Some more people were able to gather more information this morning in regards to what's goin on, so for those who don't wanna dig through all the forums to find it here are the links.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...oices-POLL
Basically, DevTeam realized there's a lot of confusion/dissatisfaction in regards to the current plan (#4 in the above poll) and are trying to make alternatives work.
Tl:dr :
Option 1 - High population server is merged with Low population server (Server A + Server B = Server AB, straight merge, no transferring servers)
Option 2 - High population server is merged with Low population server, but people can choose to leave for any other server (Same as opt 1, but people can choose to go to Server Whatever)
Option 3 - High population server is merged with Low population server, but people can leave for a specified server if they want (Server A + Server B = Server AB, plus optional Server C)
Option 4 - Current plan - All servers nuked, entire game population chooses new server individually.
Then later this morning Bayohne posted a translation from Yoshi-P's direct input on the discussion
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...post549004
The current opinion is leaning heavily towards Option 2, they just need to re-evaluate the technical aspect of the details to make it happen. Likely this means that they need to figure which servers high population servers should be paired with which low population servers, and make a system that can balance out the load across all servers in case people do decide to switch around.
The only problem I'm concerned about is what'll happen if the new server can't handle the influx of RPers from other servers. Let's say the new home for the RPC becomes BesaidKarnak, but RPers from the other 16 servers who have heard the legends of the RPC of Besaid take the opportunity to join. BesaidKarnak's population could spike so hard that former Besaid residents who want to return could find their homeworld full...
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...oices-POLL
Basically, DevTeam realized there's a lot of confusion/dissatisfaction in regards to the current plan (#4 in the above poll) and are trying to make alternatives work.
Tl:dr :
Option 1 - High population server is merged with Low population server (Server A + Server B = Server AB, straight merge, no transferring servers)
Option 2 - High population server is merged with Low population server, but people can choose to leave for any other server (Same as opt 1, but people can choose to go to Server Whatever)
Option 3 - High population server is merged with Low population server, but people can leave for a specified server if they want (Server A + Server B = Server AB, plus optional Server C)
Option 4 - Current plan - All servers nuked, entire game population chooses new server individually.
Then later this morning Bayohne posted a translation from Yoshi-P's direct input on the discussion
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...post549004
The current opinion is leaning heavily towards Option 2, they just need to re-evaluate the technical aspect of the details to make it happen. Likely this means that they need to figure which servers high population servers should be paired with which low population servers, and make a system that can balance out the load across all servers in case people do decide to switch around.
The only problem I'm concerned about is what'll happen if the new server can't handle the influx of RPers from other servers. Let's say the new home for the RPC becomes BesaidKarnak, but RPers from the other 16 servers who have heard the legends of the RPC of Besaid take the opportunity to join. BesaidKarnak's population could spike so hard that former Besaid residents who want to return could find their homeworld full...
