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Final Fantasy XIV Data Center Travel Holds Stably, as Demand Rises And Team Proceeds Carefully | MMO

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 2022 in News & Features Discussion

imageFinal Fantasy XIV Data Center Travel Holds Stably, as Demand Rises And Team Proceeds Carefully | MMORPG.com

Initial data on Data Center Travel has been stable after hotfixes, but the Final Fantasy XIV team is waiting on data from the weekend to be sure.

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    edited July 2022
    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.
  • Veexer_NuiVeexer_Nui Member UncommonPosts: 268

    Scot said:

    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.



    What are you talking about?

    FF14 servers have all been linked for 5 years+ you can freely travel and visit any server instantly.

    Unlike blizzard games that charge you $50.
    Tiller

    Archeage EU - Nui

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423

    Veexer_Nui said:



    Scot said:


    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.






    What are you talking about?



    FF14 servers have all been linked for 5 years+ you can freely travel and visit any server instantly.



    Unlike blizzard games that charge you $50.



    Enlighten us, are you saying players have been able to transfer avatars freely for the last five years? Are you also saying no instability in the server populations has resulted from this?
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    Scot said:




    Scot said:


    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.






    What are you talking about?



    FF14 servers have all been linked for 5 years+ you can freely travel and visit any server instantly.



    Unlike blizzard games that charge you $50.



    Enlighten us, are you saying players have been able to transfer avatars freely for the last five years? Are you also saying no instability in the server populations has resulted from this?

    Yeah, I've visited other servers. Lots of folks travel back and forth, some in large groups. You just hit up the main Aetheryte and travel. This is homeworld travel to other data centers so it's on a larger scale.
    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    Tiller said:
    Scot said:




    Scot said:


    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.






    What are you talking about?



    FF14 servers have all been linked for 5 years+ you can freely travel and visit any server instantly.



    Unlike blizzard games that charge you $50.



    Enlighten us, are you saying players have been able to transfer avatars freely for the last five years? Are you also saying no instability in the server populations has resulted from this?

    Yeah, I've visited other servers. Lots of folks travel back and forth, some in large groups. You just hit up the main Aetheryte and travel. This is homeworld travel to other data centers so it's on a larger scale.
    Ok, you have surprised me, I associate free transfers with chaos, maybe the length of time this has been going on has brought stability to the situation? Why do large groups travel from one server to the next?
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    Scot said:
    Tiller said:
    Scot said:




    Scot said:


    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.






    What are you talking about?



    FF14 servers have all been linked for 5 years+ you can freely travel and visit any server instantly.



    Unlike blizzard games that charge you $50.



    Enlighten us, are you saying players have been able to transfer avatars freely for the last five years? Are you also saying no instability in the server populations has resulted from this?

    Yeah, I've visited other servers. Lots of folks travel back and forth, some in large groups. You just hit up the main Aetheryte and travel. This is homeworld travel to other data centers so it's on a larger scale.
    Ok, you have surprised me, I associate free transfers with chaos, maybe the length of time this has been going on has brought stability to the situation? Why do large groups travel from one server to the next?

    It's temporary for the most part; like taking a vacation. Why do people travel? When you queue up for dungeons you play with others across servers, so many people have friends across those other servers as well as guilds and like the ability to play with them in their worlds. 

    There are also some dance troupes that travel across servers.  You get to know and recognize names, unlike many games I've played in the past. It's like a big extended family. I don't know how this larger scale movement will work out; but I'm sure it won't imbalance servers too much over time.

    Scot
    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • JudgeUKJudgeUK Member RarePosts: 1,699
    Free World transfer within your character's Data Center has been available for years. Some of the Centers have recently been expanded with my own, Chaos, seeing the addition of 2 new worlds.
    World transfer is a commonly used feature, not only for best market prices. There are daily hunts across all of these.
    The addition of Data Center travel won't be used for this as the character transfer system is carried out at the log in stage, rather than in-game.
    kitarad
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    JudgeUK said:
    Free World transfer within your character's Data Center has been available for years. Some of the Centers have recently been expanded with my own, Chaos, seeing the addition of 2 new worlds.
    World transfer is a commonly used feature, not only for best market prices. There are daily hunts across all of these.
    The addition of Data Center travel won't be used for this as the character transfer system is carried out at the log in stage, rather than in-game.
    There were players using world transfer for shopping? Are items bound to account?
  • ApridiseApridise Member UncommonPosts: 86
    I would love it if they could open up the cities again as they originally were in 1.0 so they are just one big zone again instead of multiple
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    edited July 2022
    Apridise said:
    I would love it if they could open up the cities again as they originally were in 1.0 so they are just one big zone again instead of multiple
    Are loading times long? For me having "seams" in the world has never been an issue but I know it narks a lot of players. Less lag equals better game.
  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,045
    Veexer_Nui said:

    Scot said:

    This is a recipe for a disjointed community and at worst can descend into chaos (check out NW), the server community is something they should be trying to protect. By all means do server mergers and so on, but don't leave it to players.



    What are you talking about?

    FF14 servers have all been linked for 5 years+ you can freely travel and visit any server instantly.

    Unlike blizzard games that charge you $50.

    In WoW to temporarily play on a different server you just have someone from that server invite you to a party and you're on that server. No need for all this nonsense that FF14 is going through.

    WoW also does connected realms. A lot of the people you are seeing running around are from other servers. The server I play on is connected to 7 other servers.

    And for the cost of $50 you can server transfer 3 characters in WoW.

    I know you wanted to take a quick jab at Blizzard/WoW for some reason but it would be more effective if you knew what the hell you were talking about.
    Scot
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