Aether / Primal Difference ?

[Kloe]

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one. That's the biggest difference. It's recommended to choose a datacenter you're closest too for ping response times, unless you have friends on a certain datacenter. Choosing a server based on population depends on your preferences for playing FFXIV. Are you a loner who doesn't really interact with many people? A low pop server would be right for you. Do you enjoy interacting with people but don't want to be crowded? A medium pop server might be right for you. Do you enjoy interacting and socializing with a big group of people, RPing and/or seeing a lot of people around cities and hubs? a high pop server might right for you. Now the problem with high pop servers at least on Aether is most of them are closed off to new character creation and transfers (Balmung and Gilgamesh). Also note that the duty finder pulls players from across the whole datacenter, so that shouldn't really matter in deciding on a server.

[Seredeelfer]

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one.

Yes to misinformation and No to Primal being EU. Aether and Primal are both NA, Chaos is EU, and Elemental, Gaia, and Mana are JP - you had me for a moment though had to go check to be certain. And with that cleared up, I'll just add that Ultros-best-server cause purple octopus are cool.

[Keydah]

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one.

Dude... How can you say there's a whole lot of misinformation and then drop the BIGGEST misinformation in the thread? The EU datacenter is Chaos. Aether and Primal are both NA.

I heard Aeither is complete Cancer but the come from my very dramatic Server Diabolos in Primal.
I also heard Aeither has greatest area to ERP. xD

There isn't a difference. Aether might have more roleplayers since both "RP servers" are on it, but I've encountered them like...twice, in four years of playing, and only one of those two was annoying (to the point that they were more than likely a troll, not a genuine RPer). Everyone else is normal.

[Kloe]

Whooops sorry I was wrong. O.o I never realized primal was NA too, since the only people I've ever interacted with or talked to on Primal have been EU based. I wonder why there's such a big EU population on primal if Chaos is so much closer to them?

[Canadane]

Whooops sorry I was wrong. O.o I never realized primal was NA too, since the only people I've ever interacted with or talked to on Primal have been EU based. I wonder why there's such a big EU population on primal if Chaos is so much closer to them?

Probably just people who were there before Chaos and didn't want to leave their friends.
I have many EU mates in.my FC. Sure we did lose a few to the new data centre but many did prefer to stay.

[Tigerlilley]

There's a whole lot of mis-information going on here. Primal is a EU based datacenter, and Aether is an NA based one. That's the biggest difference. It's recommended to choose a datacenter you're closest too for ping response times, unless you have friends on a certain datacenter. Choosing a server based on population depends on your preferences for playing FFXIV.r.

*facepalm*
The ignorance in one paragraph is amazing. At least edit your post so it's correct.