Regret transfer from congested world

[Lexis]

I made a character on Leviathan (Primal) and got a job to 80 with it, then started playing my old Zalera(Crystal) character and it does feel like the overall group quality in duty finder is lower on Crystal. People do seem friendlier though so I'm currently debating which server to play on come Endwalker. I'd like to try my hand at Savage raiding, is it really impossible to find groups on Crystal?

Queue times are the exact same on both servers and I've yet to experience any form of lag so that's not a factor.

[Jeeqbit]

The quality of casual content isn't different on aether really, because most people doing that content are new or returning to the game and don't know what they are doing.

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

It's perfectly possible. People farm extreme and savage on there too. There may be less people interested in it overall but that doesn't mean nobody is, it does not mean that there are no parties and it does not mean that they aren't good enough to clear.

[Kolaina]

The quality of casual content isn't different on aether really, because most people doing that content are new or returning to the game and don't know what they are doing.

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. Each server itself has its own, atmosphere I’ll call it. But data centres as a whole, it goes beyond new or returning players. I just did a Syrcus run yesterday with hardly a sprout. We were just about to enter the phase where u jump from panel to panel. Before that, we wiped 3 times in LotA. “Most fun I’ve had in a long time” was the general consensus.

Crystal as a whole is very casual. Not meant in a demeaning way. Very relaxed. Sometimes scary. (Looking at you Uldah on balmung). They play the content that way too

[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

[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.