Why Is Dynamis Dead

[Wolfsbane706]

Why is everyone expecting the new DC to be on Balmung levels of activity less than a month after release? These things take time to develop. There's no getting around that. If the DC is still quiet this time next year, then you're allowed to call it dead.

Going to reiterate this. Dynamis is two and a half months old. You lot need to stop acting like the DC not being totally full at launch means it's a dead DC.

[VerdeLuck]

Going to reiterate this. Dynamis is two and a half months old. You lot need to stop acting like the DC not being totally full at launch means it's a dead DC.

No one wants it to be Balmung level of activity but we would like to be able to actually do content on it. As it is the PF has 0 listings for combat content on any given night, and queues for roulettes can go as high as 3-4 hours long.
That's pretty unacceptable and it forces you to move to other DCs or you just fall behind on content constantly. I love not getting capped tomes every week and not being able to do reclears because no one plays on the new DC.

[angienessyo]

No one wants it to be Balmung level of activity but we would like to be able to actually do content on it. As it is the PF has 0 listings for combat content on any given night, and queues for roulettes can go as high as 3-4 hours long.
That's pretty unacceptable and it forces you to move to other DCs or you just fall behind on content constantly. I love not getting capped tomes every week and not being able to do reclears because no one plays on the new DC.

I'm legit curious about this as the bulk of my parties on Aether will always have at least 1 Dynamis person. Is PF and DF completely empty because everyone is just going to the other datacenters for stuff or is it there's just no people on Dynamis to do the content period?

[SturmChurro]

I'm legit curious about this as the bulk of my parties on Aether will always have at least 1 Dynamis person. Is PF and DF completely empty because everyone is just going to the other datacenters for stuff or is it there's just no people on Dynamis to do the content period?

PF is pretty much completely dead, as far as I am aware. Sometimes roulette queues can pop semi-quick, but that's not a norm. I have never once been able to get into PvP here. You can definitely cap out tomes just queueing on Dynamis though.

[VerdeLuck]

I'm legit curious about this as the bulk of my parties on Aether will always have at least 1 Dynamis person. Is PF and DF completely empty because everyone is just going to the other datacenters for stuff or is it there's just no people on Dynamis to do the content period?

There's just no one, I tried to do all my roulettes one day on dynamis and couldn't get them all done in the time I had. 30+ minute per roulette is a hell of an issue, and especially on expert roulette. There's barely any max level characters staying on the DC, most characters are alts that are around level 50-70 right now and the ones who brought their main go to other DCs to do content at about half the wait times or less. If you only have about 1-2 hours a night to play, there's a very real chance you won't be able to keep up on content or capped tomes if you don't DC travel.

[SturmChurro]

If you only have about 1-2 hours a night to play, there's a very real chance you won't be able to keep up on content or capped tomes if you don't DC travel.

Now this can definitely be true, but you would have to be playing very sparingly. Depending on what time you get on. I still think you can if you were playing every day. Simply through expert alone, or just direct queueing the dungeon.

[VerdeLuck]

Now this can definitely be true, but you would have to be playing very sparingly. Depending on what time you get on. I still think you can if you were playing every day. Simply through expert alone, or just direct queueing the dungeon.

By keeping up on content I mean capping tomes, doing 2x unreals a week, farming EX, farming savage, and running roulettes to get uncapped tomes for upgraded crafted gear and relic weapons.
You can do one or two, but in some way you will start to fall behind on a few. You don't really have to choose on other DCs but with the low volume of PF and DF players on Dynamis it can be a real problem, which forces you to DC travel.
Hell, I'm still trying to get my blind clear of the new EX because there were not people to fill it on dynamis' PF when I tried at patch launch. You need to move off the server for endgame, until more people bring their max level characters to dynamis and actually play them on there, it's not really viable.

[caffe_macchiato]

Going to reiterate this. Dynamis is two and a half months old. You lot need to stop acting like the DC not being totally full at launch means it's a dead DC.

Guess what? High-end content is also dead on Crystal. Everyone transfers. How many years more do we need to wait for Crystal to catch up? Is FFXIV going to be alive when Dynamis catches up? And, as you would gladly agree, we’re in a drought. We’re not supposed to play the game right now. We’re supposed to be playing other stuff. Right? So why the new DC? Oh, 7.0. To be released in two years? I’m sure Dynamis will be full by then. Which means…why do we have it, exactly?

Defending a multi-billion dollar company will never give you the reward you think it will. It’s your money. You’re paying for a product. As of right now, Dynamis players cannot queue for some kinds of content unless they disconnect from almost all social features. A multiplayer game without friends or a guild isn’t the best experience.

Despite Yoshida’s immense superhuman intelligence, I’m sure there’s some way to remedy this—as literally every single other MMO released in the past 20 years has done.

[Pratini]

And, as you would gladly agree, we’re in a drought. We’re not supposed to play the game right now. We’re supposed to be playing other stuff. Right? So why the new DC?

Sorry didn’t know SE forced you to transfer to Seraph.

[Zolvolt]

Going to reiterate this. Dynamis is two and a half months old. You lot need to stop acting like the DC not being totally full at launch means it's a dead DC.

It is dead though. MSQ dungeon with an hour queue is pretty much dead.