Are you new in FFXIV? Go to the new servers.

Hi. I just want to inform the new players, especially those of PS4. That there are new servers, three new ones. (One in each data center)

I don't know if there's a thread about it already, but who cares! the more reminding to the new people the better, it is good to start playing in a fresh server where the people has only been playing one week or less.

New servers are....

Zodiark -> EUROPE
Jenova -> USA
Shinryu -> JAPAN


I can't say the status of the other two ones, but I'm playing in Zodiark and so far it has more or less the same quantity of players that Lich had, only that everyone is new, of course.

Two main guilds are there. Scions of Eorzea and Ragnarok. Those two are right now the ones that are taking everyone, of course growing faster and so, good option if you are starting...

Also, eventually, there's one, small group of noobs, a FC called exactly like that "Noobs" Calmer but more familiar ambient where the main idea is that everyone is noob.

So... What are you waiting for? If you are new in this awesome game, join the correct servers, the new ones! You'll enjoy even more the game!

PS: Forum section for Zodiark server: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/1197-Zodiark

Thanks to all the replies.

I think I'm going to try Zordiak. At the end of the day I can roll another character and still be in the exact same position I am today if I don't like it.

Now I just need to decide what to roll! I tanked the beta up to the level cap and was quite enjoyable (mouse and keyboard) but phase two I went Mage and controller and I did enjoy sitting back on the sofa with no tanking stress!

Tough decisions!

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Originally Posted by Puffitt

Now I just need to decide what to roll! I tanked the beta up to the level cap and was quite enjoyable (mouse and keyboard) but phase two I went Mage and controller and I did enjoy sitting back on the sofa with no tanking stress!

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If you enjoyed tanking, I'd pick tanking. I play almost all jobs to 50 (only bard left) on the controller. Just gotta find which job is fun to you and make a comfortable settings for it.

Great thread Adrian74, a lot of players are looking for information like this.

Actually Ragnarok doesn't send invitations now. Only way to join us is by the application form. We have a lot of great people now so we are going for quality members.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

And sorry for reviving the thread, but I think it should always be in the top page as long as new people is coming in such a super flow.

Zodiark is a friendly server where everyone helps everyone at the moment! Making this game a really enjoyable experience.

Evening Ragnarok dungeon runs FTW :D

agreed. i started over in Jenova after trying out Leviathan first, and i prefer the more even playing field

Yeah, this would have been good to know. I am on Malboro.

Uh, why should new players stick to new servers only? What logic is there in that? Because they're with other new players and they can learn the game together? Isn't because of the BS phobia of "Old players hate new players"(which isn't true).

If you are new to the game, Pay on whatever server you want to play on. Don't limit yourself to just playing a new server with new players. There are plenty of good people on other servers that are more then willing to play with and assist new players in learning.

Make you're own choice for server, don't limit yourself to a preconceived notion of where you should go.

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Originally Posted by jaydee114

agreed. i started over in Jenova after trying out Leviathan first, and i prefer the more even playing field

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Hi Jaydee. Curious what put you off from the Leviathan server. I'm new to MMOs myself & checked the game out during the beta period on PS4 w/o realizing there were new servers established for this new group. Really liked what I saw & love the feel of the game having been a fan of the series since its beginning. I have, however been wondering if I made a mistake in not registering on Jenova. I've leveled a bit though & they're not allowing world transfer to them - so would be loosing those efforts. I see you've started a free company - i've just joined one recently, but have not found much in the way of help exploring what they have to offer & many people seem to know each other and are at much higher levels resulting in my being unable to participate.

If you're new come to the best server which is.......
ADAMANTOISE. Just don't let me catch you killing our server's namesake in South Shroud. If you are caught you'll be banned and exiled to a low pop server to rot.

Funny comment there, Woggers-san!... Almost convinced me to go there... Or to start killing Adamantoises in south shroud.... :P

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Originally Posted by T8tor

Hi Jaydee.

