Server mergers and points of interest?

[Radaghast]

Even with the PS3 release, how many people outside of Japan are going to buy it? Pretty sure most in north america are going to play it on the PC regardless.

[Elexia]

Even with the PS3 release, how many people outside of Japan are going to buy it? Pretty sure most in north america are going to play it on the PC regardless.

Same question was asked about the 360 version of FFXI. The way XIV currently runs on PC unless you're really into gaming, your laptop/PC simply won't run the game well because most people, especially casual gamers don't have the best media/gaming PC and the PS3 is their best bet.

[Belial]

Even with the PS3 release, how many people outside of Japan are going to buy it? Pretty sure most in north america are going to play it on the PC regardless.

I myself know several people waiting for it to drop... some people just aren't PC gamers, and the PS3 crowd is actually a very large demographic, and I know a lot of people who will buy it, and try it, simply because it says "Final Fantasy"

[MagicofGaia]

all servers fairly empty, need to wait til changes take place and hopefully we see a rise in numbers, or PS3 release which is sure to bring with it a good number.

Agreed. Ps3 Release will bring some numbers.. if the population is still vacant afterwards they will probably look at mergers.

Since there are no payments being taken from the players we won't see this until much later unfortunately, you CAN roll as many characters as are available without paying for it too, so if you want roll another temporary character to check things out on another server, when payments do come you can then decide which character(s) to keep and pay for. It's a great opportunity to get a sense of some servers right now.

not much more to add. Good stuff

[SirEdeonX]

I'm just curious if they have offered server merges or transfers off of your current server yet? As of right now my server(Fabul) seems really quiet and any time I log in I don't see many people wandering around, and I've never seen anyone using the party search / recruit function. Has anyone mentioned possibly transferring off into more populated servers, or merging two servers together?

Another question I have is, am I possibly hanging out in the wrong areas? I've been going back and forth between Gridania and Ul'dah and shouting asking for parties, asking for Linkshells and I haven't gotten any responses. First response I finally got was today after posting on these forums.... Is there a special city that is more populated than others, like Jueno from FFXI?

Thanks for the information if you have any to give!

Fabul is really quiet? Where are you hiding? lol

If you want to do parties, do a behest and ask if someone wants to join u for some leves I met a lot of ppl like that. If you dont want to do that, join a LS. Cuz my Fabul is pretty busy lol even gridania has more than 3 ppl :O

[Zenaku]

you can build a pc for around under 400$ if you use the parts from your old pc like DVD,HDD that save you easy 60-80$ and there a 5800S video card for 100$ish i be building a pc for about 180$ that can run FFXIV becuase using ram,HDD,dvd rom from the old build then once i have more money get a video card that less then buying a ps3. So everyone really going to get this game for PC just waiting for this game to come out.

For FFXIV to even make a good hit in the market when they release it on the PS3 they need a few things.

There own "Time card"
Pay but paypal, pay them straight up no clickandbuy.
Full screen alt tab
Lot's of Ads and TV ads everywhere that FFXIV be sold

Go to this year E3 and release more information on ps3 release and everything that FFXIV going to have. To build hype for the game again "note: they have to say stuff that 100% sure about this time around"

Release real CS quest and mission

and maybe this game would have more then 1mil players

[Elexia]

you can build a pc for around under 400$ if you use the parts from your old pc like DVD,HDD that save you easy 60-80$ and there a 5800S video card for 100$ish i be building a pc for about 180$ that can run FFXIV becuase using ram,HDD,dvd rom from the old build then once i have more money get a video card that less then buying a ps3. So everyone really going to get this game for PC just waiting for this game to come out.

It's not the pricing, it's the fact casual gamers simply don't need a powerful PC because they tend to be on the console side of things as most PC games are released on consoles as well and pretty much everyone has a console or two if they're a gamer. A PS3 is about $300, a great GPU is around $500, a good GPU is around $300, a decent GPU is around $150 depending on where you get your parts. Unless the manf. moved onto a new line, like Radeon being in the 7xxx range now, good GPUs are getting cheaper but still are pretty high in price.

As for the rest, pretty sure CS and story aren't what people care for these days, they care for JUMP and AH =\

[Zenaku]

It's not the pricing, it's the fact casual gamers simply don't need a powerful PC because they tend to be on the console side of things as most PC games are released on consoles as well and pretty much everyone has a console or two if they're a gamer. A PS3 is about $300, a great GPU is around $500, a good GPU is around $300, a decent GPU is around $150 depending on where you get your parts. Unless the manf. moved onto a new line, like Radeon being in the 7xxx range now, good GPUs are getting cheaper but still are pretty high in price.


As for the rest, pretty sure CS and story aren't what people care for these days, they care for JUMP and AH =\

If you want the top of the line yes but you can build a pc that can play games around 400$ if you have a pc with HDD and DVD rom that save you money i can understand what you mean. If you like consoles gaming that a whole other story then i understand wait for the PS3 version. But i know for me i wont waste 1k for a pc when i can build one for 400$ and play ffxiv without issue and that what i did 1year ago and i play fine at great setting with good FPS outside and 40-50FPS in city.

but if you like consoles then play that still don't get why would casual even play a game if they have 2hours per day to play seem like a waste of money to me but w/e