[Aether Datacentre Only] What Servers Should I Consider Moving To If Designated In SB

Currently playing on Balmung with my boyfriend and a few friends. We're considering the free transfer to a designated server with SB.

Have a few other friends here so only considering Aether servers so that we can still play with each other using the cross server PF.

Hate Balmung's housing market which is our main reason for wanting to move. But we know very little about the other servers! And maybe this thread can help other players make up their mind too on this same thing.

I made a list with what little info I know about the servers:

World {Legacy or not} (Rank out of 64 on population) [Formerly classed as a "rich, middle or poor class" economy]
Sargatanas {Legacy} (23) [Rich]
Cactuar (25) [Rich]
Faerie (27) [Middle]
Midgardsormr (48) [Rich]
Jenova (49) [Poor]
Adamantoise (50) [Middle]
Siren (59) [Rich]
Coeurl (61) [Middle]
Zalera (62) [Poor]
Goblin (63) [Middle]
Mateus (64) [Poor]

So please, give any information you can on any of these servers! Their pros and cons, what they're known for, any drama to be wary of. We're looking for somewhere that isn't too lowly populated, has a nice economy and where housing isn't too hard to obtain, ideally.

Thank you for any advice!

If your main concern is having a house.. then the least populated servers are your only choice at the moment. You can check on the so called "middle" servers and see what is available, though I doubt you'll find anything open to buy as readily available. As for economy, gil is as useful as a wet toilet paper, but everyone has their own opinion on that.

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Originally Posted by Natashio

If your main concern is having a house.. then the least populated servers are your only choice at the moment. You can check on the so called "middle" servers and see what is available, though I doubt you'll find anything open to buy as readily available. As for economy, gil is as useful as a wet toilet paper, but everyone has their own opinion on that.

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I'm saving to buy a large in Shirogane, my main concerns is how the housing rush is when houses go up on the servers and then how easy they are to buy off of someone if I miss out on the race lol. Thank you for your reply though! ^^

Chances are, only the lowest pop realms would be designated in the first place, so you can probably check things like Sargatanas off the list.

Zalera, Goblin and Mateus are the prime candidates.

Yeah I figured that, I'm thinking I'd like to go anywhere from as high up the list as Faerie (hopefully low enough to be designated) and as far down the list as Siren. A friend told me not to go to any of the servers in that space besides Midgardsormr but he didn't really tell me why lol.

Have they released a list of servers eligible? Cause this on the page talking about the congestion.

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Transfers to designated Worlds will be free of charge

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Originally Posted by Lexia

Have they released a list of servers eligible? Cause this on the page talking about the congestion.

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Most likely won't release a server list till SB and I imagine it will only be the new EU ones.

I'm getting an inkling feeling they are trying to pull EU players away from their NA friends.

Goblin player here.

If you want housing space, then I'd definitely suggest you consider my server, the housing ward my FC house is in only has 8 houses built, 22 vacant plots (granted it's in the Goblet, a subdivision, and in one of the most recent wards, but still...)

Most wards have a least a couple of empty plots, mostly for small and medium houses.

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Originally Posted by Sarevok_Thordin

Most likely won't release a server list till SB and I imagine it will only be the new EU ones.

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This is what I am referring to about designated worlds. And no, they won't be only EU ones. They will be any worlds with a low population as far as SE is concerned. Mateus, Goblin, Zalera and Siren are guaranteed to be on this list, I am sure of that. When you get up as far as Adamantoise in that list, it's debatable, we don't know where SE draws the line for what is low population.

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Originally Posted by ValarianHeartbreaker

Goblin player here.

If you want housing space, then I'd definitely suggest you consider my server, the housing ward my FC house is in only has 8 houses built, 22 vacant plots (granted it's in the Goblet, a subdivision, and in one of the most recent wards, but still...)

Most wards have a least a couple of empty plots, mostly for small and medium houses.

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Thank you for your advice, very useful to have! =)

There's housing on my realm. On district 9 Goblet there's several small lots open.

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Originally Posted by Alestorm

There's housing on my realm. On district 9 Goblet there's several small lots open.

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Seems from Siren down every server has houses free, that's good to know, thank you!

Anyone able to tell me anything else about your servers?

Coeurl has open lots. (There's a small plot open next to my large house that I was actually considering buying just to have a "garage" since it seems like no one wants it!) It's also relatively drama free. We have our share of idiots in shout and early pullers, but most FCs, linkshells, etc. are small to mid-ranged, not enough people to really get a proper war going if anyone starts sniping at each other. It's rare but not impossible to find player events and such. (I think someone runs a maid cafe from time to time?)

Our market is okay. You can certainly make money from crafting here, but the cost of basic items is probably higher (due to fewer crafters overall) than on bigger servers.

Despite being sparsely populated, Idyllshire always has plenty of people to talk to, and it's not a small enough server to give that feeling of "Oh, I know every single one of these people already."

Coeurl's raiding scene is not great. Most serious raiders transferred back during Midas time to Gilgamesh. Even farm parties for primals before the cross-world PF was added could be very lulzy. ("Is this a real farm or a Coeurl farm?" was a thing people legitimately used to ask.) However, now that cross-world PF is available, you can clear and farm anything, up to and including savage raids, so Coeurl's clear rates seem to be rising.

You won't find the constant chatter of Balmung on Coeurl, so it may seem like a very quiet place. However, people on Coeurl in general seem to be an okay lot, willing to meet new people and not elitist. Said this before, but as a group, I feel like Coeurlians tend to be a very sarcastic and wry bunch. We've seen some shit, man.

Jenova still had houses available in all cities when the new wards were released for a good couple of weeks. Houses are all claimed now, but they do often come available with demolitions.

We have a RP community. We have raiders but that's not our focus like other raid-heavy servers. We have a fair number of tradeskillers and you can make money with crafting and gathering pretty easily. I'm not on too much during the day but I know we're pretty active in prime time US periods.

Thank you for the information! I like the sound of both Coeurl and Jenova. ^^

Jenova is very friendly. It's been my home for years now and I haven't ever felt like I was missing anything or desired to leave.

If you want housing, then definitely the lowest population ones. I play on Mateus, and there's so many empty plots.

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Originally Posted by Conando

If you want housing, then definitely the lowest population ones. I play on Mateus, and there's so many empty plots.

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Indeed, we have only two wards actually full :P Every other ward has multiple plots free to claim!

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Originally Posted by ValarianHeartbreaker

Goblin player here.

If you want housing space, then I'd definitely suggest you consider my server, the housing ward my FC house is in only has 8 houses built, 22 vacant plots (granted it's in the Goblet, a subdivision, and in one of the most recent wards, but still...)

Most wards have a least a couple of empty plots, mostly for small and medium houses.

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Wow! Really? Coeurl's Mist and Lavender Bed plots are more or less all taken.