Possibly A Returning Player - A Few Questions

[Niwashi]

How is the game's population in terms of lower level characters/classes? Are there still enough lower level folks out there playing to be able to find the groups necessary to run the require dungeons and trials?

There still seem to be quite a few new players at least on Coeurl, where I play, plus there are people who may have reached endgame on their primary class, but are going back to level up additional classes and need lower level content for that.

The main boost in availability for low-level dungeons/trials, however, is due to the Duty Roulette. Players can get extra rewards (tomes if they're on a level 50 class, GC seals and extra XP if they're still leveling up) if they let the Duty Roulette choose which dungeon or trial they'll run next, and its first priority is to finish off groups for every dungeon someone has queued specifically for. These extra rewards are available at least once a day for anyone, more often if they can fill the currently most-needed role (which is usually tanks, occasionally healers). This encourages even players who have passed that content to keep going back to it, so newer players can get complete groups.

Is the group finder tool cross server?

There are actually two different group finder tools, so the answer is both yes and no.

Duty Finder, which you use to enter dungeons and trials, will match you with people across all the worlds in your data center if you queue there with less than a full group. Ultros, for instance, is in the Primal data center, so you could be paired with people from any of the Primal data center worlds (Behemoth, Brynhildr, Diabolos, Excalibur, Exodus, Famfrit, Hyperion, Lamia, Leviathan, Malboro, Ultros).

Party Finder, which lets you get a bit more specific as to what sort of group or run you're looking for (and isn't limited just to joining dungeons) is server specific.

[Moqi]

Lvl 50 players will still run low level dungeons as the Roulettes give you tomes instead of exp once you reach the level cap, which are a currency used for all sort of things in endgame, so you'll frequently see lvl 50 in low level dungeons. No need to worry about that.

Party Finder is not cross server, Duty Finder is.

[MikoMiy]

the duty finder will mach you up with people from every server
and i have found there are a lot of lower lvl people out there and if your having a hard time finding any one you can find a good FC that will help you!!

[SwashBuccaneer]

Great info! Thanks, guys!

Lots of things to try to sort through since I've been gone since the first month. I thought it was a solid game but felt kinda grindy and was getting bored with the constant FATES zerging to level additional classes. Plus the endgame wasn't really fleshed out, but I see so many things have been added via the massive update notes.

I know you guys had said that there's only FC (guild) housing available atm and that 2.3 added the ability to buy personal chambers in the FC Estate--Is there plans to add actual individual character housing and what happens if you join a FC and buy your chamber but you wind up parting ways with the FC?

Sorry for all the questions. I just keep thinking about new stuff I'm wanting to know more about as I read more.

[ColorOfSakura]

Personal Housing and Rooms question

Yes, personal housing is planned to be implemented but it won't be until "around Patch 2.38" according to Yoshi-P. (Basically about 3-4 months from now, right before Patch 2.4 comes out.) They chose to do personal rooms first to make sure that the servers could handle the additional strain of having more instanced zones and the like. That said, it's possible they may delay it. Although I'm certain they want to be able to have personal housing implemented when they do the in-game marriage system that's planned in 2.4.

Private Chambers are currently set up where you can only leave an FC if you "vacate" those chambers. Basically, you have to remove all your furnishings from it and then delete the room before you can quit the FC. You currently cannot be kicked or otherwise removed from an FC if you have private chambers (although this will be changing in the near future.)

[Anova]

I know you guys had said that there's only FC (guild) housing available atm and that 2.3 added the ability to buy personal chambers in the FC Estate--Is there plans to add actual individual character housing and what happens if you join a FC and buy your chamber but you wind up parting ways with the FC?

Yoshi-P has been promising individual housing for a while now, but it keeps being postponed. For now, it's in the works, but no clear time has been stated.

Currently, if you own a private chamber in the FC, they can't kick you out. If you leave voluntarily, you have to empty it of your furniture and you lose the money you put in it. Once the next patch or 2 hits, guildmasters will have the option to kick players out despite private chambers (furniture appears in your inventory/retainer/where ever).

[Moqi]

Personal Housing will come but who knows when.

You can't leave the FC if you have a personal room, you need to clear it from all furniture and dispose of that first. As far as kicking someone with a personal room, I don't think you can but I'm not sure. In any case, you won't get your money back.

[SwashBuccaneer]

Is the Leve limit still in place? I don't remember the exact amounts but before when I played you gained X amount of leves over a certain period of time and then they capped. You wanted to save them up for things later (like leveling your gathering skills).

[Eltaire]

The Leve limit is 99.

But due to the sheer amount of content available, mine is always been at 99. I rarely do leves.

As for Gathering and Crafting, you can fulfil Grand Company request for a large amount of experience. I believe these refresh once a day.

[SwashBuccaneer]

Fired up my sub last night and made a new character on Ultros this morning before work while it was unlocked.

Didn't want to hop into the game immediately with my current character's leveled classes. No idea what he was doing at level 44 and his inventory is a mess! LOL