So what's the economy like in other servers? Potentially transferring

[DreadRabbit]

Thanks a lot for the input so far everyone! After I do my roulettes and some gathering I'll be making some alts. So Shiva will have some multi-language going on and Coeurl's got a good vote. I'm actually excited to compare stuff now. Good to know on Balmung you can make a decent living just on roulettes too.

[Nadirah]

EU servers are getting their own data center at some point too, in Europe, so latency will likely change.

[reillyblair]

EU servers are getting their own data center at some point too, in Europe, so latency will likely change.

i also heard there's a forecast of snow in hell later this year lol

[Gamer3427]

EU servers are getting their own data center at some point too, in Europe, so latency will likely change.

So they say, but the last I heard on this was from a long while back. Also, it didn't specify if they would completely transfer current servers there, or create new ones and allow a "free switch" week or something. If they do change them completely without allowing a free switch of some sort, I know of a lot of NA players that will be upset, as well as a lot of EU players on NA servers. They've intertwined between the data centers so much because there's no difference currently.....

[Nadirah]

Oh I know there's not currently, but its in the works and last word I saw is its slated for sometime after hw release.

I warn because latency.

[EdenArchangel]

I took a minute to make a character on Zalera just to compare the marketboards.



Here's a couple popular things...

Sargatanas vs Zalera : I looked at the recently sold prices, estimated an average
Mastercraft demimateria: 60k vs 200k
Battlecraft III demimateria: 50k vs 120k
Vanya Silk: 20k vs 50k
Rose gold ingot: 20k vs 30k
X-ether: 100g vs 1000g <--- what?
Treasure maps: 20k vs 50k
Unhidden leather map: 200k vs 600k

More basic materials weren't crazy different (price range from equal to sargatanas to about twice as much at most)
Twinthread: 2k vs 4k
Gold ore: 400g vs 900g (very limited supply on Zalera in comparison)
Cobalt ingot: 1k vs 1k
Rose gold nugget 2k vs 2k, High quality was 3k vs 5k

Equipment for leveling (1-50) was the familiar 2k-10k price range, nothing crazy there.


My vote would definitely be for a legacy server like Balmung or Sargatanas. Since legacy players have been around longer (and have more levels and gear), there's more competition and less monopolies than newer servers. Unless that's the entirety of why you're playing, I'd go the cheaper route.

The cons would be you're not going to get a house anytime soon, and if there was one available, you'd have to pay twice as much on a legacy server. ex. 4 million vs 2 million

[Spellbinder]

i also heard there's a forecast of snow in hell later this year lol

Well, I hope those poor people in hell have their snow boots.

[Ashkendor]

Sargatanas economy makes it really easy to make money. There's tons and tons of gil kicking around from 'back in the day' and the server's pretty active the majority of the time. It's not hard to find a couple of niche markets to wedge yourself into for steady income. As an added bonus, the endgame community is pretty active (if you're into that kind of thing).

On the down side, there are precisely zero houses available.