FFXIV Population this small really? wtf?

[Theodric]

It's also worth noting that a lot of European players - such as myself - choose to play on the NA servers.

[AdamChattaway]

It's also worth noting that a lot of European players - such as myself - choose to play on the NA servers.

Why is that? the timezones would be that far out raiding must be hard? working when they sleep and sleeping when they are in prime time etc?

[Kurando]

Why is that? the timezones would be that far out raiding must be hard? working when they sleep and sleeping when they are in prime time etc?

Originally there were no EU worlds and so a lot of Europeans built a home in the NA centres when the game first started, with quite a few choosing to stay there even after all this time. Also some players create mains or alts on different centres for many reasons. Raiding is never really that big of an issue, roughly 5-8hrs difference (between NA and EU) is nothing that major, plus that's why there is the Party Finder and Discords for such things, where there is a will there is a way.

[Theodric]

Why is that? the timezones would be that far out raiding must be hard? working when they sleep and sleeping when they are in prime time etc?

Back in ARR, the EU and NA servers were located in Canada. A portion of European players decided to invest in the US servers since there wasn't any real difference at that point and many stayed due to friends even after EU servers were moved closer to home. That aside, as a night owl I'm granted a lot more opportunities to do things in-game since during the very early hours of the night when I play the EU servers are very, very quiet.