The Faerie ("anything but FC recruitment") Thread

[gilmorej]

But it does raise the question to anyone reading: Why did you choose to play on Faerie?

I picked Faerie because it was the only non-preferred server where character creation was available on the night that I started playing.

I consciously chose to make a character on a non-preferred server because I didn't want the EXP boost; I enjoy being on the journey as much as arriving at the destination. Being a WoW refugee, I figured that if this game were anything like WoW then I was worried that I'd end up outlevelling the story if I had the exp boost (which wasn't unfounded -- I'm 7 levels ahead of the story quests without even doing sidequests or spamming dungeons).

I actually played in the v. 1.0 beta and hated it. I thought I'd never come back to it, but the latest expansion for WoW is really not good and I've been in denial for a while.. LOL. Last week I decided, on a whim, to buy the base game and give it another shot and I immediately felt like a fool for avoiding it so long.

[Vulcann]

Faerie has been such a delight and such a change from what i have been use to on other MMORPG servers. i started here because of a friend who got myself and my wife into playing FFXIV. Faerie players keep being awesome! =)

[Kataiser]

Kudos to OP for making this thread. Nothing against FC recruitment, but it gets boring when that's the only thing on the forum.

I consciously chose to make a character on a non-preferred server because I didn't want the EXP boost; I enjoy being on the journey as much as arriving at the destination. Being a WoW refugee, I figured that if this game were anything like WoW then I was worried that I'd end up outlevelling the story if I had the exp boost (which wasn't unfounded -- I'm 7 levels ahead of the story quests without even doing sidequests or spamming dungeons).

Smart, for a first character. Thanks to the stuff between core expansion (x.0) patches, there's so much experience inflation...

I chose to play on Faerie somewhat arbitrarily. In my first year or so of playing the game (in ARR) I server hopped several times, trying to find a community that would click with me. I transferred to Faerie after seeing a couple promising FC ads... and while both FCs turned out to be cliquish and dysfunctional (neither exists any more afaik), I found myself enjoying the people on the server overall. So here I am! I've accumulated a lot of friends here over the years, even if over half my friends list consists of names I no longer recognize. <_<

[tinythinker]

My own choice of Faerie came during a free trial during Heavensward. I wasn't sure which one to pick, but Faerie and Goblin were names that caught my eye. Part of what shifted me to Faerie was that I figured truly repressed and trollish people might be too immature to be caught dead on a server with that name. I met a couple of rude people in the DF but then someone explained that the DF is data-center wide. Not that there can't be rude jerks native to Faerie, but generally the people there seem really friendly and helpful (which I've heard is pretty common all over the community).

[tinythinker]

yeeeeeeeeeeah

couple of hours of ShB before work (the a long work day )

*only* a 36 player queue this early...

(i will never get in again after work, will i?)


Friday late afternoon/early evening edit: wow the opening screen and that soft background music for the opening quest in Mor Dona

Saturday morning edit: impressed with low or non-existent queues for Faeirie

[seburoh]

I started on Faerie because of the friend who got me into the game. Haven't gotten to play with him much though, seems like we always play during weeks/months the other is on break.

There's a game, Folklore, which came to mind in the talk of Faeries not being good little tinkerbells and such. Puts itself a lot in that sphere.

Thank you for this thread tinythinker! This is exactly what I poked in here for!

[NickyDanger]

I just came back from 6-7 month break, and decided I wanted to change things up for the expansion. Transferred from Cactuar to Faerie. And like others in this thread, I kept reading about how fun/friendly Faerie is, so here I am! A bit overwhelmed with all the changes, but I'm happy to be back.

[Voltron_HD]

ooooo coming to Faerie stories!!

I came to Faerie about 3 years ago (server transfer from Primal>Exodus) to play with IRL friends that I had no idea played. In the 3 years since my transfer I have pulled all my in game friends to Faerie too (LOL)
Best World IMO. Best people and wouldn't you know it, now we are the place to be!!

[tinythinker]

I'm curious - where do people here about how friendly or unfriendly a server is? Streamers? Reddit? RL friends?

Not saying it isn't true, but I don't know that I've ever heard much about a specific server. Sometimes about a data center.

[AmethystReign]

I'm curious - where do people here about how friendly or unfriendly a server is? Streamers? Reddit? RL friends?

I think most people its a combination of all, plus talking to others in game. I know when I first started playing, I heard plenty about other servers reputations from my FC mates. It's even easier to hear about other servers with world visit, but I think that eventually individual servers won't have certain reputations, but data centers as a whole.