard.
Band with us, not against us.

[WinterAmethyst]

The easy solution would be to just ban all voyagers in the area because they're for sure modbeasting.
I type this with a heavy heart as I fully respect all modbeast erpers for being the only ones funding the game we all love to play but it has to be done.



or they could just turn off voyagers because theyre all lowkey really annoying

I'm not after the Voyager community - But SE tells me I need to voice my concerns here

[Elias_Hawke]

The issue being that due to traffic this and other related zones are now locked during alot of peak times for Bismarck locals.
These zones include Eastern La Noscea, Western Thanalan, Churning Mists due to how SE have linked zones - I don't currently have screen shots, but during peak time, teleports to those zones fail and you get a message similar to the zone has reached capacity and you can't go there period.

According to support tickets raised, none of this (the event) is against terms of service and SE/GM's can't force Voyagers to leave a zone, and the current suggestion from support/GM's is for Bismarck locals to server hop to avoid any issues attributed to the congestion this ongoing event is causing. There have been many voices raised from sprouts as to confusion to why they can't access many of these zones and most of them aren't aware of the server transfer option, nor should players have to leave their home server due to an outside event. This is further exacerbated by the fact that oceanic players cannot visit jp/na/eu servers with data centre travel, but everyone can access oceanic worlds.

SE support indicates the only way for anything to happen on issue is to make a forum post with suggestions as to how to fix the problem. So here we are. Clearly whilst community events should be supported the unintended impact on the local server chosen as a host also needs to be taken into account. SE have a number of options to alleviate the issues this event has caused.

1. Implement a procedure that generates additional local instances of areas once they fill up to allow for people to access areas and continue to do content on a local server - similar to adding extra instances on release of new expansions due to expected high density traffic.
2. Allow OCE to data centre travel to JP/NA/EU servers so that events like this can be more inclusive and not limited to OCE due to this being the only global accessible server.
3. Add an extra global meeting area where people from all servers can congregate and chill together without impacting local servers/zones.
4. Limit external traffic or prioritise local traffic to allow server residents, rather than expecting them to be the ones to move to accommodate others, or reinstate afk timers/limit visitation times to limit the amount of timer voyagers can take up local server spots until a more long term solution is achieved.
5. Since it's community led and driven and there are also discords related to it now, perhaps the chosen server could at least be alternated throughout the other OCE server's at least until SE step up and do something about it.

I believe some or all of these could easily work towards accommodating all people whilst still allowing events like this to thrive, rather than cause ongoing issues for people on the home servers impacted, with the only current solution being for them to leave the server.

[Jeeqbit]

SE will likely only view something like that as a problem if it happens for an extended period of time. Usually if a seasonal event has a bug, they won't fix it for example, because the event is temporary anyway. Most likely they will only view it as a problem if it happens for months.

The most difficult zones to enter for me have been at an expansion release when new FATE superbosses spawn. They can have around 600 people in. It was virtually impossible to enter, but as the amount gets lower to say 400, it's still very difficult to get in but it's possible given enough attempts. You just have to keep teleporting or trying to enter from Upper La Nsocea.

I support them doing something for that world specifically but they don't normally care about isolated issues like this that affect one world, or the feedback doesn't reach them.

[Ajisaii]

I'm not after the Voyager community

That make's one of us.

[SalamanderIX]

So I would guess not every zone is created equal, in terms of having capacity. Since you can have places like Limsa several hundreds of players without issue, for instance.
Asking Square to change how zone loading seems like an unlikely fix, like maybe they could add some dynamic way of changing zones to have instances due to demand in the future, but by that time I would guess the party might be over.

Here's what I think is the best course of action for you guys. Find the event organizer and tell them the issue. bring some friends... be polite and say your concerns which are just regarding doing your msq and nodes. Then ask if maybe they could move it somewhere like one of the housing wards like maybe Mist or one of the hub cities? I've seen huge crowds in such places, like hundreds.