How is Crystal data center?

[Saefinn]

Balmung has been great for RP, I moved here from Gilgamesh aaages ago. But as folks are saying world visit is such a huge benefit to RP. Then add crossworld linkshells and fellowships, which RP communities are using, it's easier to keep in touch with the community as a whole. There's also Discords for the Crystal data centre dedicated to RP as well as a service that advertises RP social events happening each day in a week. Balmung and Mateus are the bigger RP servers, but I've RP'd with people from Malboro and Goblin. There's loads of RP fellowships out there too and many you can join at once.

The data centre itself, in terms of the quality of people, I've not noticed a difference when Balmung moved from Aether to Crystal, most people I come across are nice enough.

I think if you're RPing on Balmung you're less likely to encounter trolls simply because the majority of people there are RPers, those who aren't don't tend to be a-holes about it and it has been the unofficial RP server since before 2.0 was launched so it has meant people who don't like RPers for the most part have long since left. I don't know what Mateus is like for it in comparison.

Also, due to the population of places like Balmung and Mateus, queue times aren't all that bad in my experience, but I play all 3 roles, so the experience is lesser in 2 of the roles.