In 1.0's original release, Ridill was at that stage called Selbina (1.0's original servers were all named after towns and cities from past FF games). As the server name would suggest, a lot of FFXI fans naturally decided to play on Selby, to help foster that sense of community.

Unfortunately, I didn't start til about four months after launch, due to problems with my debit card that took ages to sort out, and by that stage, a lot of players had left, including pretty much all my FFXI friends, save one pretty much. Still, I stuck with Selbina even when it became Ridill.

Hence I've just decided to stick with Ridill even into ARR, more out of sentimentality than whether the server is right for me (it's a JP server which works out well for me seeing as I'm Australian and time zones almost match). Luckily though a lot of my old FFXI friends have since returned and joined me on Ridill too which has made things much better.