This May, FINAL FANTASY XI will celebrate its sixth year of official service.
At present, FINAL FANTASY XI boasts a total of 32 Worlds populated by 1.7 million characters and half a million registered users. Along with the release of the Wings of the Goddess expansion, these numbers continue to grow.
The long-awaited World Transfer Service and the ability to select the World in which to create a character have also been well-received and widely used since their implementation last year.
This continued increase in characters and the advent of unrestricted World selection has led to overpopulation in certain Worlds.
When compared with the average numbers of 55,000 characters and between 15,000 and 16,000 users per World, the Odin World in particular stands out with a staggering 70,000 characters and 23,000 registered users as of the end of March.
Ordinarily, the overall prosperity and activity of a World is improved in proportion to the size of its population. However, a situation of overcrowding can create game balance issues, such as struggles to claim ordinary monsters and Notorious Monsters, as well as aggravate economic problems. In the worst case scenario, a situation can occur where the restriction on the number of simultaneous connections creates login problems, changing areas becomes a lengthy or limited process, or a limit is placed on the creation of new characters.
To avoid these very issues, a free World Transfer was offered to the inhabitants of Odin. While many players accepted this offer, the situation of overpopulation remains relatively severe.
With quality of service first and foremost in mind, the development and management teams are devising solutions to this problem on Odin and other Worlds. Removal from the list of destinations for a World Transfer or the list of Worlds available on the character creation screen, as well as continuing to provide free World Transfer services, are some of the ideas being considered for overpopulated Worlds.
We hope that our players will also take these factors into consideration when utilizing the World Transfer Service or choosing a world for their new character.
Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
The FINAL FANTASY XI Development and Management Teams
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In other words; GTFO of Odin.
"One day I shall come back, yes I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, and no anxieties.
Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine."
In the last week, both Sky and Sea had to be closed down for maintinance and the GMs were nice enough to not refund pop items we lost both times when the zones decided to crash.
Personally, I say take all the Pandy-quality players and send then over to Pandy. which would be about 50% of the server. It would also be a boost to Pandy's population and wouldn't affect the quality of play in the slightest
Well we all know who to blame for the extra people on odin.
Stupid rabid fanbase. >.<q
Seriously, I'm a fan of the thing myself, but that doesn't mean I'm not on Carbuncle. I wouldn't leave Carby for any other world!
Yellow Mage and Armando go there . . . or not.
Originally Posted by IM
[Armando]: Well, String Shot IS rather...yeah.
[Yellow Mage]: DO NOT GO THERE.
[Armando]: Too late.
[Armando]: You're already thinking about it.
[Yellow Mage]: Nope, I've trained myself to specifically block any and all connections that could implicate.
[Yellow Mage]: It's silk, and nothing more.
[Armando]: In Soviet Russia, L Cancels you.
[Yellow Mage]: Smashing like it's 1999.
Brawlers to the end.
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Re: Odin World Character Population (04/14/2008)
As a question to Odin players, are the free World Transfers you've been offered the $20 "go to any of the damn thing" ones that SE introduced (relatively) recently, or is it the "Talk to a GM NPC and we'll ship you off to something." ones?
I will fly you to the heavens
we can make an early start.
I was flapping my old wings, oh yeah, yea~ah yeah!
[Armando]: Well, String Shot IS rather...yeah.
[Yellow Mage]: DO NOT GO THERE.
[Armando]: Too late.
[Armando]: You're already thinking about it.
[Yellow Mage]: Nope, I've trained myself to specifically block any and all connections that could implicate.
[Yellow Mage]: It's silk, and nothing more.
[Armando]: In Soviet Russia, L Cancels you.
[Yellow Mage]: Smashing like it's 1999.
Brawlers to the end.
Personally, I say take all the Pandy-quality players and send then over to Pandy. which would be about 50% of the server. It would also be a boost to Pandy's population and wouldn't affect the quality of play in the slightest
Thats a pretty elitist and assholish thing to say. But coming from you thats expected.
Keeping Purgonorgo Isle clothing optional sine 2004
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