Regret transfer from congested world

[Dreamsoap]

I'd like to try my hand at Savage raiding, is it really impossible to find groups on Crystal?

This isn't like WoW where you raid with a whole guild. You only need to find 7 others, it's easily doable. It just means there's less interest in raiding overall across the general population.

[Conundrum]

https://www.gamepur.com/guides/best-...al-fantasy-xiv

What orifice did that person pull those server descriptions from?

[MPK]

https://www.gamepur.com/guides/best-...al-fantasy-xiv

That's actually pretty good! There's literally no reason to not be on Aether unless you're actively looking for a dead datacenter.

[Myrany]

I want to point out my observation on Crystal being "carebear."

My main is on Zalera(Crystal) and I have an alt on Jenova(Primal I think). I have been leveling WHM on both characters. I can say without a doubt the folks on Jenova are FAR nicer and more understanding when I screw up than the ones on Zalera. One tiny mistake on Crystal and you will be hit with the most abusive garbage trash talk. I am not even talking about someone dying. I mean you just didn't keep some DPS fully topped at all times because it will regen itself between pulls. So yeah mileage may vary on the carebear front.

[Shougun]

. . .server reputation in regards to skill.

Crystal's miner guild brings all the cats to the yard...

[Kes13a]

Absolutely not a "hate on Crystal" intention. My ONLY beef was the shock of going from a server where, even when an area was packed with people (Limsa, for example) I had no lag or disconnects to transferring to Mateus and logging in to an immediate lag freeze followed by 90006 disconnect. I honestly have zero knowledge of the reputation of each world/server. I don't normally hang on on forums. My apologies.

not sure if its been mentioned, but all the data centers for NA are in the same place, so, what area of the world are you connecting from?

[Kahnom]

If you’re midcore players then Primal DC is your best bet.

[TaleraRistain]

I mean certain servers have different reputations. Faerie and Gilgamesh are usually good servers for people who want to play the game at higher tiers. There are definitely a couple servers on aether that stand out though. I always likened Jenova to Balmung for example.

Not really surprising since when Balmung and Mateus were on Aether, Jenova was like the #3 RP server on the Data Center. Then they both got split off onto Crystal.

My main is on Zalera(Crystal) and I have an alt on Jenova(Primal I think)

We're on Aether, but yes we are a friendly bunch

[TaleraRistain]

The main problem you have is...

"Calling your characters toons"

That term has been used since MMOs started. Before, if you want to get specific. It's only the new kids on the block who weren't around back then who think it's some shameful thing.

[Cojika]

I recently transferred off aether as well to crystal. My regret though is how the content is tackled. In my experience thus far being on crystal, there is a huge skill gap compared to aether. Everything feels slower now. People don’t seem to try as often. Its hard to explain unless you’ve played on both datacenters

I noticed the same thing when I've been used to Primal. I didn't transfer, just made an alt on Crystal.