Quote Originally Posted by Sho86 View Post
From my experiences of visiting about 6 or so different servers (I was attempting for 'high-population' at the time), only Balmung, Ultros, and my own Brynhildr had people try to welcome me to the game and friend me (not just a ghost invite). Other places like Siren, were surprisingly empty or like Leviathan/Excalibur, no one really cared - which isn't a bad thing but not exactly social. All places had problems with hunts, so no getting away from that, though the markets are vastly different in some.
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I consider myself pretty antisocial ingame (don't join TS, not to talkative in FC chat, etc) but even I was able to meet and befriend some friendly and fun people on Ultros. Ultros appears to be a pretty happy-medium from my expierence, some hardcore players, a lot of casuals, your funny light-heated people, etc. Hunts aren't too bad either depending on the time of day. I recommend it.