The current state of FFXI... are there better servers?

[Alhanelem]

Hi NeoDevilbane,

Welcome back. According to ffxiah, "active players" by server are as below:

Asura: 19,792
Odin: 13,013
Bahamut: 10,752
Fenrir: 6,858
Shiva: 6,820
Phoenix: 6,635
Ragnarok: 6,614
Carbuncle: 6,315
Bismarck: 5,907
Others: less
Valefor: 4,980


Many people tout Asura as a good NA server and Odin for JP, plus and minuses with moving to such a populated server as well of course. Before moving, maybe do some shouts or check some linkshell concierge for any pearls of shells active on your server and see if you get along with them.

Personally, I began on Quetz (4,789), but the AH was so slow moving, I have settled for Bahamut as a healthy medium.

Who came up with these numbers and how did they determine what constitutes an "acitve player?"

[Catmato]

Who came up with these numbers and how did they determine what constitutes an "acitve player?"

FFXIAH and characters who use the AH.

[Alhanelem]

FFXIAH and characters who use the AH.

Not everyone uses the AH on a regular basis. these days I'm not on it that often. But I still play.

[Catmato]

Not everyone uses the AH on a regular basis. these days I'm not on it that often. But I still play.

That's great, but I was just answering your question.

[Alhanelem]

That's great, but I was just answering your question.

I'm just pointing out the flaw in using such a thing for such a metric.