This is an open letter from the FFXIV community to Square Enix concerning the travel restrictions put in place for the release of 7.0.
This letter is from all the players whose FFXIV activities have been disrupted by the restrictions mentioned above: players from roleplay communities, venues, raid static, Free companies, and more. There is a growing concern about the length of time the travel restrictions have been in place and the parameters by which these have been in place to begin with.
- August 20th 2021 - Square Enix announced they had to contend with a growing player population and their plan to alleviate world congestion.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...0acb6c23ccd07f
- January 13th 2022, Square Enix announced they would make modifications to the DC travel during the 7.0 patch.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...8a3986554a2#03
- June 18th 2024, Square Enix announced they were placing travel restrictions to alleviate the new content congestion.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...56e40c77a5af8e
These restrictions were originally put in place to alleviate congestion and prioritize logins for Home World residents during the release of new content. But at this point, we feel they have become disruptive to the community itself. Since the restrictions use World population to limit the available connections possible to non-home world characters, many inter-DC activities have been disrupted. Aether, for example, has become completely locked to outsiders, prompting the comical but also legitimate #FREEAETHER tag among players.
Many activities organized between RP communities in various DCs have now been forced to rely solely on Dynamis to continue. However, there is no incentive to move one's house to a new DC, especially if all the air/sub ship progress will be lost and the gil amount transfer is limited. Instead of transferring, many chose to put their activities on hold and wait for the doors to open again. Six months later, and with no end in sight, many decided to stop their activity altogether, and for some, that meant leaving the game for good.
We would recommend these as solutions for this or future travel restrictions:
- Remove travel restrictions or change travel restrictions from the current World population cap to a World queue cap;
- Facilitate or incentivize moving to Dynamis by keeping the air/sub ship levels the same from one DC to another.
- Shorter travel restriction times.
FFXIV is a beautiful platform to create safe social online places filled with a buzzing array of creativity.
Every one of us appreciates and recognizes the immense love you put into your work. We wish to see it thrive for years on end!
Thank you for listening to us and considering these recommendations.
Continue reading...
This letter is from all the players whose FFXIV activities have been disrupted by the restrictions mentioned above: players from roleplay communities, venues, raid static, Free companies, and more. There is a growing concern about the length of time the travel restrictions have been in place and the parameters by which these have been in place to begin with.
- August 20th 2021 - Square Enix announced they had to contend with a growing player population and their plan to alleviate world congestion.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...0acb6c23ccd07f
- January 13th 2022, Square Enix announced they would make modifications to the DC travel during the 7.0 patch.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...8a3986554a2#03
- June 18th 2024, Square Enix announced they were placing travel restrictions to alleviate the new content congestion.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...56e40c77a5af8e
These restrictions were originally put in place to alleviate congestion and prioritize logins for Home World residents during the release of new content. But at this point, we feel they have become disruptive to the community itself. Since the restrictions use World population to limit the available connections possible to non-home world characters, many inter-DC activities have been disrupted. Aether, for example, has become completely locked to outsiders, prompting the comical but also legitimate #FREEAETHER tag among players.
Many activities organized between RP communities in various DCs have now been forced to rely solely on Dynamis to continue. However, there is no incentive to move one's house to a new DC, especially if all the air/sub ship progress will be lost and the gil amount transfer is limited. Instead of transferring, many chose to put their activities on hold and wait for the doors to open again. Six months later, and with no end in sight, many decided to stop their activity altogether, and for some, that meant leaving the game for good.
We would recommend these as solutions for this or future travel restrictions:
- Remove travel restrictions or change travel restrictions from the current World population cap to a World queue cap;
- Facilitate or incentivize moving to Dynamis by keeping the air/sub ship levels the same from one DC to another.
- Shorter travel restriction times.
FFXIV is a beautiful platform to create safe social online places filled with a buzzing array of creativity.
Every one of us appreciates and recognizes the immense love you put into your work. We wish to see it thrive for years on end!
Thank you for listening to us and considering these recommendations.
Continue reading...