14 DAY TRIAL // The developers at Square Enix who are working on the troubled MMO Final Fantasy XIV have announced that it is re-evaluating the merger process that was set to hit the game on March 27, mainly because of the negative reaction from the player base.
The official Lodestone blog has a new post up that states, “We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the wealth of feedback you have provided us with following the announcement made regarding the World merge and character transfers.”
It adds, “In order to ensure that the most desirable and effective outcome is achieved, we will be reassessing the method of the merger process.”
The developers have also deleted the initial server merger announcement, which might mean that the entire idea is being rethought.
Square Enix initially planned to cut eight full game worlds and reduce the overall number to ten in order to make sure that all the worlds had enough players to keep the game viable.
Players needed to make up their mind about what server they would like to move to before March 19, otherwise the move would be made to a random world.
Those who are still engaged with Final Fantasy XIV felt that a smaller number of servers would mean even less chance to shape the game to their liking and might even be a step towards the actual closure of the MMO.
The developers are saying that an announcement might be made soon about how many servers Final Fantasy XIV will have in the long term.
When the MMO was first launched Square Enix had big expectations, hoping to draw all those gamers who are also fans of the single player Japanese role-playing series.
But the game was buggy and lacked some fundamental features and Square Enix plans to launch a version 2.0 of the MMO before the end of the year.