Pools Closed (Asura Is Full!)

if asura's population is really a problem i think they could have gone about it a bunch of different ways

for example:

1. shutdown asura and allow free transfers off.

cap each server at x%(bahamut 200, cerb 1000 as an example) transfers until they no longer allow free transfers

2. split asura into 2 new(old servers, i.e titan/alexander). let people pick which one but keep in mind the above, once titan hits 2000 stop transfers and force alexander.

the way they are going about this is just going to result in wherever they don't close down being the next mega hub because it isn't done intelligently. asura is also not super likely to go down in population as they announced it in a way that gave people time to prepare and make accounts there if needed.

there is a chance that what i suggested also wouldn't work and would result in the same problem, but i would view that as not as likely as what they are doing now.

i think it's also pretty unlikely they open up asura or bahamut anytime soon which is terrible for the player experience on a 23 year old game and will result in people quitting due to not being able to transfer to do their empys on a dead server or result in someone not playing because they can't get into a locked server with their friends.

all in all, i think SE is doing the worst possible thing to address this issue

all in all, i think SE is doing the worst possible thing to address this issue

if asura's population is really a problem i think they could have gone about it a bunch of different ways

for example:

1. shutdown asura and allow free transfers off.

cap each server at x%(bahamut 200, cerb 1000 as an example) transfers until they no longer allow free transfers

2. split asura into 2 new(old servers, i.e titan/alexander). let people pick which one but keep in mind the above, once titan hits 2000 stop transfers and force alexander.

the way they are going about this is just going to result in wherever they don't close down being the next mega hub because it isn't done intelligently. asura is also not super likely to go down in population as they announced it in a way that gave people time to prepare and make accounts there if needed.

there is a chance that what i suggested also wouldn't work and would result in the same problem, but i would view that as not as likely as what they are doing now.

i think it's also pretty unlikely they open up asura or bahamut anytime soon which is terrible for the player experience on a 23 year old game and will result in people quitting due to not being able to transfer to do their empys on a dead server or result in someone not playing because they can't get into a locked server with their friends.

all in all, i think SE is doing the worst possible thing to address this issue

it needs to be a choice.

You act like merging 2 - 2k sized servers into a 4k server would make a big difference

What I want is a redistribution of players to make it less extreme.

The entire topic in this thread is discussing a problem with the game and what SE's done.

it needs to be a choice.

If a bunch of people from Bahamut and Asura migrate to my server and it triples in active population, so be it.

If my server triples in population because it got merged with 3 others, I'm gonna have problem. Like you said:

The top is a choice, the bottom is not.

This you?


This you?


Merging smaller servers into a mid-large server isnt a choice for the players of those smaller servers.

You know what is a choice though?
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/intro/optional/wd_transfer01.html
Using that and going to whatever server you want.



No, its not a problem with the game, its a problem with YOUR server, and your solutions involve *** up 4-12 other servers.

GHN has solutions that dont *** things up for 4-12 servers.

Merges and closures do.