Since update to preferred worlds...

Hey guys,

So since there was an update and now there was a change to the NA preferred worlds. I was wondering from the worlds below if anybody had any any input of which world might be best bet to snatch a house but at the same time have a decently populated community. Nothing crazy.

○ Adamantoise*
　○ Famfrit*
　○ Goblin*
　○ Hyperion*
　○ Lamia*
　○ Malboro*
　○ Midgardsormr*
　○ Siren*

Thanks.

Last update on the housing census thread showed quite a few on Goblin & Malboro. Might pop a character up on one of those and check out the housing districts then world visit some of the others if need be.

Yea i had checked those but i was just worried that i transfer there and then its empty lol.

For Aether at least, Adamantoise is the smallest of the 3 on that list. Really friendly, fun folks there too! Of the remaining two, I don't know much about Midgardsormr, but Siren seems to have a bustling RP scene if you're in to that, but don't want to be on Crystal for whatever reason.

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Originally Posted by GomJabbar

For Aether at least, Adamantoise is the smallest of the 3 on that list. Really friendly, fun folks there too! Of the remaining two, I don't know much about Midgardsormr, but Siren seems to have a bustling RP scene if you're in to that, but don't want to be on Crystal for whatever reason.

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Now that you mention it what is the whoe difference between Aether, primal and crystal player base or server wise.

Famfrit has a good population, but our housing has been pretty limited since December. There are usually 5 to 10 houses available at any given time.

I rolled on the Goblin server for sheer sake of curiosity. There are plots (At least in Ul'dah, I didn't level high enough to check other places) but there wasn't such a large amount that it was amazing over.

Maybe 1-2 houses on every other ward, at best. All smalls.

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Originally Posted by mjorge1991

Yea i had checked those but i was just worried that i transfer there and then its empty lol.

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What do you consider an empty world considering most group content is handled through Duty Finder and Party Finder, which are both cross world? Every world has its share of FCs to join and cross world trains have been pretty active on Crystal if the hunt is one of the things you enjoy.

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Now that you mention it what is the whoe difference between Aether, primal and crystal player base or server wise.

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Aether - mainly raiding, a little RP thrown in, most well known streamers are here
Primal - a little raiding, a little RP, not really focused on anything specific
Crystal - mainly RP, not sure how the raiding scene will turn out yet

All three data centers are located in the same place (probably even the same floor of the same building), so there shouldn't really be a big difference in performance or lag. I'm not sure of the current population data (I'm sure the free transfers made any previous data null and void), so I'm not sure if one would be better than the other for data center population. Most preferred worlds are on the small side. (I still can't believe that Hyperion is now a preferred world. How far we've fallen.) When I get home later, I can try to look at all the NA preferred worlds and see what's available where.

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What do you consider an empty world considering most group content is handled through Duty Finder and Party Finder, which are both cross world? Every world has its share of FCs to join and cross world trains have been pretty active on Crystal if the hunt is one of the things you enjoy.

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We have cross world hunts that are pretty active for Primal as well. Not sure if Aether has that going on too, but it seems likely since the other 2 DC have it.

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Now that you mention it what is the whoe difference between Aether, primal and crystal player base or server wise.

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Based on current Party Finder, very little.

Crystal is more active than Primal, Aether is slightly more active than Crystal.

We expect Aether to always be a little more popular, but Crystal has been picking up people who moved to Aether, said "this isnt much better and I'll never have a house", and bolted for a smaller server.

Crystal also has very strong cross-server activity. It wont have as much of the top-end raid scene, but itll have a raid scene.

Just checked Adamantoise, Siren and Sargatanas and nothing =(. No open plots in Uldah.

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Just checked Adamantoise, Siren and Sargatanas and nothing =(. No open plots in Uldah.

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If they're willing to wait a bit, there should be a good number opening up the first part of June. At least on Turtle and Siren. Sarg used to have houses pop up regularly also, but I think they grew with the data center change. On Faerie, we've still got a couple of smalls available, but I expect that will improve next month as well.

I actually just transferred from Balmung to Goblin for the express purpose of buying a house. Walked right up to a house in the Mist and bought it; there was no competition and no "This plot is not yet ready for purchase" message that's pretty common elsewhere. There were probably at least 4 other houses in the Mist, and even more in Lavender Beds and the Goblet. Shirogane is the only one that was full.

I had also checked out Marlboro before deciding on Goblin. Marlboro had less open plots in the Mist and no open plots in Shirogane, but Lavender Beds and the Goblet had lots of houses as well.

Honestly, I have no regrets. Goblin is a lot less crowded, but there's still enough people to make it feel lively. More so during peak hours than off hours, but that's true of any server.

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I actually just transferred from Balmung to Goblin for the express purpose of buying a house. Walked right up to a house in the Mist and bought it; there was no competition and no "This plot is not yet ready for purchase" message that's pretty common elsewhere. There were probably at least 4 other houses in the Mist, and even more in Lavender Beds and the Goblet. Shirogane is the only one that was full.

I had also checked out Marlboro before deciding on Goblin. Marlboro had less open plots in the Mist and no open plots in Shirogane, but Lavender Beds and the Goblet had lots of houses as well.

Honestly, I have no regrets. Goblin is a lot less crowded, but there's still enough people to make it feel lively. More so during peak hours than off hours, but that's true of any server.

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I am strongly thinking of switching to the crystal data point.