Aether / Primal Difference ?

I was sondering whats the difference between Aether and Primal Danta Center? Some one told me that the star next to data center means that all server there are for new players and tho will have lower population. So that mean all server on Primal will have more population. Im kind of confused here.

the star you speak of doesn't mean that. for the world yes, for the data center, it means that is the data center you have selected previously.

for the world, if there is a start next to it, it means that new characters that join will have a helpful buff to level up quicker than usual for joining a low populated server.

Oh ok thx for info. Tho there is no star next to Adamantoise yet it feels really empty.

Aether has two very overpopulated servers and several mid and low pop servers, and Primal has several high pop servers and a few med/low. So it balances out. They each have a few preferred servers at the moment.

Adamantoise is a preferred world, so it should have a star - probably only in character creation, if you aren't looking there. It doesn't matter anyways; you don't get anything out of higher population except more afk people sitting around, it doesn't affect your gameplay in any way. It may be quieter, but none are dead or anything.

The primary difference between Primal and Aether is that Primal people don't play with people from Balmung. This is usually the deal-maker / deal-breaker for people deciding.

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Envoyé par Rongway

The primary difference between Primal and Aether is that Primal people don't play with people from Balmung. This is usually the deal-maker / deal-breaker for people deciding.

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Also primal breaks more than other servers

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Envoyé par Rongway

The primary difference between Primal and Aether is that Primal people don't play with people from Balmung. This is usually the deal-maker / deal-breaker for people deciding.

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And Aether does not have to play with people from Hyperion. Amazing how that works!

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one. That's the biggest difference. It's recommended to choose a datacenter you're closest too for ping response times, unless you have friends on a certain datacenter. Choosing a server based on population depends on your preferences for playing FFXIV. Are you a loner who doesn't really interact with many people? A low pop server would be right for you. Do you enjoy interacting with people but don't want to be crowded? A medium pop server might be right for you. Do you enjoy interacting and socializing with a big group of people, RPing and/or seeing a lot of people around cities and hubs? a high pop server might right for you. Now the problem with high pop servers at least on Aether is most of them are closed off to new character creation and transfers (Balmung and Gilgamesh). Also note that the duty finder pulls players from across the whole datacenter, so that shouldn't really matter in deciding on a server.

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Envoyé par Kloe

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one.

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Yes to misinformation and No to Primal being EU. Aether and Primal are both NA, Chaos is EU, and Elemental, Gaia, and Mana are JP - you had me for a moment though had to go check to be certain. And with that cleared up, I'll just add that Ultros-best-server cause purple octopus are cool.

Primal is an NA server, as is Aether. I think the EU server is called Chaos but I'm not 100% sure.

Primal is definitely a NA server. I've been on Primal since arr beta and I love it. The majority of people I've run into in duty finders are nice. I'm on Leviathan which is the most populated world on Primal afiak. The only time we have queue to wait through are a few days at release of a new expansion and the 10 minutes after the release of new housing. I highly recommend Primal.

my totally anecdotal experience has been: anytime you see a person complaining about their duty finder experiences it turns out they're on Aether, so take that as you will.

The two data centers should be identical from a technical perspective, they're not located on different coasts or anything like that, same ping to either of them. It's just a split in the NA playerbase between the two, but in terms of avg. data center population I think they're about equal there too.

I heard Aeither is complete Cancer but the come from my very dramatic Server Diabolos in Primal.
I also heard Aeither has greatest area to ERP. xD

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Envoyé par Kloe

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one.

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Dude... How can you say there's a whole lot of misinformation and then drop the BIGGEST misinformation in the thread? The EU datacenter is Chaos. Aether and Primal are both NA.

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Envoyé par LastFireAce

I heard Aeither is complete Cancer but the come from my very dramatic Server Diabolos in Primal.
I also heard Aeither has greatest area to ERP. xD

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There isn't a difference. Aether might have more roleplayers since both "RP servers" are on it, but I've encountered them like...twice, in four years of playing, and only one of those two was annoying (to the point that they were more than likely a troll, not a genuine RPer). Everyone else is normal.

Whooops sorry I was wrong. O.o I never realized primal was NA too, since the only people I've ever interacted with or talked to on Primal have been EU based. I wonder why there's such a big EU population on primal if Chaos is so much closer to them?

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Envoyé par Kloe

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one. That's the biggest difference. It's recommended to choose a datacenter you're closest too for ping response times, unless you have friends on a certain datacenter. Choosing a server based on population depends on your preferences for playing FFXIV.r.

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*facepalm*
The ignorance in one paragraph is amazing. At least edit your post so it's correct.

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Envoyé par Kerwin

And Aether does not have to play with people from Hyperion. Amazing how that works!

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Sounds like a loss to me.

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Envoyé par Kloe

Whooops sorry I was wrong. O.o I never realized primal was NA too, since the only people I've ever interacted with or talked to on Primal have been EU based. I wonder why there's such a big EU population on primal if Chaos is so much closer to them?

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Probably just people who were there before Chaos and didn't want to leave their friends.
I have many EU mates in.my FC. Sure we did lose a few to the new data centre but many did prefer to stay.