[Pirien]

Originally Posted by Omgwtfbbqkitten

How ib FFXI "on the way out" and why do you think more people on a server means getting missions done faster?

I can tell you right now that isn't true. Getting missions done on the Odin server is just as much effort as it was on Titan, if not moreso because people come even more unprepared here. I had to pick up German players on my second go-round on CoPs, they were the only ones serious about getting the missions done and even with the server population it was hard for them to find any fellow Germans and EUs to help them.

Glad I got em on my team, though, it was great.

Since FFXI reached Europe with the release of ToAU we EU players are way behind any JP or NA players. In addition the game was fairly unpopular until the release of WotG here in Germany, there weren't much reviews or anything in gaming magazines.

That changed pretty much last year, there are more reviews and articles about FFXI now, but the game itself is still not to be thought of as a "mainstream" product here. I started FFXI back then when it was released for EU, had a break of 2 years and picked it up again last december. Needless to say that I deleted my old character and had a complete restart, like many others did now that the game is living up and gaining a solid playerbase here in Germany.

So, you will always find some EU players to do missions with, it took us too long to fall in love with FFXI

[Feba]

Originally Posted by TDbank24

So before you go off calling people noobs guys, do your research first. I'm prob one of the least nooby people on these boards. Matter of fact i'll go as far as to say, i'm top 10 best players that ever played this game. I know everything about this game, even in my near 2 year absence, i am still a FF XI Guru.

You make me seem modest.

[Durahansolo]

Originally Posted by raydeus

originally posted by lilithangel
why are all these Potemken clones suddenly showing up now?

ftfy

[Ziero]

Originally Posted by TDbank24

Huh? I assume you're referring to me?

More population = better in an MMO that is on the way out. Like it or not, FFXI could die in 3-4 years. I need atleast 2 years to get to where i want to go before the game even really begins. So hopefully by having a jam packed server that will only benefit me in the xp grinds and mission seeking.

No it doesn't. No it can't. And no you don't. For a guy who claims to know so much, you sure get a lot wrong.

P.S. The average server has between 2-3k people on at a time, that's pretty much the best number you would hope for during peak hours. On Odin and Bahamut, there were times where people couldn't log in because the game was full.

Overcrowding is not a good thing.

[Yellow Mage]

While we're on the subject, I have a single German-speaking friend in the game. She is the only one I have seen in-game who speaks German, and last time I checked, she believes that she is the only German-speaking person on Carbuncle.

/anecdote

[Satimasu]

Originally Posted by TDbank24

Too bad i'm not a noob.

There is a difference between a newbie and a noob. You're showing your noobness right now. A noob would say that an overpopulated server would equal the best server. There are so many things wrong with that, it's ignorant...at least I hope it is.

Originally Posted by TDbank24

Now if i was on some crap server like Kujata or something, there would of been less than 2000 people and i would of never got an invite.

Don't you dare making some kind of statement like that about mine or any other server because we don't have recovery maintenance every other day. I happen to know person who has started this game recently and have two level 30 jobs, and this is on a second character where they had gotten the first one to 18 with a sub, all in like a month. Oh, and I a job to 60 in less than three weeks, and that was with breaks in between. Don't spout garbage if you don't know what you're talking about.

Originally Posted by TDbank24

I know everything about this game, even in my near 2 year absence, i am still a FF XI Guru. Any questions?

I know you would like to say that. I was gone for 6 months and so much stuff happened I had no idea what was going on. You apparently don't know about Level Synch if you say you can't get a party at any level on an average populated server. Please, go ahead and continue to spout off your ignorance mister best 10 ten player ever, we could always use some more ignorant wisdom.

[Mog]

Originally Posted by TDbank24

Matter of fact i'll go as far as to say, i'm top 10 best players that ever played this game. I know everything about this game

Keep thinking that.

P.S. Meet Ospeff, you two seem to have a lot in common.

[Rothy]

Originally Posted by Satimasu

You apparently don't know about Level Synch if you say you can't get a party at any level on an average populated server.

Maybe his server likes him as much as we do here.

[Nuriko]

Originally Posted by TDbank24

No, it's not good that places will be overcamped, NM's will be swarmed, and what not. What is good is that i will be able to find many people xping in my range, and the same people will want to do missions just like me, and theres plenty of them. So let's say on a random Tuesday night, like tonight, i was just on and i searched how many people were online. There were about 2800, on and over populated server that's rather low. I got a party invite as soon as i logged in. Now if i was on some crap server like Kujata or something, there would of been less than 2000 people and i would of never got an invite. It's a win/win and a lose/lose situation at times. Right now, for me it's a definitive win/win. As i'm mainly looking to do things that require a lot of people. So before you go off calling people noobs guys, do your research first. I'm prob one of the least nooby people on these boards. Matter of fact i'll go as far as to say, i'm top 10 best players that ever played this game. I know everything about this game, even in my near 2 year absence, i am still a FF XI Guru. Any questions?

Actually, I was soloing in the dunes on Midgard (one of the least populous servers apparently) and didn't even have my flag up, and I was asked to a PT. I had to go after an hour, but so it goes later at night.

As for you being top 10, with 32 servers that's one person on every third server. Now unless you want to say your name is really Avesta or something comparable...

[Mhurron]

Originally Posted by Rothy

Maybe his server likes him as much as we do here.

Bravo. I mean it, pure win right there.

Originally Posted by Nuriko

Actually, I was soloing in the dunes on Midgard (one of the least populous servers apparently) and didn't even have my flag up, and I was asked to a PT

I was soloing anon in the dunes last week and was invited to parties. I'm also on one of his shit servers too (Kujata).

[Sekighara]

Well I see there has been alot of action on this thread since yesterday and as mog said the second coming of Ospeff.

Over population will cause massive damage to players that can only invest 2-3 hours a day or less. The ah is already showing the effects, I had to take a hit on the AH two days ago just to force brass ingot back up to 10k so i could afford a new g axe. I saw the ingots deplete twice except my single one... Was very depressing.

The dynamis, salvage, assault I don't know much about for over booking I only did assualts before i stopped playing before. But I do want to be fully active in them this time so, might outlook is lookign bleak and thank your for the warnings.

I can say I have experienced the party mashes, where your not just competeing for mobs, but for camps that aren't going to get you killed. Last night the party i was in was over camped ontop of by two parties, we actually had to go nomad, and jump mobs out in the open dunes to finish a levels to disband. Now As mentioned before a creative outlook for making xp parties in places that arent thought of would be cool, but people fear loosing xp, and time so they will hesistate to follow into the unexplorered. As a multiple 75er you must have heard the point ad/or arguement that certain mobs are never xped on because of tp moves, and characteristics make them consume more time, and effort per kill. People like to be safe so unless you can grab people that are fed up with waiting or that always like to try something new you might SOL. But I always was tempted to check out the pre expansion leveling spots and now I have a reason.

But you might not believe any of us until it happens but we will wait and see. Hope you don't ever need another mule though.

[Marconus]

I know this a noobie thing to ask but if I don't want to move I just ignore this right?

[fallenintoshadows]

Originally Posted by Marconus

I know this a noobie thing to ask but if I don't want to move I just ignore this right?

Yeah just ignore it
I'm sure a load of people will take the oppurtunity to move for free so I can't see them resorting to forcing people from the server.

[Sekighara]

Question, I never switched servers through passes before, but if you switch is it like starting all over but with the same job levels. Items, gear, ah pending items and gil stay,well get deleted right?

[fallenintoshadows]

You keep everything you just go to another server, I believe.
Not sure but I think signed items lose their signature..
And you have to change your name if someone on the server you move to already has that name.