Dynamis Bound! Rate your excitement level (If you're going)

[Shibi]

I'll be making an alt there to replay the MSQ for the road to 80 buff, but I'll probably wait until the second batch of worlds is released. I hope it fares better than Materia did, I haven't heard good things for it.

Was just on. Dynamis was very much a ghost town. Absolute dead servers outside the NA peak. 2 parties looking for a tank.

I htink its a case of - anyone who creates a character there will be away travelling from the DC a lot of the time. Tumbleweeds were in Limsa already.

[NekoMataMata]

Was just on. Dynamis was very much a ghost town. Absolute dead servers outside the NA peak. 2 parties looking for a tank.

I htink its a case of - anyone who creates a character there will be away travelling from the DC a lot of the time. Tumbleweeds were in Limsa already.

You should give it some time. Most worlds on crystal get really quiet at night. Not this quiet, but still.

I do think that the population on Dynamis is going to be a bit exaggerated though due to all the alts and new alt accounts being made on it.

[Shibi]

I do think that the population on Dynamis is going to be a bit exaggerated though due to all the alts and new alt accounts being made on it.

Yep, we saw the same thing on Materia. There are long login queues and a wild landgrab for names like "Thancred Waters" "G'raha Tia" and so on during the first day, for the next few weeks a lot of daytime activity still as people get an alt to 30 for the free 1,000,000gil and the once off 15 days free playtime, then it settles right down, and becomes nicer too. All those popular names get bored and head back to their mains in other DCs. Leaving mains and alts who love small server feel (which is awesome for me) and those alts making the most of road-to-80 and get as many classes up as possible.

After the name-grab period ended Materia servers were also 0 limsa for a while, but now 10 months later have built up a population all hours of the day. To the point people de-rez. And yes, materia servers were also 2 parties need a tank in the first few months as I saw on Dynamis, that is now up into the 50s or 60s during peak. Dynamis will get there eventually, a year or 18 months most likely before it starts to feel a bit fuller.

It does take time, all new servers do; Raiden, Alpha and the other 2 in EU have - even spriggan did - but Dynamis has the advantage of DC travel that Materia doesn't yet have. That travel does help make the MB smooth and it lets raiders forced onto the server travel to other places to do their instant copied factory queues that they seem to love so much.

[Bunnycake]

Was just on. Dynamis was very much a ghost town. Absolute dead servers outside the NA peak. 2 parties looking for a tank.

I htink its a case of - anyone who creates a character there will be away travelling from the DC a lot of the time. Tumbleweeds were in Limsa already.

Seraph is definitely popular. Moved an alt and had main dc visit it...the queues tho for df on the other hand well let's just say I went back to Primal for that lol

[Skivvy]

Was just on. Dynamis was very much a ghost town. Absolute dead servers outside the NA peak. 2 parties looking for a tank.

I htink its a case of - anyone who creates a character there will be away travelling from the DC a lot of the time. Tumbleweeds were in Limsa already.

Hmm, i guess results will vary. Limsa has been pretty full every time I run through.

Now, the queue times have been iffy for me - even as a healer. Had an expert roulette go into the 15 minute range, I tried for a random level 50 dungeon for my alt, and that was a 30+ minute queue (also as a healer..). I imagine that will only improve with time, but for now I've been popping back to the old DC when I want a quick queue.

[Shibi]

Hmm, i guess results will vary. Limsa has been pretty full every time I run through.

Now, the queue times have been iffy for me - even as a healer. Had an expert roulette go into the 15 minute range, I tried for a random level 50 dungeon for my alt, and that was a 30+ minute queue (also as a healer..). I imagine that will only improve with time, but for now I've been popping back to the old DC when I want a quick queue.

Popping back is so good when time is short - but I personally hope that people don't get in the habit of it (not saying you did this, just general thoughts) It's great for when it really needs to be quick run due to time constraints, but I think it's healthier for the new DC if people do try and wait it out when possible. If the queues are as good as possible with a small population then more people will come, and the queues will get better. But if too many people become impatient and just stay on Aether or Crystal for everything, then the servers will be dead and empty.

One thing that did surprise me a lot was road-to-80 carries over to the old datacentres. I'd actually love to see SE remove that, so it's only active on the home datacentre. I think it would help keep people on the DC when they are not short on time.

[Skivvy]

Popping back is so good when time is short - but I personally hope that people don't get in the habit of it (not saying you did this, just general thoughts) It's great for when it really needs to be quick run due to time constraints, but I think it's healthier for the new DC if people do try and wait it out when possible. If the queues are as good as possible with a small population then more people will come, and the queues will get better. But if too many people become impatient and just stay on Aether or Crystal for everything, then the servers will be dead and empty.

One thing that did surprise me a lot was road-to-80 carries over to the old datacentres. I'd actually love to see SE remove that, so it's only active on the home datacentre. I think it would help keep people on the DC when they are not short on time.

Oh no, I agree! If everyone is hopping back over to old DCs, it's not going to help our queues at all. Normally I'm Ok doing other things while waiting, but I was rushing my alt through HW and reaaallly didn't want to wait 30+ minutes for a story dungeon. D: