Hello fellow FFXIV players! I started my first character about a week ago - I did a bit of research before entering into the game due to the sheer amount of servers available. I decided that I wanted to be on a more populated server, thus I began the tedious task of creating my character into Leviathan.
So far, I am level 10 and taking my time hovering around Limsa Lominsa the past week to get a feel for what the community was like. I feel Leviathan server community is kind of elitist mentality and not welcoming of new players. I've asked to join the NN several times in town to no avail. Questions about crafting or where to find a simple hat my ACN could wear were left unanswered.
I could be wrong about Leviathan, but this has been my experience for the past week in Limsa, which seems pretty busy to me.
I am willing to pay for a server transfer if someone can suggest a better fit for my playstyle and what I am looking for.
Thanks for the responses in advance!
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02-18-2017, 02:11 PMStarcoderNew & Server Suggestion Feedback
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02-18-2017, 04:01 PMTsubaki75
If are only level 10 it would be easier to just create another character on a different server. you could get them to 10 in an hour or so and save your money.
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02-18-2017, 11:00 PMStarcoderI would do this, but I already have several collector's items on my character that I don't want to lose. I would have created a new character already and not posted on the forums. Thanks for the response though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsubaki75
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02-19-2017, 03:48 AMSagittarianI think those items are linked to your account, not a particular character.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starcoder
Malboro has a number of new players and our Novice Network is fairly nice. I'd still recommend creating characters on servers you are curious about just to see how they feel before transferring. -
02-19-2017, 06:18 AMStarcoderIf someone could confirm that Collector's items are account bound, that would be great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagittarian
Suggesting to create a character on all servers I am interested in seems a bit counteractive of getting new players into the game. I think I would get bored doing that and it seems these types of questions I am asking are meant for forums.
If I can have some community feedback on the question that I was truly asking, which was some insight on server locale, that would greatly help out.
So far, both in-game and forum community leads me to not subscribe - I was told numerous times about the welcoming community, perhaps that was years ago? -
02-19-2017, 06:31 AMSnugglesD
Collectors edition items are indeed account bound.
In all honesty, with a few exceptions like Gilgamesh and balmung, most servers are all the same. The idea that each server has a niche is one that gets tossed around, but isn't really true. You'll find the same type of community on other servers. If you don't want to role play or raid, any server will do.
The issue you're probably experiencing right now is the pre-expansion lull. A large portion of the community is checked out until stormblood drops. What's left may not be the best representation of what this game has to offer.
As to your gearing question, you'll receive gear through quest rewards until level 15, and then most of your gear will come from dungeons. -
02-19-2017, 07:05 AMStarcoderThank you for the response!Quote:
Originally Posted by SnugglesD
It's interesting that you mention each server has a niche, cos that's what it seemed like what was portrayed on the forums and reddit. I am glad to hear most servers are identical, so thanks for that clarification!
Ah..pre-expansion lull - that would make a bit of sense! I am sure the majority of the community that will come back are heavily raid centric though?
Thanks for letting me know gear come in quest rewards till lvl 15. My problem was honestly just taking the money option instead of the gear! I had a quest that required me to equip a lvl 5 or above hat, but none in the armor shop in Limsa I could wear at the time. I figured out the vendor just below the quest giving NPC has all the gear you need to complete the quest...whew!
Thanks again for the response, I might look into Gilga. -
02-19-2017, 03:27 PMMaero
Well as a fellow Leviathan i can say true that the mentality has changed but i know a few people that came back to Levi from Gilgamesh as they indicated that community was very much elitist.
If you decide to stick around Leviathan feel free to contact me, i do not mind helping out when available :) -
02-21-2017, 04:51 AMNiwashiUmm... why the negativity? She offered helpful advice that's relevant to your question, both a server suggestion and advice on how best to handle the transfer (to wherever you end up going).Quote:
Originally Posted by Starcoder
Transferring an existing character to another server costs real money, and for many players, it's worth verifying first that the money would be well spent. If that doesn't matter to you, and you'd find trying it out to be boring, that's fine. You don't have to try out a server in advance, but there's nothing negative in suggesting it.
It's one thing for a community to not be welcoming, and another for you to flat out reject their welcome and get angry at people for trying to be helpful. -
02-21-2017, 05:57 AMLunaFaye
Welcome to the game. Let me add something to your statements you have made, since it's far from being accurate. Leviathan used to be a very popular and active server within the raid community. It was based more on hardcore and middle core (is that even a word? lol) groups, in comparison to other servers, that have more casual groups. This mentality was not just set in statics but also displayed on content that is/was advertised via PF, and people were very strict about that.
Not to go into huge depth here, but it defiantly was more "elitist" than it is nowadays.
Times have changed, a lot of very good skilled players/groups left levi and transferred to other servers, Gilgamesh as example but not the only server tho. Others quit and went to play something else. Whatever the reason might be, Levi is very quite especially during long patch breaks, or so called filler patches. PF is a lot of what I call "wannabe" advertisement, most of these groups that sound elitist, can't beat any content or waiting for people to carry them through it. Sadly to say, it's more of trap parties than actual fun or successful clear parties.
Most of our FC's are not active, and the ones that are active, aren't recruiting or recruiting only specific classes and with a specific player skill. You wont find a lot of people that like to run older content, unless they can unsync it, since they weren't able to clear it the first time around (as it was new and shiny). We do have a lot of casual fc's around, and at night time for example, most of the people online are crafters and gatherers.
One thing you're being correct with is, that most of our statics are players that play together since 2.0 or even earlier. Others are a bunch of friends, that will only add 1 or 2 people to their group, and than it's based on so called "reputation". If you're new to the game, and you can't show your credentials, most likely you're not going to be added to that group, unless you can show outstanding player skills during their trial runs. These statics are mostly not on PF, but interacting within LS's and FC's etc.
Now I am not saying its a server that is so bad, that you shouldn't join it, but if you're looking for more of the "elitist, hardcore" groups/statics/fc's out there, than Levi is not your server. It might change with 4.0 coming around, but most of the good raiders have found a home on a other server and not going to transfer back. -
02-21-2017, 04:10 PMStarcoderShe did not offer advice relevant to the question. She gave no server suggestions, but only for me to "create characters and find out myself" type of comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niwashi
There is nothing negative about suggesting to try out a server, but that was not the point of the thread.
For some of us, when you are paying roughly 15 bucks for a game monthly, whats another 18 bucks to throw at Square Enix..seems petty to balk over the cost of the transfer. I am sure we have all given Square Enix much more than 18 bucks over the course of the 30 year FF franchise. Just sayin.
Thanks for your in-depth response about Leviathan. Yeah, I believe even in it's prime, a hardcore raid type server is not for me. Thanks for confirming and clearing up some misconceptions about the server currently - great info!Quote:
Originally Posted by LunaFaye
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02-24-2017, 05:03 AMSagittarianQuote:
Originally Posted by Sagittarian
Me saying Malboro has a number of new players and our Novice Network is fairly nice was a suggestion for Malboro :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Starcoder
I can't give it a strong recommendation for you because you said you are looking for "a more populated server" and I believe we are considered "mid-pop". Leviathan and Malboro are in the same data center so assuming that you are playing during NA active times, there should be people around. There is a definite lull from ~1AM-6AM Pacific with the majority of people being on ~2PM-8PM Pacific. We are not a hardcore raiding server, which seems like a plus for you.
I don't really have experience with other servers so I can't speak to them.
The suggestion to create a new character on any servers you were interested in served 2 purposes.
First, it would confirm that the items you are concerned about are bound to your account. Create a new character, go through the tutorial quest, and check mogmail to see what items are waiting for you. That was the primary reason as that was your stated concern for not creating a new character already.
Second, while you are correct that we've all thrown a lot more than $18 at SE over the years, I've also seen a lot of stories with people who server transferred several times (with associated delays and costs) until they found somewhere they like and I wouldn't want you to be frustrated by transferring only to find you didn't like it. There was an assumption there that you have an account type that allows creation of multiple characters, of course.
I wasn't trying to be curt or dismissive in my earlier response. I had a limited time to write out a response before being offline for 4 days and realize I could have elaborated more. -
02-24-2017, 05:40 AMRinari
I'm on Faerie and I've found people here have been overwhelmingly friendly. I assumed it was like that across all the servers, since most people that actually talk in dungeon finder groups have been friendly as well. Faerie is a medium population server, but I've never felt isolated at all. I'm in two good social linkshells and a good FC. Between the three of them, there is almost always some conversation going on. If I goof around in the crowds of Limsa Lominsa or Idyllshire, I can make new friends in minutes. Probably the only thing that would have been troublesome would have been a lack of party finder groups for specific content... but cross-server party finder fixed that! I'd say, give a medium population server a try. Faerie is nice! I think maybe the name attracts extra friendly people. Of course, whatever you decide, the $18 transfer option is on the table.
If you're interested in housing, do consider that as well. Housing is more difficult to acquire on higher population servers. If you aren't focused on roleplay, stay away from Balmung in particular. You won't get a house there and when new housing blocks are released, they'll be snapped up in minutes. Only the lowest population servers will have unowned houses, but houses do open up from time to time, and the more people there are around, they quicker they get snapped up. Then there is the open secret of the black market housing trade where people pay gil to others to release houses for them, with the prices being set by relative demand. -
02-26-2017, 08:18 AMStarcoder
I transferred to Balmung and the difference in players between Leviathan and Balmung is a complete 180 degrees. I don't RP, but it is nice to walk around and see RP happening in the chat window...it makes my play experience more immersive.
I am hearing, people just join FCs to have a room rather than go through the trouble and money to purchase a house. Perhaps housing needs to be reworked to make them more appealing. Also, housing should have an inactivity window and houses/apartments go vacant so that the housing area doesn't look stagnant.
Thanks for the suggestion on Faerie server, I will most likely create a character on there to 1) confirm items are account bound and 2) check out the community
On another note: I could sub for a month and never log in and one could say that money was wasted, just like server transferring to a server you don't end up liking. Ultimately, I see it as supporting the devs, look at the game we've got..money certainly not wasted at all! -
03-01-2017, 02:19 AMAraminaIt does. 45 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starcoder
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03-02-2017, 08:28 PMStarcoderThank you for the clarification! Also, just to confirm, all Collector's items are given to each character upon first logging in - so no worries there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aramina
Thank you everyone again for the responses. I hope to see you on Balmung! -
03-03-2017, 11:49 AMAma_HamadaPeople do not get housing because it is hard to find from so many people being here. Also if you see me online I can show you a nice house my friend has.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starcoder
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03-04-2017, 01:39 PMStarcoderThank you! I am hoping with the new expansion (and new housing area) coming out, hopefully housing will be more available on Balmung.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ama_Hamada
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03-09-2017, 11:05 PMVoltron_HD
hi :D I'm reporting in from Faerie as well and can say our city's are very, very active with all sorts of people running around. Im also seeing lots of sprouts running around as well (very nice sight). I transferred from Exodus, and am very much enjoying this server much muuuuch more. Also, aside from FC's rooms you can also purchase an apartment as well. Each housing district has an apartment complex that are very nice, have their own teleports/MB/stables menders and all, so they are very much a complete package. also just because you have an apartment or fc room, doesn't limit you to only having that. you can have a FC room, an apartment and a house all at the same time :D
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03-10-2017, 08:01 PMStarcoderHi, it is nice to hear housing is still very much available on Faerie server..I have been considering transferring there for this very reason. It seems on Balmung, houses and apartments, even for the new expansion, are already unofficially reserved. I would say that the difference between a Legacy and non-Legacy servers are still very much apparent, which deters sprouts like me. Thank you for posting, it helped greatly!Quote:
Originally Posted by Voltron_HD
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03-11-2017, 03:45 AMVoltron_HD
Im not really sure how legacy servers are, but you can always make an alt on Faerie and check it out :D. Again my idea of busy may be different from busy on a legacy server. I have only ever been on Exodus, and now Faerie so my exposure is limited. Regardless if you find yourself on Faerie lmk :D
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03-12-2017, 09:47 AMStarcoderBusy could be interpreted in many ways, that is true. I shall take you up on your offer, should I meander my way into Faerie. =DQuote:
Originally Posted by Voltron_HD