Best servers for Australians?

[EternalAmbrosia]

Hi everyone,

I have a quick question and I wasn't sure where was the right place to post this so I've posted here... .anyway...

I am wondering what server should an Australian join? I am currently on NA Leviathan but was wondering if there is a specific server for Australians or what the large majority of my fellow Aussies play on?

Thanks in advance.

[KaosKeith]

Tonberry is the unofficial english asia/oceania server, you will find a lot of australians there

[Apoptomon]

It depends on your priorities, really. Like Kaos Keith said, many AUS/OCE/SEA players dogpiled onto Tonberry (JP datacenter). As a result, this is more likely to have an active primetime, but is popular enough that it may be hard to get onto (not sure about that tho).
The main alternative, for people who want an entirely EN player base, is Behemoth over on NA datacenter. Between the two continents ping/latency makes no difference, so your choice is mainly chat language versus world activity.

[savageink]

I think Tonberry is locked. Since the NA servers are located in Cali now, you might want to test a trial character on NA and JP to see which gives you a better connection these days.

[Enkidoh]

As said Tonberry is the unofficial Australian/NZ/Oceanic server, unfortunately, because of that SE has now classed it as a 'congested' server meaning all character transfers and new character creation is locked on it, so sadly that is no longer an option for the foreseeable future I'm afraid.

Time-zone and geography wise for us Aussies another JP server is (on paper at least) the best option for an Australian player, but there is the possible issue of language difficulties, although a lot of JP players can read and write English reasonable enough (I used to play on Ridill, a JP server, and I made a number of JP friends there who wrote and read English very well).

Your best bet really is just find what server is available at this stage and see how suitable it is for you.

[EternalAmbrosia]

Thanks for the help everyone. I suppose my main concern is finding a server which is active at reasonable hours for Australia. Sucks that Tonberry is closed, Guess I might try my luck on a JP server.

[Anera]

Gungnir is same data center as Tonberry there are some Australian over here too and is unlock. if you choose to come to Gungnir I can hook-up with other AUS but you have to hurry it soon it will be lock

[Ash_]

Come to Asura, we have a smaller english community than Tonberry but there are 2 decent english FC's that do everything including raids; CALM and DMZ. Join CALM though, our members regularly help out with those who are leveling or need advice.

[Darkstorms]

Since the server moves its gotten better than it was on the NA servers for me , probably most non southern hemisphere people would consider it bad but it is definitely playable. I tried Tonberry for a bit just before Stormblood came out and whilst it was slightly better connection i would much rather play on an English data center than have a slightly lower ms.The only time i really get frustrated or notice it that much is when an enemy casts a really fast attack i see the red on the ground and move out but still take damage ><.

[savageink]

I just did a quick google search and it seems Behemoth on NA and Masamune on JP are considered secondary to Tonberry. since Tonberry is closed they might be getting a boost lately.