NA server recommendation

New player, I'm currently on sarganatas, it's seems Mildly populated but I was thinking if switching a new more populated server, I haven't seen gilgamesh open once lol... I was thinking Marlboro or ultros or famfrit maybe...
Being a new player I want a densely populated server...
Alot of active players...
I just started the game 2 days ago so starting a new toon on a different server is no big deal to me currently
Any suggestions for when the servers come back up?

New options: Gilgamesh (if able to soon enough) , leviathan, marlboro

Welcome! :)

Balmung is probably the most heavily populated NA server, as it was traditionally the server that those interested in role-playing flocked to, and thus by extension anyone just wanting a friendly, well-populated server also joined it too. Unfortunately this means that it is almost always locked to new character creation, and we still very occasionally get 'this world is currently full' login queue errors when logging in as well, although you should be able to transfer an existing character there (as I did myself when I moved there from Ridill).

I sagest Balmung its a great server(imo) And one of the best if you like to Rp or see Rps around.
Only big down side is you most likely will have to pay for a transfer to Balmung to get in ther easily or time it right and make a character after sever maintenance. Thou this can also be a positive in a way, with character creation locked almost all the time you rarely if at all get the annoying rmt tells.
Gilgamesh is also another thats populated thou i know nothing of it community like i do Balmungs.

Behemoth is a good server, though also well populated like Balmung, so character creation is often locked. Behemoth is not quite as over populated as Balmung though - assuming I remember correctly which servers were highly populated in the most recent server active player populations as posted by someone in the General forum.

Leviathan is a fairly populated NA server, just throwing it out there :)

Leviathan it's a bad idea.

Going to throw in another vote for Balmung here. Active in all areas--Endgame, crafting, and of course the social scene.

Also, no RMT spam and cheap market prices.

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Originally Posted by The_Greatest_Evil

Leviathan it's a bad idea.

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Why is that?
I started off on Behemoth actually and it was dead at the time
I have had no issues in the 2+ years i have been on leviathan

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Originally Posted by Maero

Why is that?
I started off on Behemoth actually and it was dead at the time
I have had no issues in the 2+ years i have been on leviathan

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2+ years? Wow you must have caugh Behemoth on a bad week, I've been there since ARR Beta phase 3 on Behemoth, and my FC has always been relatively active. I'm glad Leviathan works for you.

LOL, looks like the OP picked Malboro, looks like none of us was particularly persuasive. Hopefully Marlboro works for the OP.

I'm really enjoying Marlboro to be quiet honost, I found a great FC as well who has helped me alot of ways.
Also, I tried belmung but it was constantly full and unable to accept new players

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Originally Posted by Maero

Why is that?
I started off on Behemoth actually and it was dead at the time
I have had no issues in the 2+ years i have been on leviathan

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Behemoth isn't good too.
I think I will try a Japanese server now.

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Originally Posted by Mitchyg

I'm really enjoying Marlboro to be quiet honost, I found a great FC as well who has helped me alot of ways.
Also, I tried belmung but it was constantly full and unable to accept new players

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Great news, I'm glad you found what you needed. The character creation restrictions can be a real pain when trying to get on a particular server.

It feels a little weird that you're looking to move away from Sargatanas as you feel it's not active enough. My FC's had a number of new recruits from people transferring TO the server, as their own has been on the way down.

I originally joined sarganatas because I heard was really active, however, maybe because I was a new player and just starting I didn't notice the activity level, I did reach lvl 14 but it felt like a wasteland lol and no one around to help. But I did notice a huge activity increase when I switched to marlboro, new players everywhere, high amounts of PF groups and etc. Plus I joined a great FC with almost 400 members :)
I noticed my que time in guild hest and lvl duty finders are roughly 5-15 mins but once againe, I'm only lvl 25 atm and I figure as a DPS my que time would be longer. But the game is amazing and blowing me away everyday, also thanks everyone for your response! I'm glad that, joining the game 2 years late, it still has a considerable community

Yes Kosmos, i had been on Behemoth for a year or so, i do not recall tbh, lol
The company i was in the leader left, and there was some disfunction. Having been new to mmo's at the time it was not good :(
Thanks for the kind words though :)

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Originally Posted by Mitchyg

starting a new toon

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Let's not degrade your character like that. :(
But yes, come to Hyperion and I'll hook you up! :)

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Yes Kosmos, i had been on Behemoth for a year or so, i do not recall tbh, lol
The company i was in the leader left, and there was some disfunction. Having been new to mmo's at the time it was not good :(
Thanks for the kind words though :)

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You're very welcome.

I'm sorry to hear that you had issues within your old FC. There can be a lot of problems in a Free Company (or Guild) if the leadership changes suddenly (or simply leaves). Dysfunction happens in FCs/Guilds for a variety of reasons. For a player new to MMO's that kind of situation can be very unsettling, especially in the absence of leadership within the FC/Guild. I hope that Leviathan continues to be a pleasant home for you.

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Originally Posted by Mitchyg

...I did notice a huge activity increase when I switched to marlboro, new players everywhere, high amounts of PF groups and etc. ...
But the game is amazing and blowing me away everyday, also thanks everyone for your response! I'm glad that, joining the game 2 years late, it still has a considerable community

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Awesome. I agree about it being a good thing that even after 2 years the game has considerable community.

Coeurl is a pretty good server as well I think. I haven't had any problems finding people when I'm looking to run something.

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Originally Posted by Mitchyg

I originally joined sarganatas because I heard was really active, however, maybe because I was a new player and just starting I didn't notice the activity level, I did reach lvl 14 but it felt like a wasteland lol and no one around to help.

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So you got all the way to level 14 and declare it a wasteland, seems legit. So for the whole 2 hours it takes to get to level 14 you were in ARR low level zones, on a legacy server.

P.S. In the most recent unofficial census, malboro is 24 worlds below sarg in active population. Let's not even talk about A4S clear rates.

I'm from Balmung and I love it here. People are usually very friendly and it being the RP server you meet all kinds of people. You will see all kinds of things on Balmung. Bad thing is if you don't pay for server transfer you are pretty much locked out from creating a character.