Quote Originally Posted by s32ialx View Post
I'll have to disagree most of the casuals are on those low pop servers that's why they are low pop because all the gung-ho mid-core and tryhards are on high pop servers because they want to grind grind grind and the more people the easier it is to grind, and the people who just want a calm relaxing time and do their tiktok videos and others things go on the low pop servers where it's not a rush and you don't feel pressured to catch up or be left behind. As a player whos been on Behemoth since 2015 I know how much FoMo being on high pop server causes cause people get things that are suppose to be hard to get in the first week of release and now you feel like you are missing out and that you suck because you can't compete with that. Example day 2 or 3 of early access of DT someone on Behemoth already had the squirrel mount from fate rewards with the Turali Bicolor Gemstone Vouchers. However on lower pop servers you don't feel the rush of having to catch up because you aren't sitting there watching all these tryhards no lifeing the content.
Judging by clear rate of savage raids Crystal is quite low as a population percentage, yet despite being filled with "casuals" they managed to complete the progress bars quite swiftly.

I also think, on a personal level, it's silly to feel like you're being left behind because you don't have a particular mount. Mounts don't do anything for you (aside from the cash shop mount that lets you ride a little faster). The relic crafting/gathering stuff doesn't do anything for you. You will not be locked out of MSQ because you're missing a mount or relic tool. What you will miss out on, is further steps in the relic tool, which still won't lock you out of any of the other crafting/gathering content that's out there. They even got rid of the Saint titles that they had with Ishgard restoration, which was really the only thing you'd never be able to accomplish once it was done. Whether you get a squirrel mount in 2 days or 2 years it really has no impact aside from the length of time it took you to personally acquire it.

If you on some level feel like you absolutely need the mount, then that is a personal problem. A self-inflicted wound. As stated, there are many many many casuals doing their thing on crystal who manage to not hop servers when they see people have things they don't have.