Dynamis getting 4 more worlds Tuesday, June 11 !

[LianaThorne]

Rivals? Mateus is the highest population world now more often than not according to the Lucky Bancho census and has been since the start of Endwalker.

But as for your main point, you're correct. Worlds will start off small and gradually build up over time as more players join the game. Dynamis has a solid population now. The problem is that much of the level cap population got used to going to Aether or the other NA data centers early on so it's a habit for them now. They haven't seen the population increase like those who chose to play on Dynamis have. If they would all stay on Dynamis for a change, there would be little reason for anyone to head to Aether.

People would rather go for convenience. That's really all there is to say about it. Cross-DC allowed people to flood one particular data center because it had the reputation for being the raid/content DC and it's too late to change it now without removing cross-DC. People might flood over to Dynamis during the early days of the expansion to escape wait times but once queues calm down they'll go right back to Aether or Crystal, the already established hubs. Square shot themselves in the foot by releasing Dyna with cross-DC, all it did was allow people to come and go as they please or stay away for weeks on end (like those who only went to Dynamis for an easy mansion but still do all of their content on other DCs).

The original 4 worlds of Dynamis aren't even close to being full, considering houses there still run up into the thousands on 3/4 of the worlds. The next 4 will just be taken up by multi-owners/people who just want a house again and the cycle continues. Discords are already preparing for people to go buy up houses as soon as FCs are opened lol, with no intention of actually participating in the DC community.

[Jojoya]

People would rather go for convenience. That's really all there is to say about it.

I agree that most people are more interested in personal convenience.

But considering the ongoing complaints, is that convenience giving them what they're really looking for?

A world doesn't have to be full to find other people to play with.