How would you describe your server?

I'm curious about play styles on servers and data centers as I doubt it's a perfectly even distribution, so here go some questions to try to shed some light on this. Answer any or all or none.

- What server (and data center) do you mostly play on?
- Would you say your server has more of a hardcore, casual, or RP emphasis? Or a combination of both? Or something else? Or is that not possible to tell?
- Do some servers (or data centers) have a reputation for leaning toward one of those 3 categories?
- Did you join a server because you thought it leaned toward one of those 3? If yes, was it what you expected?

Of course it may be that it's impossible to tell if a server in general leans one way or another. The data SE has in it's databases would be able to tell you how many matching words (such as 'extreme' or 'relaxed) are in the FC descriptions, and they can probably do their analytical stuff and say how many people from FCs with x players finished y raids, but the data won't really give you a feel for the community. Hence the questions out of curiosity.

Unfortunately now, bads and erp.

You'd think, with the server being congested you'd run into more people in DF, but I rarely see others from Mateus and when I do, its usually cringe-worthy.

Behemoth, I'd say its about as casual as the other servers. Maybe a little more so, as BR, NZ and Aus congregate there, and we have bad ping.

Balmung... enough said. :p

Actually, I like Balmung, the people are friendly here, and I've made lots of friends too... I just make a point of avoiding Ul'dah, and especially the Quicksand, at all costs. I value my sanity too much. ;)

https://i.imgur.com/moLR6eL.png

Kujata. Basically dead, and I can't understand what anyone is saying. :P

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...nq5yd78fe4.jpg

Better than you think, worse than you'd hope.

- What server (and data center) do you mostly play on?
Diabolos/Crystal

- Would you say your server has more of a hardcore, casual, or RP emphasis? Or a combination of both? Or something else? Or is that not possible to tell?
I'm not really sure, honestly. I'm still pretty new to the server and have only played on it actively for about a month now (but in total, i moved over during free transfer). I've only seen a small handful of people RP, but there is an acting troupe that I got to see perform (and that was amazing). Can't comment on whether it's hardcore or casual. Thus far, I've found the players here to be very pleasant and welcoming. I've seen people joke around and have fun. There have been some dancing lines in town. During one of my quests when SHB first came out, someone actually invited me to party to give me a lift to the next quest (we were on the same quest), which never happened to me on any other server. In general, people will help each other out with mobs and such.

- Do some servers (or data centers) have a reputation for leaning toward one of those 3 categories?
Some in Crystal definitely lean towards RP/casual, I think. One of my friends in Aether considers Crystal to be the "artsy" server while Aether is the raiding server. I went over to Crystal for the gil SE was promising if we transfered & because I was unhappy with my at-the-time server. People there seemed to stir up drama for the sake of having drama and I went through FCs faster than I ever had before I moved to that particular server because drama typically killed them... So, the unhappiness + gil + free were the main motivators.

- Did you join a server because you thought it leaned toward one of those 3? If yes, was it what you expected?
Newp, I knew nothing about Diabolos. I picked Diabolos simply because FF8 Diabolos reminds me of one of my RP characters. However, I'm very glad I chose this server. I really like it and the people in it thus far.

On a side note: the wanderers who happen into Diabolos have been very friendly, too.

People standing in one spot afk for 6 straight days without ever logging out and i'm frightened

They get booted with the maintenance of course, but then they log back in and get right back to standing in once spot for the next week.

Is this a thing on other servers? Because it's terrifying. There's also this guy who makes a point to afk in locations where he will specifically be in everybody's view but where nobody will stand by him so he can look like an edgy lone wolf.

Friendlier than people give it credit for and was surprisingly unlike the memes once made us out to be. I said was, because World Visit basically made the memes a reality with all the Wanderers flooding in. Ul'dah is the living embodiment of General Chat and all the nastiness that entails now. Bring a hazmat suit.

I still miss old Mateus (that server was like the JP of NA during those days xD) but Diabolos isn't bad. Feels about the same as any other server honestly.

I donno, been on Twintania 5 days.

I love my server, it has a bad rep, but come across a lot of fun, friendly and pretty cool people, plus am an RPer, so I get a lot of good RP out of it. I feel much of our bad rep stems from the Quicksands and the people associated with it, I don’t know if the rep still has validity as that’s a part of the community I’m not in proximity of.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Averax

People standing in one spot afk for 6 straight days without ever logging out and i'm frightened

They get booted with the maintenance of course, but then they log back in and get right back to standing in once spot for the next week.

