I'm Lonely :(

Yep, I am lonely. :(

I come from one of.... what i believe is the bottem 5 in terms of lowest populated servers (Palmecia). When i initially started this game (preorder) i chose this server because it was one of the top populated servers at the time as far as i was aware. Now days i am kind of sad because I am finding it more and more difficult to find people to play with. There is a tiny handful of event shells (like 3-4) that are NA based which actually have the numbers to support them occasionally running endgame.

I really really enjoy this game... sure it has its flaws but i grew up on FFXI and i will definitly call this game my home for a very long time to come however it has gotten to the point were I am contemplating giving up my character in hopes of seeking out a new server with a higher population. I dont mean its just like... "oh i cant make a party" or "oh i have to wait afew hours to level". I mean its bad to the point where i can run around ul'dah looking to find somebody who speaks at all to talk to and theres like.... nobody... or its exclusively japanese and i might get a wave or a head nod.

Its alot to give up too.... multiple 50s, variety of end game gear all materiad and multiple ifrit weapons. But thats how empty my server is... and there really hasnt been any substantial "Bam we doing merge on this date" or anything. I fear i am creating a TD'DR thread but I really hope there is some kind of light at the end of the tunnel.

I didnt really have a real purpose for this thread... but perhapse somebody will notice a lost lalafell and be interested in adopting me on a different server (hehe :P just playin). But yeah.... im not sure anymore.... *hides under a blanket like a ninja* :rolleyes:

No need for you to worry, there will be sever merges in the future

Well yea... but if the merge isnt for like... 5 months i might as well reroll....

I am fairly sure they said they will look at it after payment has gone in, (which has) and will process it then, so I expect either by end of this month or around 1.21 we will see merges.

I see... well if thats true it would be nice if they posted somethign alittle more concrete so those of us who are like... living in small shacks out in thedesert can decide which direction to seek water so to speek. :3

I would think it would be well and trully before 5 months.

Player base as a whole has dwindled and nobody wants to play an MMORPG by themselves.

SE would have to be beyond blind not to implement a merge within the next couple of months or they would be at high risk of losing current subscribers on low populated worlds.

I'm sure they'll come through.

Did you solo all the endgame gear and the Ifrit weapons? :P

Same OP.

Last night at 8pm EST Palamecia logged 192 users online for the second night in a row. It was also the second night in a row I ended up logging early due to not being able to get a group together for anything.

Right now at 8:15am EST we're at 428 with the jp population on in force.

It might have been better to merge/transfer servers BEFORE payments in order to let people see how fun the game can be when there's actually people around. We may have kept more players around. Oh well.

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Originally Posted by FlowerPower

endgame.

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I lost you after you said that because I was unaware this game had actual endgame material.

Im also on palamecia, and I feel exactly the same way. I try to reach out to people and find players who wants to party and do quests, but ppl dont even bother anwering?! Many are japs of course.....but for a random login player like me, party/group is not an option. I love this game.....but I cant have any adventures at all playing solo. Seriously, i HATE leves by now.....

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Originally Posted by Mamba

Did you solo all the endgame gear and the Ifrit weapons? :P

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Did you have a useful post? Glad your working on uping your post count. I agree it's lonely playing. Melmond went from 2 very active linkshells to well The Forsaken (pun not intended.) That's pretty much the only large active ls in Melmond. There's Radient Plume but they are selective and I don't believe they're recruiting anymore then the current 20ish members (which are all in Forsaken.)

I want free char transfer :P and why not NA/EU/JP separated servers, block servers by IP? Im EU and have nothing against NA/JP players but i would prefer to play whith people in same/near my time zone.

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Originally Posted by acidmax

and why not NA/EU/JP separated servers, block servers by IP?

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1. Because not everyone is on a 9-5 work/school schedule
2. Because having 8 hours a day where stuff might sell in the markets before a 16 hour dead spot really stinks.

Come to Mysidea, I will welcome you with open arms!

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Originally Posted by acidmax

I want free char transfer :P and why not NA/EU/JP separated servers, block servers by IP? Im EU and have nothing against NA/JP players but i would prefer to play whith people in same/near my time zone.

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God PLEASE NO... half of my shell is not from the US and we are a family. I would HATE if I got separated from them and I KNOW they would hate if they got separated from us.

Bad Bad BAD idea... more people would probably leave due to this than would be happy. Yeah maybe have a EU based, JP based and US based server people could choose to join, but forcing people to do it. FFXI wasn't like that in the 10 years it's been around and I doubt FFXIV will force people into that mold.

If they do I'll probably leave because I wouldn't have my 'family' to play with anymore, I like this game but being with them and doing things with them are what make this game wonderful. It’s the community that makes this game, and my LS makes this game the best game out there. <3



To the OP: I am very sorry for your server having a low population. All I can say is I hope server mergers come fast, or if you feel restarting is a good choice and you don't mind loosing what you have, go for it! I wish you the best and good luck either way!! <3

Had 202 on Bodhum just now.

You need to play the game w/ the assumption that nothing is going to happen other then 1 week of fun w/ patches until 2.0. Expecting literally ANY form of satisfaction from FF14 aside from what I just mentioned will result in utter disappointment.

There are hundreds of interesting forums, chatrooms, livestreams w/ tons of people chatting all around the clock about video games. You'd have to try really hard to feel lonely on the internet.

This is just a solution to your issue, no need to move to a diff server, because it's probably going to be the same thing wherever you go.

One of my favorite posts in these past few days:

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Originally Posted by ApplePie

Get a social LS, try harder, you aren't trying hard enough, your fault for not being 50 before now on everything, why don't have you 50 linkshells, what's your problem, i have np making a PT on my server, wth you should have a pt maybe it is your fault, how is your rep on the server people hate you maybe, lol learn JP to pt with them, etc.

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Be prepared, there's a high chance all of those reasons will be brought up by someone in this thread.

But, I feel you man, I'm just waiting for the merge so things get better ;_;

Well , the population sure is a bit low
(this evening about 8.00 pm GMT+9 only 103 ppl online so far) ,
but if you're lonely and need some ls that's can call "lively" in this state.
You don't have to look far though.

My other LS than current one currently recruiting new comer.

Hello Lonely, nice to meet you.

I doubt the technology for merges exists right now for Square. I mean, they don't even have link shell commands in the game.

Yoshi said something about server merges coming in mid Jan.

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Originally Posted by DyskoFox

Did you have a useful post? Glad your working on uping your post count. I agree it's lonely playing. Melmond went from 2 very active linkshells to well The Forsaken (pun not intended.) That's pretty much the only large active ls in Melmond. There's Radient Plume but they are selective and I don't believe they're recruiting anymore then the current 20ish members (which are all in Forsaken.)

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I dont count the posts I make thanks very much - it was actually a legit question.
To get end game gear and ifrit weapons (more than one) you need people to do those runs with - you can't solo them.
I have done Ifrit several times and have no weapons at all - and I am on a "busy" server.

OP, I am sorry the population of your server has gone down - I hope they do the merge soon :)