World Stereotypes?

Hey people, i've been playing this game for a while (in NA) and i noticed that certain worlds/data centers end up having one thing in particular they're known for, like how in Primal, Behemoth is full of Brazilians; Or how on Crystal, Balmung is the main RP hub (and by proxy all other Crystal worlds since Balmung is always full). But on Aether and Dynamis all i know about them is that they're full of raiders and almost empty respectively, and have no idea if any of their worlds have individual stereotypes.

What are some world stereotypes you know of that you'd like to share?

It's mainly just Balmung and Mateus that have a stereotype. The stereotypes about Balmung were never true when I was there up until 2021, despite having existed for years prior, but I can't say about now, because being able to world visit and travel caused people interested in the stereotype to visit it and make them true. I don't know about Mateus, but since it was an "overflow" of Balmung, it got a similar reputation.

I often been told Balmung is like Vegas, it has a certain reputation, but the reputation is largely propagated by tourists and the locals are just people.

The Balmung stuff is mostly true now, I've seen people saying wild crazy stuff there in the few times I visited.

I've only "heard stories" about Balmung and Gilgamesh (one being full of gooners and the other having rampant toxicity), but it's hard to say if its actually the locals that give it those reputations, or if its visitors bringing and reinforcing the stereotypes.

I know from living on them that there was nothing particularly noteworthy about Maduin and Excalibur, I couldn't even tell you if any "famous" players or FCs existed on them.

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Originally Posted by Aidorouge

it's hard to say if its actually the locals that give it those reputations, or if its visitors bringing and reinforcing the stereotypes.

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It's definitely the visitors.

Everything is expensive on Louisoix. Also, a lot of French players.

... Not that there's anything wrong with that!

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

It's definitely the visitors.

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I'll confirm that. Before datacenter travel and especially before world visit even existed, it was a fairly pleasant place.

Is Goblin known for anything? Just started here and it seems nice so far.

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Originally Posted by Nadda

Everything is expensive on Louisoix. Also, a lot of French players.

... Not that there's anything wrong with that!

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Everything is inflated on Sargatanas too for whatever reason

I cant speak for all EU worlds, but the ones that I have visited have had every kind people. Aside from 1 creepy player, I have not experienced anything bad. Players are kind, understanding and willing to help their follow players.

I have been playing on both Chaos and Light Datacenters.

So I went to Balmung a few times for shopping in LL and it was fine, really the prices were not that great but it's always been congested during normal hours so I tried like 2-4AM...

Then I've been on my DC for a while and I don't think of it must be like a "raiding HQ" or anything beyond that our PF is always crowded for high-end duties and so forth it's like the town outside the big city vibe for me.

I don't mean just negative stereotypes, mind you. I just want to know if there's anything a world is known for aside from the big famous ones.

Behemoth has a lot of Hrothgars from what I notice, makes me wonder if it's the unofficial "furry" world.

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Originally Posted by Awarewolf

Is Goblin known for anything? Just started here and it seems nice so far.

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Goblin's chill. Bit quiet at times but, it's chill. Least that's been my take on it since the FC moved to it in stormblood.

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Originally Posted by HammAndCheese

Everything is inflated on Sargatanas too for whatever reason

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I was going to post my Sarg stereotype but you beat me to it. The reason for Sarg having an inflated marketboard (as explained to me by older Sarg natives) is that Sarg is a surviving 1.0 Legacy server. So we should have the most players who have been playing the longest. And also a whole lot of maxed out FC subs. There is a lot of time investment in Sarg.

Louisoix/Moogle – bastions of the French.
Shiva – German hotspot.
Odin – Valhalla... i.e. Nordic hangout(?)
Omega – bespoke EU "high" RP hub (heck there was a group with tags at WDP last night, must be serious stuff!)
Zodiark – certain variety of ERP... maybe not the case anymore, my intel is outdated. Like, before the DC sundering outdated.