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| Hmm... Lets say I'm leveling a White Mage, In my old server, About two years ago, It took me days to get levels because it could take up to six hours to find a group, Even as a healer... Which is what basicly made me quit... |
This depends on when you play, and what level you are, but it's completely possible to be in the same position, particularly if you only LFG.
Assembling your own party seems to help a lot. As I've been leveling various jobs, it's not an entirely rare thing for me to find more than enough people seeking at my level range to make more than one complete party.
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| My question is that are ALL servers the same in terms of how long it would take to get a group? |
Pretty much, yes.
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| As far as the mindlessness of partys, You say that most group really could care less on using Skill chains and magic bursts? Hmm... |
Most players could care less one way or the other.
As I've assembled groups, if I tell the players what their skill chain is, most players will go along with it. If I don't, players seem to just use their Weapon Skills whenever.
This problem is compounded by the fact that Black Mages have fallen into the Beastmaster trap of being pigeon holed as a solo job [after a certain point], and are expected to solo their way to 75. This makes setting up the SC+MB a bit more difficult.
At very high levels parties kill so fast, and many critters are highly resistant to magic, that Skillchains and Magic bursts become inefficient.
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| Well... See, I've also been told that some groups will not take members if they're EXP buff ring is on cooldown... ? Any word on that? |
I've never encountered that.
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| And also : Assuming I did start up again : What would be the best server? |
The one that has a helpful Linkshell that you can join.
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| Are there any ones that tend to be better in terms of people and parties? |
Most of the servers are going to be pretty darn close.
The theory I've seen is that older servers tend to have a heavier Japanese population, the newer servers tend to have a heavier European population. I haven't seen any data that backs that up, but if your online time tends to be in near either of those prime-times, you might want to pick an appropriate server.