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hi! apologies for the delayed response. while i've also had a fun experience in leviathan, and i was in a pretty chill FC (Elixir).. i didn't really feel like i belonged there. jenova to me feels perfect. like it's a whole new world ready for us to make it our own.. and not just follow what's already established, as was how i felt in leviathan. when i started over in jenova.. i felt at home.. most people were around the same level.. doing similar quests.. participating and helping each other learn the game along the way.. random team ups during a fate.. and the economy is something you can help mold. so in the end, deleting my lvl 15 character on leviathan is not a big deal at all anymore. i found a good group of friendly helpful people, and so we decided to make our own FC. i don't know if i would've had that same route if i was in leviathan. i prob would've just stayed in an already established FC, and my participation would've been less.

I'm curious about this. I will be getting a realm reborn tomorrow and would like to know if i should go with the new server or an old one. Will the new servers have a lot less people? and will the old ones have mostly non helpful players that shun the new?

I would like to be able to have lots of players doing the low level quests while I do and not be running around some empty wasteland that I feel the low level zones might be on the older servers?

Thanks in advance :)

No, the new serves have plenty of activity at least Jenova does. lot of people who got the PS4 version are on the new servers.

There will always be non helpful players but most are helpful. You will run into elitists on any server, even the new servers have some of those.

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Originally Posted by jaydee114

... and so we decided to make our own FC. i don't know if i would've had that same route if i was in leviathan. i prob would've just stayed in an already established FC, and my participation would've been less.

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hey jaydee,

I'm pretty new to ARR and just joined Jenova a few days ago and am looking for some people to play with. I'm a pretty casual player, but if your Company is looking to expand look me up!

I'm nice to know you people are trying the new servers, It is an awesome experience. (Someone that is living it)

And info for those who have the question... Yes, new server are pretty pretty crowded, only that everyone is starting from scratch there.

new servers will end up doing all the same things that existing servers do, same speedruns same boss strats, in reality youre not going to help 'form the world' or anything, the difference really is that you have a chance to be one of the best equipped, have the most money, clear the first coil etc.
if those things matter to you, you need a new server

1-50 is gonna take maybe a month tops if you're not really trying, so if you're planning on playing for years its not really a problem joining an old server and sticking it out for a while

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Originally Posted by Sadiie

hey jaydee,

I'm pretty new to ARR and just joined Jenova a few days ago and am looking for some people to play with. I'm a pretty casual player, but if your Company is looking to expand look me up!

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hi sadiie! what times do you usually log on? i'll be sure to keep a lookout. i'm usually on starting from 8pm EST and earlier on weekends. i'm also an archer who just turned bard, so i could help you along the way. our fc is a mix of newbie's also, but we also have higher levels/mmo vets that don't mind helping out our newcomers as well. it's a chill, casual, friendly, and helpful environment, so no worries about being new.

Actually, there are 6 named data centers. 1 for EU (servers actually located in Canada), 3 JP, and 2 US. You may have to search for these new servers amongst the different data centers as I don't know off the top of my head which they are in.

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Originally Posted by jaydee114

hi sadiie! what times do you usually log on? i'll be sure to keep a lookout. i'm usually on starting from 8pm EST and earlier on weekends. i'm also an archer who just turned bard, so i could help you along the way. our fc is a mix of newbie's also, but we also have higher levels/mmo vets that don't mind helping out our newcomers as well. it's a chill, casual, friendly, and helpful environment, so no worries about being new.

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I'll be on today for a few hours in the afternoon. My play times are pretty scattered because I work retail, so no consistant work hours. So i'm on whenever I have the time. I'll keep an eye out for ya!

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Originally Posted by Sadiie

I'll be on today for a few hours in the afternoon. My play times are pretty scattered because I work retail, so no consistant work hours. So i'm on whenever I have the time. I'll keep an eye out for ya!

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alright cool. i won't be on til later, but if you happen to see one of our FC members with the tag <<FFVI>>, say hello, and he/she can invite you in. or you can also click on their character to open up the info menu, and one of the options would be to look up our FC info. from there, you can submit an application, which i believe i would be able to grab even if you're not logged on later.

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Originally Posted by Slatervonjager

Uh, why should new players stick to new servers only? What logic is there in that? Because they're with other new players and they can learn the game together? Isn't because of the BS phobia of "Old players hate new players"(which isn't true).

If you are new to the game, Pay on whatever server you want to play on. Don't limit yourself to just playing a new server with new players. There are plenty of good people on other servers that are more then willing to play with and assist new players in learning.

