Hey Pals,

After a couple weeks of rieing a Marauder to the free trial level cap of Level 35, I decided to go all in with a late entry into the ShadowBringers early access. Having a blast and with that I e a few questions with which I'd hoped one or more of you knowledgeable folks might be inclined to aid me!

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Server Selection - So after a little research, I initially rolled on Sargatanas because it seemed like an established place with people who do raid stuffs. I'm not HUGE on Raid stuffs, but want to make sure I'm in a place that I can progress if I want to, preferably via PUG because my many extra-Eorzean responsibilities demand a super casual relationship with FFXIV. Leveling was A-OK with pretty short queues for low level content.

Sunday I created a character on Goblin because it was tagged preferred and I thought that, well lets see: 1. how the XP bonus tastes and 2. what the low level population feels like. Thought it might be fun to grow with a server rather than on one as mature as Sargatans. Anyway, do bonus seems HUGE, but this time around I just skipped quest dialogue because I'd already read it, so that may have contributed a teensy amount to how much quicker I was able to reach roughly the same level (1day vs 2-3weeks). The queues seem to be a LOT longer than inn sargatans though (like 2-3x). I was queuing as marauder on both.

Anyone have any thoughts on any of this? Queue times, XP bonus, PUG progression at le upper echelons of Eorzean adventuring?