Lack of 'server community' in FFXIV - a nostalgic perspective

[Sebazy]

Gotta agree here

This whole thing is a caused by 3 factors:

Cross realm PF - This is unavoidable in a modern MMO I guess. Perhaps players could be prioritised within the same server to some degree but eh, thems the breaks.

Entering a Raid via Duty Finder - This was just a bad move imo. Even if everyone didn't see eye to eye, you'd still get to know the rest of the server's raid community purely by virtue of bumping into them outside of Wineport through to the Hinterlands. I used to know and chatter to a huge chunk of the progression raiding scene on my server and knew pretty much every top flight healer on the block. Now I couldn't tell you who was where outside of a few choice progression FCs and friends that I keep up with.

A dull and inconvenient hub - MorDhona was a great hub with convenient NPCs and a colourful aesthetic. Idyllshire was also a solid hub, again, the theme was nice and the layout just plain worked. Rhalgr's Reach however just doesn't do it for me. It's drab, everything is spread out and the layout means it lacks a centrally visible stage for people to potter around on in the same manner that MD/Idyll did.

[Rockette]

A dull and inconvenient hub - MorDhona was a great hub with convenient NPCs and a colourful aesthetic. Idyllshire was also a solid hub, again, the theme was nice and the layout just plain worked. Rhalgr's Reach however just doesn't do it for me. It's drab, everything is spread out and the layout means it lacks a centrally visible stage for people to potter around on in the same manner that MD/Idyll did.

This is really important, I think. No one really hangs out at Rhalgrs like we did at Mor Dhona or Idylshire. It's too big, there's no platform to peacock or people watch on, everything is too spread out.
It's pushed some people back to Limsa, some Kugane and their own FC houses.