Is this a thing on other servers? Because it's terrifying. There's also this guy who makes a point to afk in locations where he will specifically be in everybody's view but where nobody will stand by him so he can look like an edgy lone wolf.

---

We have a Roe in a moogle hat in Limsa doing the Vanu dance and opposite him we have a clone doing the exact same thing, they’re always there without fail. Then I once saw him running around and that broke my immersion.

Tonberry is pretty cool.

It's pretty subdued I think. Lots of crafters around. As for FCs and such I've been in the same one for awhile. A few of my friends formed it before they knew me, though most of them don't play much nowadays. I'm loyal, so...I stick around even if I don't have much to talk about. Hopefully the FC scene is alright in the event I do make a change.

We're the tentacle server. Exodus is embarrassed to be around us.

I like Adamantoise, it’s not much different than the other servers I’ve been on but being on it so long I’ve started to recognize people around the Aetheryte/MB and its nice to see familiar faces, even if they’re strangers.

But I plan on transferring soon so I can re join the Twin Adder and set my home point back to Gridania from Ul’dah, as I’d rather not hang out there due to a certain unsavoury group that I have history with who calls the place home. I suppose they make Gridania really active though :/

This might be relevant:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...54a8e852851d38

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Saefinn

I love my server, it has a bad rep, but come across a lot of fun, friendly and pretty cool people, plus am an RPer, so I get a lot of good RP out of it. I feel much of our bad rep stems from the Quicksands and the people associated with it, I don’t know if the rep still has validity as that’s a part of the community I’m not in proximity of.

---

Because people can't see past the Quicksands and the erp memes and if they looked elsewhere in the server, they would be surprised. Ironically the server is very friendly and approachable as opposed to the social gremlins that need to talk down about it. And for some reason, being a roleplayer automatically means you're bad at doing content.

I'm tempted to say 'fresh', since it's quite new and everything. I don't know, I like it on Twintania, it seems calm compare to other servers where I went. That being said, I'm not one to hang out on big hanging spots like Limsa ;)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Cyreil

Because people can't see past the Quicksands and the erp memes and if they looked elsewhere in the server, they would be surprised. Ironically the server is very friendly and approachable as opposed to the social gremlins that need to talk down about it. And for some reason, being a roleplayer automatically means you're bad at doing content.

---

Doesn't help that our raid scene left in a panic due to the split between Aether and Crystal and that we've never quite recovered from that loss. A quick look over at LuckyBancho to see how many people on Crystal have the E4S mount compared to other Data Centers is sadly not helping the bias. We're 691 confirmed Skyslippers on the server compared to Gilgamesh which has 2,424.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Enla

Doesn't help that our raid scene left in a panic due to the split between Aether and Crystal and that we've never quite recovered from that loss. A quick look over at LuckyBancho to see how many people on Crystal have the E4S mount compared to other Data Centers is sadly not helping the bias. We're 691 confirmed Skyslippers on the server compared to Gilgamesh which has 2,424.

---

Agreed. People wanted to follow the big name streamers too, and all they do is help perpetuate the stereotype as well.

Because being a brand new data center with all the raiders moving away clearly has nothing to do with the low clear rate numbers Crystal has. /s

I hate my server, everything is overpriced.

Ultros reminds me of one of those cities which might have a large size in landmass, yet not a lot of population density. When a city has control over key roads and resources so there is wealth, but it kind of feels like a big village. Leviathan may be the most powerful world on Primal in terms of industry and density of max level players, though Ultros (and Behemoth) are not far off, and it shows. In about my year of playing I've spoken to more strangers on Ultros than a lot of the worlds I've been to like Zalera or Lamia. It gives it a sense of being an easy world to get into socially or financially. Heck, when I got into this game I was a multi-millionaire before I finished ARR just because it was very easy to make money as a low level crafter.

In short, Uncle Ulty's tentacles extend to all.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Lily_Skye

https://i.imgur.com/moLR6eL.png

---

I was in the zone for the fate that finished ishgard restoration in its current state. Listening to that chat for about 90 mins when it was just people from our server... i gotta say this kinda sums up Lamia fairly well.

It feels like my server economy is in endless recession. No one buys stuff, no one craft stuff, nothing.

- What server (and data center) do you mostly play on?
Twintania (Light)

- Would you say your server has more of a hardcore, casual, or RP emphasis? Or a combination of both? Or something else? Or is that not possible to tell?
Casual. Very few good active statics. Only two high rated PvPers (one of which is an alt). Not a massive amount of geared players.

