I think the issue being raised isn't the price of the transfer itself. It's the number of transfer sales keeping them from trying to fix the issue. Why do anything about the server congestion if it just results in more money?
But, as mentioned, it's also kind of needed to get people to actually go to the other servers instead of all piling up on whichever ones have the most people.
Personally, I wonder how much it'd be helped if there was a better system in place to deal with AFKers or (more importantly) the gil-seller bots. Especially the bots, since they're entities that are breaking the rules of the game. It might not solve the population issues, but I would figure it would help at least a little if the open windows let in more actual players than bots.
But, as mentioned, it's also kind of needed to get people to actually go to the other servers instead of all piling up on whichever ones have the most people.
Personally, I wonder how much it'd be helped if there was a better system in place to deal with AFKers or (more importantly) the gil-seller bots. Especially the bots, since they're entities that are breaking the rules of the game. It might not solve the population issues, but I would figure it would help at least a little if the open windows let in more actual players than bots.
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