1-20 areas are ghost towns

[jebali]

I do not know if it is just on my server but on mine attempting to even fill a fate group from 1-20 is near impossible. I have checked and tried during diff times from prime time and even weekends the lower areas are void of anyone but miners and botanist.

Have you noticed this trend over this month or is my server dying?

[MartaDemireux]

Mmmm Excalibur seems to be fine in overall. I have noticed lower population in general though but this is natural until a patch comes out; that's what brings everyone back for a bit.

[Risae]

Why don't you ask your friends to help you level?

[jebali]

I wonder how the lower level duty finder ques are doing. maybe people are just working on 50s but I would think if we are still getting new players I would see more people from 1-25 most that I saw had at least 1 50 job on their info.

[jebali]

I would but they all quit the game, they did not like the forced duty finder/ grouping.

[StarMarmot]

FATE guides tell you to go to Aleport - people flock to Aleport, make sure you check there if you haven't. On a very populated server, but this area is the only low level one that has any action.

[Jaine]

Is this your first MMO? This is fairly common in all of them. Once the large rush of new players is at max level, they don't go to starting areas much.

[Reiterpallasch]

I would but they all quit the game, they did not like the forced duty finder/ grouping.

MMOs are not for them then.

[Rizon]

A large reason for this is the fact that there is no way to level different classes/job aside from the FATE/instance grind. Gets very boring, very fast. SE needs to correct this. One method would be to allow players to redo quests for Exp only. For DoH/DoL classes crafting/Gathering logs similar to the Hunting logs would help.

[Sunarie]

MMOs are not for them then.

I think you mean this game is not for them. Not all MMOs have to force grouping and using a dungeon/duty finder. Nor do all MMOs have to offer single player content. Goes both ways and people aren't excluded from an entire genre just because they don't like the way a particular game handles the main storyline in regards to grouping and dungeons.

To the OP: As another user said, check Aleport. I've been leveling up some of my other classes lately and while the lower level zones are mostly void of people, I've always found a fate group at Aleport (unless it's really late at night). Admittedly, I've mostly leveled via dungeons, as I rather dislike the cluster-f... zerg that is fate grinding When I do happen to look for fates for that last half level, or whatever it may be, I usually go to the following areas:

13-20ish: Aleport in Western La Noscea (La Noscea)
20-30ish: Quarrymill in South Shroud (Black Shroud)
28-35ish: Wineport / Costa Del Sol in Eastern La Noscea (La Noscea)
35-39ish: Dragonhead in Coerthas Central Highlands (Coerthas)
39-42ish: Revenant’s Toll in Mor Dhona
42-50: Ceruleum Processing Plant in Northern Thanalan (Thanalan)

It's not a set thing, and usually varies by a few levels depending on where I feel like going and if I'm tired of a certain area.