(02-16-2015, 02:02 PM)Flickering Ember Wrote: So, what is the alternative to the character restrictions? Yeah, the restrictions suck but they are there for a reason. Capped servers are...well...capped and they depend on restrictions to avoid things like 2 hour long wait times or server crashes.ÂHonestly, I was shocked that they don't use WoW's system. When a large server is locked, rather than going to your character select screen and logging in, you wait at server select screen and you wait in line there. Then, once it's you're turn and you're into the server, you can log in or create as many characters as your heart desires.
Previous MMOs had different but similar restrictions that IMO were not better than ffxiv's. Moon Guard would be locked several times. While old members could make alts freely, no new people to the server could roll there. Though, WoW servers probably have a higher cap overall.
Simply increasing server capacity is ideal but unrealistic and probably not going to happen since they built ffxiv on dated tech.
Interested to hear from you guys: What alternatives are there? Realistic alternatives.
It's similar enough to FFXIV's system, wait in line for your turn, but people who want to make characters there can also wait in line. Seems a good system to me. Failing that, at least put the AFK timer back into the game.
