Finding it hard to get anything done

Whether it's the times that I am playing or the server I am on but I am finding it difficult to get anything done in the game, and missing chatting to people as its so quiet

It's getting to the point where I think I may have to change server, but I have no idea where to head over to any ideas would be appreciated, I play most weekends and evenings 7 till late gmt

I might be wrong, but Durandal is a japanese server? Since you say weekends and evening 7 til late gmt, I asume your time is around 6 pm now? I would say phoenix, shiva? Odin? Not moogle because I'm on that server and last time I was on, it was very dead. If you want a server with NA population or overral id say gilgamesh or balmung? If you want another japanese server, maybe try tonberry?

moogle is one of the most populate eu server, but is true here whe have the same amount of english french and spanish ppl, so yeah you have better choices.

Thanks for the advice, durandal is mostly Japanese, there used to be a lot of people playing whether they have migrated or stopped playing idk, but I'll have a look at the suggestions :)

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/f...Group-NA-EU%29

This is a link to the NA/EU server forums. I'd recommend checking it out and seeing if there's an FC on the EU servers that could make a good fit for you. :)

I you play mostly during EU hours, any of the EU servers are probably a better choice.
May I advertise my server, in that case? ;)
Ragnarok is a large server, very very populated, not just the endgame areas either. Surprisingly, lots of newbies too!
Because we have many accomplished crafters, prices on the market board tend to stay more moderate than on non-legacy servers, and...ehm..what else to say..lots of nice people? xD
The raid scene isn't dead like on many other servers, and in the evening our PF usually has between 25 and 40 groups looking for members to do aaaall kinds of content :D
And we share df with other populated servers like Shiva and Odin, so df works just fine too :3

I will happily accept new friends on Hyperion.
It's prime times are based around the Americas, but we have a fair amount of euros as well. Some I even raid with!

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Originally Posted by Atoli

I you play mostly during EU hours, any of the EU servers are probably a better choice.

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Hah, had to stalk you in this thread. ^ pretty much what he says tho. Ragnarok is also one of the high populated servers as well, forgot to mention that.

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Originally Posted by shao32

moogle is one of the most populate eu server, but is true here whe have the same amount of english french and spanish ppl, so yeah you have better choices.

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Really? I thought Shiva, Odin, Phoenix and Ragnarok was higher in population?

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Originally Posted by Seraphix2407

Hah, had to stalk you in this thread. ^ pretty much what (s)he says tho. Ragnarok is also one of the high populated servers as well, forgot to mention that.
Really? I thought Shiva, Odin, Phoenix and Ragnarok was higher in population?

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Fixed that for you, Mr. Stalker :p

Judging by these numbers, which are not official but usually not that far off, there isn't a big difference between Ragnarok, Shiva, Odin and Moogle in terms of absolute active players. If we only talk about people in endgame who finished the HW scenario, Moogle is a bit on the lower side of the EU servers though, so that might explain why it feels less busy or something..?^^
As you can also see though, all of them have about 3 times as many active players as Durandal, so I think each and any one of them would be a good choice ;)

That's what I thought. And sorry miss! But yeah, do some research and pick any of those servers, they are good!

Cmon no one from Odin here?.
Welp Odin is a great server plenty of stuff to do, and lately with 3.2 coming closer new statics and older statics are recruiting.
Also theres a lot of newbies and older people helping :D.
Oh and its mostly english speaking, with a few french here and there :P

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Originally Posted by Losstarot

Oh and its mostly english speaking, with a few french here and there :P

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..and about 45% of the entire German population of the whole game, the other half being on Shiva ;)

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Originally Posted by Simsim

Thanks for the advice, durandal is mostly Japanese, there used to be a lot of people playing whether they have migrated or stopped playing idk, but I'll have a look at the suggestions :)

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Maybe they move to Shinryu or Chocobo? I don't know. Because those 2 servers is full like Balmung and Gilgamesh on NA server lol.

Odin representative here, I believe we also boast the EU's highest population of raiders?

For me, my server sleeps around the time I get home from work late nights. On my off days, there is TOO MUCH going on that I almost can't focus on getting anything done.

