Why is 90% of our server in Uldah?

[Ventus]

There is a grossly disproportionate distribution of players across the 3 major cities in the game. Gridania is a ghost town and Limsa feels only barely better =/. Then if I ever do a r40 leve in LL or Grid I see NO ONE but myself. Go to uldah and there is crowds of linkshell members and what not.

[MHB3000]

The only reasons Uldah is popular is because its the middle city as well as where the current main story line takes place. Im from gridania, and will go back once they fix the black shroud. Ill go as far as saying that, LL is the best looking city and surrounding zones, but Uldah at the end of the day is still the central hub.

[shots]

The only reasons Uldah is popular is because its the middle city as well as where the current main story line takes place. Im from gridania, and will go back once they fix the black shroud. Ill go as far as saying that, LL is the best looking city and surrounding zones, but Uldah at the end of the day is still the central hub.

I am from Ul'dah tis my home city. But 3000 nailed it. People hate going to grid due to the black shroud area, no one is there, no market wards really exist due to no one being there I don't think many people do leves out there either. LL is ok, I'll go from time to time, I just can't deal with the fact that the whole thing is like a straight line with branches. Makes it hard to get around town. Ul'dah is just ideal, market wards are packed, in the middle of LL and Grid, and has the most people doing leves and getting ranked up.

[Neogohan1]

Yea, I hate the fact that Uldah is the middle one as well, considering the desert scenery, I wish Uldah was lush forests and grid was the desert.

[Zacko]

Yea, I hate the fact that Uldah is the middle one as well, considering the desert scenery, I wish Uldah was lush forests and grid was the desert.

Some of us just like desert

[Obeadius]

I kind of find it a plus that everyone uses a common HUB too meet, since there are no /sea all or decent search functions, eventhough this does limit players from exploring. Also (from what I have seen) our server doesn't utilize the party search function. So the best way to have a pick up party is to either shout in Ul'Dah or just ask people that you know or random people that you can find around your lvl.

Once they implement a better way of getting around (chocobos,teleports) rather than anima I think that will also spread out the population. But until they do implemnt something like a decent /sea function or flag system, i.e like FFXI then I think it is all in our best interest to try and stay in one city to save anima, time, and frustration. In my opinion

Also, once an expansion comes out that unlocks new cities or what not, my guess is that most players will be migrating to those new areas to make room for new players just starting out in the original cities. But I don't think that will be happening for some time. Just have to give it awhile

[Kaisersose]

With the release of Grand companies I believe there is going to be a spreading out of the server. whether by mandatory starter city allegiance or (hopefully) by natural spread. (it would be REALLLLLY lame if everyone on the server was part of the Immortal Flames...) I personally plan on returning to Gridania with the release of the Grand Companies. You guys better believe I plan on trying to get some of you to come with me back to Gridania hahahah

[glassalice]

With the release of Grand companies I believe there is going to be a spreading out of the server. whether by mandatory starter city allegiance or (hopefully) by natural spread. (it would be REALLLLLY lame if everyone on the server was part of the Immortal Flames...) I personally plan on returning to Gridania with the release of the Grand Companies. You guys better believe I plan on trying to get some of you to come with me back to Gridania hahahah

I went back! I went back to join the Adders and then... first quest... they sent me back to Ul'Dah!!! D:

I find it a bit sad too though, how dead Grid is especially. It's my favourite place actually (*legasp!* am I allowed to say that?) and it's where I started. I don't find it hard to get around - not any more so than anywhere else - but it is a looooooong run to Ul'Dah and I agree with a lot of ppl here that you'd be shooting yourself in the foot to base in Grid since anima is the only sane way to jump to other cities as needed.

Also, Market Central is Ul'Dah. If you're looking for items, it's the place to go.

[Kintypoo121]

I was asking about this too, i feel the same, Ul'Dah is really bland, but LL is almost dead and Grid, well the puzzle-like roads are annoying there, but it is pretty.
I hope the introduction of Chocobos will spread us out as already said, but i'm also hoping that the creators add some other reasons to explore the two lesser used cities, like maybe some unique quests that have rare drops or even some NM's with rare drops...saying that i went to Grid yesterday to kill an NM that had a nice drop, but left for Ul'Dah after it'd been killed

[GoinGray]

Yeah i noticed that LL was almost dead, ive not been on for a while and when i logged back in yesterday it was quiet. I was worried that ppl had left the server. I do like the look of Uldah but definatley reminds me of good old Jeuno from final fantasy XI. I ve not really travelled anywhere else, need to go out to Grid, not been there yet so cant comment on numbers there.