Seeing problems for old servers at ARR release?

[Sneak]

The way I understand it is that Old players will not be able to transfer to a New Server. That doesn't mean they wont be able to transfer to another Old server. I'm sure we won't be locked into just one server. It would defeat the purpose of making regional servers for people that want to have a better ping.

[Alhanelem]

The way I understand it is that Old players will not be able to transfer to a New Server. That doesn't mean they wont be able to transfer to another Old server. I'm sure we won't be locked into just one server. It would defeat the purpose of making regional servers for people that want to have a better ping.

Your understanding is incorrect. There will be new servers available that everyone can join and 1.0 characters can transfer to, and then there are also "fresh start" servers which only accept new characters.

The "old servers" are all located in japan. You will only remain on those servers if you choose not to transfer elsewhere.

[Kavaskous]

All I can say is, what the OP has suggested is possible but letting players like myself onto entirely new servers is also counter-progressive because some of us, even after the 90% Gil cut still have 2~900 million Gil, depends who you ask >_<

I'm honestly just trying to hope for the best, because it's likely nothing we say and do now, or at least until the release when everything is undoubtedly chaotic - I mean, what Yoshida and the SE team are doing hasn't exactly been done commonly, so we're going to have issues. Iunno We'll have to see over the next few months.

[Alhanelem]

All I can say is, what the OP has suggested is possible but letting players like myself onto entirely new servers is also counter-progressive because some of us, even after the 90% Gil cut still have 2~900 million Gil, depends who you ask >_<

You don't exist in a vaccum. Other existing players will be joining the servers as well, and you also have the option to just make a new character on a fresh start server if you're fearful of the impact of moving to a new server- which many games have set up new servers and transferred existing players to them all the time and the fears most people express are generally unfounded.

New players will also be joining the "old" servers as well, so everyone's in the same boat.

Also, your "gil cut" was not a gil cut. It was a redenomination, and the gil value of all NPC services and vendor prices was scaled accordingly. Yes, we will be bringing gil into whatever server we join, but in all actuality, it will help accelerate the establishment of the economy, whereas on the fresh start servers, it will take considerably more time to develop.

[Sneak]

Your understanding is incorrect. There will be new servers available that everyone can join and 1.0 characters can transfer to, and then there are also "fresh start" servers which only accept new characters.

The "old servers" are all located in japan. You will only remain on those servers if you choose not to transfer elsewhere.

This is new to me. Granted, I haven't payed too much attention to server transfers. Do you happen to have a source where it states all old servers will remain in Japan? I thought "old servers" really meant the server world itself. What's to say they don't copy the "world" over to another server in a different region? I highly doubt they will force all old players that had lag issues in the Japanese-based severs to stay there. I may be wrong though.

[JillyBean]

You know what? No one really knows anything. There have not really been many details posted by devs. A bit is explained in this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...orld-Transfers

of which this is the original post:

We wanted to briefly discuss the current plans for selecting new worlds and world transfers for A Realm Reborn. Once the global data centers are set up for A Realm Reborn, we are planning the following for world transfers.

• In the event that you don't complete the transfer procedure, you will be transferred to a pre-determined world.
• In the event you complete the transfer procedure, you can select from a list of worlds you can move to and will be transferred to the world of your choice.

In order to eliminate any concerns about being transferred to a world you didn’t want to move to or being separated from your friends, we will be keeping the transfer procedure open for a long period of time as well as making various announcements to ensure that everyone is aware and can go where they like.

For Beta Test phase 3, fundamentally we are planning to allow anyone who possesses a Square Enix FINAL FANTASY XIV service account to participate in testing, so it will be possible to make contact with your friends from within the game.

We will be preparing thorough details regarding this whole process so that there is no confusion, and will be announcing them at a later date.

I really wish people would quit speculating, or worse, making posts as if they know things to be fact. Because they don't.

[ArkhamNative]

Do you happen to have a source where it states all old servers will remain in Japan?

SE has not announced the details. They said they would do so around Phase 3 (perhaps mid- or late May, based on their roadmap).

My guess is that maybe Ragnarok (the "EU server") might default its players to a server in Europe, but the rest, or at least any with a significant percentage of JP players, would default its players to a server in Japan.

[Zenaku]

SE has not announced the details. They said they would do so around Phase 3 (perhaps mid- or late May, based on their roadmap).

My guess is that maybe Ragnarok (the "EU server") might default its players to a server in Europe, but the rest, or at least any with a significant percentage of JP players, would default its players to a server in Japan.

or they could do what i said early which make the most sense make new names for servers. Because how many people going to get piss at the fact there world is now JP. So it's best just to rename all the worlds and set some to JP,EU or NA.

[Alhanelem]

This is new to me. Granted, I haven't payed too much attention to server transfers. Do you happen to have a source where it states all old servers will remain in Japan? I thought "old servers" really meant the server world itself. What's to say they don't copy the "world" over to another server in a different region? I highly doubt they will force all old players that had lag issues in the Japanese-based severs to stay there. I may be wrong though.

For the same reason you stated, It wouldn't be fair to the japanese for those servers to be moved elsewhere as their lag would increase, and everyone else is already used to the original setup. It makes no sense for them to move the old servers.

• In the event that you don't complete the transfer procedure, you will be transferred to a pre-determined world.
• In the event you complete the transfer procedure, you can select from a list of worlds you can move to and will be transferred to the world of your choice.

This information basically states that if you choose not to transfer anywhere, you will automatically end up on the same world with all the other people from your old world that also did not choose to transfer.

[Sneak]

For the same reason you stated, It wouldn't be fair to the japanese for those servers to be moved elsewhere as their lag would increase, and everyone else is already used to the original setup. It makes no sense for them to move the old servers.

That is why you wouldn't move ALL the "old" servers to a different region and leave some in Japan. Giving the option of "old" server to "old" server transfers for "old" players at launch (which I'm pretty sure they said will be possible), they give everyone the option of choosing which server fits their needs the best.