Quote Originally Posted by SerLuke View Post
Give it time, there will be a huge influx of new players when the expansion launches and they will all be directed to smaller Crystals severs if they are in NA when they go to make new characters.
Unless they select Crystal as their DC most won't see any of its prefered worlds once ShB launches and with all the negative press Crystal gets (deserved or otherwise) anyone doing some research to find where to go isn't likely to make a new character there unless they're doing so for RP purposes.

I've noticed a drop in party quality myself. I joined a clear party for Seiryu EX the other night both to help out and because PF was dead. My cohealer barely dpsed and we actually wiped to enrage two times despite having little to no deaths. Orbonne has been a joke as well, I used to go as a healer but now I go on RDM because I'm hoping to speed it up enough to not see a third Cleansing Strike.

It's certainly too early to say what Crystal will actually feel like come 5.0 but it's getting harder and harder to be optimistic.