Make you're own choice for server, don't limit yourself to a preconceived notion of where you should go.

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I agree with this, thumbs up!!

I rather play on a old server like leviathan... More established players, more knowledgeable players ready to teach you a dungeon at the push of a macro, more high level players willing to spend all that GIL just to save a few minutes, etc...

Oh and who doesn't love looking at all the max'd out sexy characters that I can only hope to become when my character grows up.

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Originally Posted by Loui2

I rather play on a old server like leviathan... More established players, more knowledgeable players ready to teach you a dungeon at the push of a macro, more high level players willing to spend all that GIL just to save a few minutes, etc...

Oh and who doesn't love looking at all the max'd out sexy characters that I can only hope to become when my character grows up.

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duty finder is actually cross severs, so either way you can be partied with more established players who can lead you through a dun.

Felt the need to revive this Thread as new players are in dire need of a new server. Specially in the EU data center where you only have 8 worlds to choose from and all of them are extremly well populated, no plots for housing available, over priced markets, most people that want to play end game hardcore already have their statics so its very hard to join a static.

Im not going to talk about JP and NA data centers where you have some low pop worlds, but in the EU data center you dont have a low pop world at all.

So at least EU should get 1 new world with all the new players its getting.

Holy Necro Batman!

I don't think this thread should have been revived. The information in it is way out of date. Anyone reading the first page will get a completely false idea of what it is like on Zodiark in October 2015.

We're supposed to be helping new players here, not leading them up the garden path by putting old threads that are no longer relevant right on the very first page.

Well its common sense to see the post date and skip right to the last post. At least thats what I always do :p

AND...

Zodiark -> EUROPE
Jenova -> USA
Shinryu -> JAPAN

Are still the newest servers we got, even tough they are 1 and a half year old.

Just doing my best to get SE to open 1 new fresh world at least in Europe.
Plenty of friends that want to start FFXIV but feel overwhelmed by the age of the servers we have, they want something newer.

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Originally Posted by Isurei

duty finder is actually cross severs, so either way you can be partied with more established players who can lead you through a dun.

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This is just not right. Most of the time people say hi at the start and not a word more. Most people who use duty finder for ex primals are there to learn aswell but seldom clear. (Not impossible but unlikely)

And in large scale duty finder dungeons (world of darkness and upcoming void ark ) it is a festering cesspool of trolls and the worst kind of people.

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Originally Posted by o3o

This is just not right. Most of the time people say hi at the start and not a word more. Most people who use duty finder for ex primals are there to learn aswell but seldom clear. (Not impossible but unlikely)

And in large scale duty finder dungeons (world of darkness and upcoming void ark ) it is a festering cesspool of trolls and the worst kind of people.

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Duty Finder is still cross worlds... And while there are what you call "the worst kind of people" you can also find what I call the best kind of people. It all depends on luck...

Now what the EU data center (Chaos) could and should get is a new fresh world to say the least. On another point why dont EU players have a RP world? NA has Balmung, Im not a very big fan on RP myself but still... Something to think about.

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Originally Posted by Director_Zero

On another point why dont EU players have a RP world? NA has Balmung

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That just takes a bunch of European roleplayers to choose one and start asking other roleplayers to go there. There's nothing from SE making Balmung a roleplay server. It's just the one that a bunch of roleplayers chose.

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

That just takes a bunch of European roleplayers to choose one and start asking other roleplayers to go there

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Yes, but as things re now its going to be quite hard for something like that to happen. I know this is virtually impossible but IF SE chose to TAG 1 of the EU worlds as an Oficial RP world it would make it so much easier !
Then again chances of that happen are under 0%.

Well at least a new world within the EU data center might come true soon. Unlike NA and JP we dont have dead worlds in the Chaos data center, we have Ragnarok and Odin both are comparable to Gigalmesh while Shiva is the french version of it. When it comes to end game.

Then all the remaining 5 EU worlds are very well populated, just not that much end game driven.

Its not like we have 24 Worlds(NA) or 32(JP)...
Maybe when they do release the new EU world there might be some effort from the players to make it into a RP one. We can only guess what the future brings us !