- Do some servers (or data centers) have a reputation for leaning toward one of those 3 categories?
Yes. Odin and Phoenix are literally polar opposites of Twintania. The only difference is, Twintania is unjustifiably far more abusive (a genuine wolf pit). You will get flamed in many of the FCs here and be expected to grow a thick skin. How this came to pass idk. I think it's more a result of there being a lot of ex-hardcore players on the server who took the free transfer from Chaos mixed in with a very large amount of new players as obviously, new server. The two aren't mixing very well.

- Did you join a server because you thought it leaned toward one of those 3? If yes, was it what you expected?
Nah, I just wanted to move to Light for Free and finally buy a house in this game. Twintania served that purpose.

I guess I know what to expect on Twintania now lol.

- What server (and data center) do you mostly play on?
Ragnarok

- Would you say your server has more of a hardcore, casual, or RP emphasis? Or a combination of both? Or something else? Or is that not possible to tell?
We are all terrible. united.

- Do some servers (or data centers) have a reputation for leaning toward one of those 3 categories?
It was the most "active" EU Legacy server.

- Did you join a server because you thought it leaned toward one of those 3? If yes, was it what you expected?
Started playing FFXIV in Japan on a JP server (Masamune). Moved my character to Europe when I myself physically moved to Europe. Been crying ever since.

I play on Famfrit.
I started 1.0 but quit to try some other mmos. I came back to Famfrit a little before HW was released and I have to say the community has been great.
Since I came back I really have had only two bad experiences with other players. One was a dungeon run the other another player when helping during a pony farm. So I have no complaints.

Aah... Good 'ol Louisoix. The one server that is like Schroedinger's cat: Alive and Dead, literally in anything.

- What server (and data center) do you mostly play on?
Louisoix (Chaos) My alt is on Lich (Light), but is currently on hibernation.

- Would you say your server has more of a hardcore, casual, or RP emphasis? Or a combination of both? Or something else? Or is that not possible to tell?
Very much leaned on the casual side. There might be some few groups that are pretty hardcore, but you won't hear a lot about them. Ever.

- Do some servers (or data centers) have a reputation for leaning toward one of those 3 categories?
The data centers on EU are Chaos and Light. Both pretty on par with population, though English-French-Multilang is more present on Chaos, while English-German is more present on Light.
Hardcore and RP emphasis are server-related. For Hardcore raiders, the top choice seems to be Ragnarok (Chaos) and Odin (Light). RP emphasis on Omega (Chaos) and Shiva (Light).
For more details, you might want to look into this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._server_guide/

- Did you join a server because you thought it leaned toward one of those 3? If yes, was it what you expected?
No, I mainly join servers that are not congested, but not empty either. It maximizes chances of housing and organized hunt/treasure map trains. Not overloaded maps benefit for a smooth gameplay. Everything else can be done via Cross-World functionalities, such as Cross-World Linkshells and Cross-World Party finders.

On Adamantoise, you can expect a shell of a good time...

Okay, now that the dumb pun is out of the way, honestly I like my server well enough. Sure things can get weird from time to time but usually it isn't too bad, in fact sometimes it's almost entertaining lol. Granted, a lot of my down time in the game just goofing around or redecorating my house, but I will also spend some time occasionally hanging out in Limsa or Eulmore. I will agree about the MB prices being rather high here, but fortunately we at least have world visit to help alleviate that when necessary. It's not ideal, of course, but at least that's an option now compared to how it used to be when we had no choice but to but from our own server.

- What server (and data center) do you mostly play on?

Cerberus on Chaos (EU DC) but I already played on Omega and Moogle before (Chaos for both too)

- Would you say your server has more of a hardcore, casual, or RP emphasis? Or a combination of both? Or something else? Or is that not possible to tell?

I know there are a few endgame players on Cerberus, with Ragnarok (Legacy server), but I can't tell if there is a lot of "hardcore players". I guess we can find everything else. Cerberus is less "casual" than Moogle for example, imo. I tested both, like I said.

- Do some servers (or data centers) have a reputation for leaning toward one of those 3 categories?

Some people say Chaos is the DC for endgame players. I don't think so, since the two DC seems to be created just to separate populations (English/French for Chaos, English/German for Light).

- Did you join a server because you thought it leaned toward one of those 3? If yes, was it what you expected?

Yes, I left Moogle because it was too much casual for me. But not just that ! I feel better on Cerberus, the community is amazing (in my opinion). I received a better welcome on Cerberus than on Moogle. Moreover, we have the best prices on market board than the other worlds on Chaos :p