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Originally Posted by Atoli

..and about 45% of the entire German population of the whole game, the other half being on Shiva ;)

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What i meant is that most of the time i see the pf in english and people speaking english :O

that would be because English is basically the only common language used by most of the people in the EU side. We all, most of us at least, speak English be it poorly at times but still English. Europe has too many languages to learn them all, so as a matter of comfort English remains the language by definition of public display so to speak. FCs though may have different things.

For the rest, if you are an EU like I am and play on a NA server like I am, be ready to be LONG hours alone, VERY long hours alone, and if you cant get on with that, you shoudl really look for another server, more suited to your needs. Personally, when I feel tired of talking to myself, I go and meditate in my secret spot, regain energy and continue.

I am in an FC where most of the time I am alone too, to a point I even forget to say hi when I log in so used I am to see noone lol.

I finally found, I hope, a place where both, I can be alone, or with people, one in particular, even if reversed so far it works fine. Besides if in need of groups, there is DF and why I wished that EVERYTHING was in there right at release.

Good luck in your search.

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Originally Posted by Eul

Maybe they move to Shinryu or Chocobo? I don't know. Because those 2 servers is full like Balmung and Gilgamesh on NA server lol.

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Tonberry would be much better because not only is it always busy, but half the population speaks English.

But if OP plays GMT times, even a full JP server isn't going to be that busy at those times. 7pm GMT is like 4 in the morning in Japan, nowhere is going to be busy then.

An EU server would be better in that case, but then what about lag? I suppose it depends which is more important...

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Originally Posted by seida

Tonberry would be much better because not only is it always busy, but half the population speaks English.

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What I mean is those JP people who first from Durandal that OP mention suddenly gone. Perhaps they move to new server like Shinryu for unknown reason.

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Originally Posted by seida

An EU server would be better in that case, but then what about lag? I suppose it depends which is more important...

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Since the OP is using GMT as their time zone, I'd assumed they weren't located in Japan anyway but in GB or the like.
But even if that isn't the case, it shouldn't be too bad. We have plenty of people from the Middle East, Asutralia, basically all over the world, and many are avid raiders, so it's not like the slightly higher ping makes the game unplayable; you just have to be on your toes a bit more with aoe evasion and such.
When EU servers were still located in Montreal, the game wasn't unplayable for us Europeans either ;)

Cerberus is an option as well if you can get on. Having a mix of everything and everyone hehe.

It's simple :

Shiva ~ German Players are more populated there
Moogle ~ More French Players
Odin / Cerberus ~ Focuses more on the Raid Scene (Party Finder, not Cross Duty Finder)
Zodiark ~ Expect to see a lot of New Players here

Ragnarok / Phoenix and Lich seem to be common with just a lower population though in the end, we all end up in the same Group and run some Duties anyway except if Players want to do Extreme Primals or Savage Runs.

*Geez, I'm still behind two Fantasia's, this Forum Profile Picture just won't update ...

To be honest more information is needed to know what the best server for you is. You're on a Japanese server already, so do you know how to speak Japanese? What languages do you know and what languages do you want to use in game? What country do you live in? Depending on the answers the best server for you will be different I think.

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Originally Posted by Mwynn

Ragnarok / Phoenix and Lich seem to be common with just a lower population though in the end

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I'm a bit offended you threw Ragnarok into the mix there..?xD
Ragnarok is the #1 server in active endgame players, has a vast raiding scene (even to the point where the only thing people know about it is that there was some sort of scandal with people getting paid in RL to transfer to monopolize the best players here..xD), and even if we talk about overall players, it is on par with Shiva, Odin and Moogle.

While, on the other hand, both Cerberus and Zodiark are less populated in comparison^^

Shiva and Odin are the main (unofficial) "German" servers, Lich also has many.
I know we have quite a few French people on Ragnarok, although I mainly meet them in df and rarely on the actual server, so maybe that has gone down a bit or they just like to stick to themselves?

Odin is a mix of everything but mainly english speaking....
I have yet to find people spamming on german in shout or in pf

I think that's mainly because of what MeiUshu explained last page :)
Many different languages in Europe + everyone learning English from a very young age = main communication on the server is in English, no matter where people come from.
That's probably also the reason why I rarely see non-English communication despite the higher amount of French people^^

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Originally Posted by Atoli

While, on the other hand, both Cerberus and Zodiark are less populated in comparison^^

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Cerby certainly isn't less populated - it's hard to make chars on it as it's a lot of the time locked to char creation.