1-20 areas are ghost towns

[Taruranto]

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.

Wrong. Not all mmorpg are (were...) theme park about instant gratification.

[OrionInerghem]

Wrong. Not all mmorpg are (were...) theme park about instant gratification.

I actually noticed this as well..

I remember 5 years after FFXI there were still lots of people in starting zones, Hell.. there still were last year lol


But yeah, I rarely see anyone in the starting areas out leveling, or doing anything.. It's really kinda strange that this game is dead before level 20 before the first update.. Oops?

[GilbertLapine]

I actually noticed this as well..

I remember 5 years after FFXI there were still lots of people in starting zones, Hell.. there still were last year lol


But yeah, I rarely see anyone in the starting areas out leveling, or doing anything.. It's really kinda strange that this game is dead before level 20 before the first update.. Oops?

I hang out in central shroud on Balmung quite a bit looking for new players to help.. and yeah, 4 out of 5 players I see there now are bots.. .though most I can't see because they're glitched into the floor, lol. Not much activity outside of relic-seekers and diremite web farmers in North shroud, though you do get the occasional fate party. East shroud is slightly more active, but less and less every day. Usually South Shroud is active with the lv 20-30 fates, but it seems the night shifters have mostly finished with it as early morning hours (PST) sometimes drop so low you can't even make a full fate party.

It's just sad because so few people actually enjoy the world and the content... it feels like the majority are just in it for the gear treadmill so that in some aspect of their life they can finally have something that others don't. I don't really get it, but it's definitely there.