Decline of Servers?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

@Bourne -
Really helpful info, honestly. I wouldn't mind the RP aspect of Balmung; I often do lit-adv.lit RP on forums, so it could be something I could get into. Honestly, I'm most enamored by the idea of transferring to Balmung moreso than the other servers.

I have a question for you, if you don't mind! Do you ever have login ques for Balmung? If so, how often? That was one of the things that concerned me about transferring there. ><

Thanks, love!

Yes, though you can cheese those. Whenever you get a queue, just cancel and requeue. For whatever reason, it'll immediately load you into the game. This only doesn't work after maintenance when a ton of people try to log-in at once. So it's never an issue. ^^

If you're looking to get into the RP community. Check out both RPC and FFXIV Tumblr. Good way to get some networking and meet people.

[Mature]

You are playing at the wrong times. You either Move somewhere else or play at different times. Gl

[Lothian]

Yes, though you can cheese those. Whenever you get a queue, just cancel and requeue. For whatever reason, it'll immediately load you into the game. This only doesn't work after maintenance when a ton of people try to log-in at once. So it's never an issue. ^^

If you're looking to get into the RP community. Check out both RPC and FFXIV Tumblr. Good way to get some networking and meet people.

Thanks very much! You've been really helpful.
Definitely considering Balmung at the top of my list right now!

[LaylaTsarra]

I recommend transferring to a higher population realm. I just moved from Midgardsormr to Gilgamesh a couple of days ago and it's like night and day.

Those servers are way too populated. You can't buy housing there. Why does one think Gilga and Balmung are the only places to live? I have toons there and rarely spend time away from my home server Siren. Cross Server PF is coming as well. Crowded isn't necessarily better.

[Lothian]

Those servers are way too populated. You can't buy housing there. Why does one think Gilga and Balmung are the only places to live? I have toons there and rarely spend time away from my home server Siren. Cross Server PF is coming as well. Crowded isn't necessarily better.

I guess it just depends on the preference. I like lower pop servers in some ways, but I also like seeing lots of people and having a really diverse, broad community. Goblin just isn't that. One could argue that I might be happy in a mid-pop server like Ultros, but eh, I think I'd rather give high pop a try. Adamantoise was mid-pop and it still didn't feel right. I like lots of people, even if it means sacrificing housing opportunities.

[Aramina]

Those servers are way too populated. You can't buy housing there. Why does one think Gilga and Balmung are the only places to live? I have toons there and rarely spend time away from my home server Siren. Cross Server PF is coming as well. Crowded isn't necessarily better.

Not everyone is super interested in having housing. I prefer to be around a lot of different types of people.

edit: I had a house on Midgardsormr but I never actually spent any time in it because it was lonely. I prefer to spend my time in major cities where the action is. If I need quiet time there is always a chamber in an FC house.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Thanks very much! You've been really helpful.
Definitely considering Balmung at the top of my list right now!

No prob! Feel free to nudge me if you do end up on Balmung.

Those servers are way too populated. You can't buy housing there. Why does one think Gilga and Balmung are the only places to live? I have toons there and rarely spend time away from my home server Siren. Cross Server PF is coming as well. Crowded isn't necessarily better.

Keep in mind, Stormblood is adding new housing. So anyone new to the server could blow through the story, get their house and do the story a second time properly if they are so inclined. Regardless, like others have said, not everyone cares about housing. I know for me, personally, I want to feel like the world is lived in. Seeing virtually every city completely dead just feels like I'm playing a game by myself. I know plenty of recent transfer to Balmung from small pop servers who had similar feelings. A friend of mine couldn't get over how different Balmung felt to Lamia just based on the number of people around, especially in Ul'dah and Limsa.

[Amnesiac]

I know a lot of people who jumped from quiet servers onto Balmung and they said it felt like a different game.

Can confirm, I transferred from Malboro to Balmung back in September and I've never looked back. It does feel like a different game; however, with the addition of cross-server party finders, there's less reason to pack up and move servers. Still, if you like being around a bunch of people in the over world, leaving a small server for a bigger one will be refreshing at the very least. I know a lot of players advise against this because they're trying to preserve these smaller servers, but what's the point? I'm for more players coming together, that's why I play a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Square Enix might have to address the number of servers in the future, maybe, if it's even possible to merge servers with housing and what-not.

[Lothian]

EDIT: Nevermind, ignore me.

Anyway yeah - I play MMOs to experience the whole, massive part. Goblin is a ghost town. A lot of servers kind of seem like ghost towns. It'd be better if they consolidated them imo. I'm sure it's not impossible.

[ckc22]

Depending on the quality of party finder once it's implemented - some of these things may change for smaller servers.

Personally I'd be reluctant to go to a smaller server because it's nice to have 20+ things in party finder during prime time. But there are disadvantages too - housing is garbage and now that we know apartments suck and SE has no plans for actually fixing the real issues with the systems it's not going to get better.