Quote Originally Posted by Hysterior View Post
For the servers I am really torn. On one side I am in a server where my friend is and I already started questing/levelling and not really keen to start again, on the other side the server have less people and seems to be mostly European so as I am in Japan it might be hard to find parties...
not really sure what to do... they will move the servers around for 2.0 anyway no?
no clue... haha
Everyone seems to say that we will get an opportunity to choose new servers once 2.0 launches.

Staying or moving is a tough decision! ... but a few things you might consider:

- Much of the higher level content requires full 8-person parties. The R45+ instanced dungeons still require 4 to 8 people. So even if your friend is there, if you cannot find other people online during your time then you may not be able to do the content.

- The higher level White Mage quests (or any other job quest) are also a bit difficult and it really helps to have more people in your party.

- Is your friend in the Japan time zone as well? Any chance you can start again together?

- Higher population servers (even if not in your time zone) have more active economies and market wards.


Do you speak Japanese?
If so, I think all the servers have a robust Japanese player base except for Ragnarok which was designated as the French/German server.