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Hello and Welcome to Mateus! If you go to the Free Companies tab, there are a couple of Free Companies, within the Mateus tab, as well as the other tab. Browse around, find what works for your character idea! Also, in terms of connections, I myself have an LS, so if you'd ever like an invite IG, just send Yara Lyehga or Feu Izanami a tell and I will get you set up!

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Gotcha! I'll take into account what I say more. Last thing I want is to make it seem like i'm trying pit sides or cause drama. I'll keep a look out more! Sorry once again ^^; On a side note, Mateus is growing quite quickly! Happy to see so many new players joining the server ^^

As fresh Mateus native I personally appreciate any effort to promote the server because more RP for everyone means more RP for me, but this is not the attitude we should be presenting, much less on forums that are so heavily tilted in Balmung's favor at present. Many people who have been helping us here are from Balmung, or are Balmung people rolling alts, or they've moved / will move entirely but still understandably have a soft spot for their original server. Really, people, stop saying things like this. While I've never played on Balmung, I have seen a lot of it due to the person who got me into this game being from there. Mateus is neither better (let alone "WAY BETTER") nor worse. It is different. Let's stop this ridiculous server rivalry trend. Balmung needs Mateus or when it opens again people will flood their server and they'll be right back to the issues they're having now. Mateus needs Balmung if it has any hope of ever having plentiful, varied events and FCs -- though I understand some people would prefer to be an oh-so-exclusively sandbox, but well, I'm not talking to those sorts. I'm afraid you'll just have to learn to share. The focus should be "Welcome to Mateus!" not "lol Balmung suxorz amirite?" To anyone reading this from Balmung who is now concerned about joining us, this is not the prevailing attitude at all. I and many others welcome all of you and have nothing but respect for your server. I just want to state that my intention isn't to say Balmung is a horrid server: In fact I really enjoyed it. But I also want to say that I have had my fair share of bad experiences as well on there. On Mateus I haven't had a bad experience. I'll edit accordingly to not make it sound condescending because that isn't my intention. I wanted to stress the fact that the RP here seems to be a bit more centralized around serious themes versus ERP. That being said, I am here to make RP flourish in any server on FFXIV. I like RP, I support RP. I have no reason to make people think RP is a bad thing on any server. But I do know there is a group of people whom want to get away from the Balmung community because of how toxic some of the groups can be. Not saying everyone on Balmung is horrid obviously, just trying to encourage people who feel like Balmung is their only option to come and try out something that could be a potentially better experience for them. No offense, but how long have you even been on Mateus? The fact you immediately point to ERP gives me the impression your opinion is highly bias since you've already jumped to stereotypes. ERP is nowhere near as prevalent nor do people hound you about it. I get some tells if I idle around Ul'Dah but even those aren't a big deal usually. All that aside, your overall sentiment differs little from Gilgamesh. They tried promoting a rivalry-- an alternative to the cesspool that was Balmung. It wound up alienating like-minded people aka other roleplayers who felt insulted. The inevitable drama that kind of mentality fosters slowly drove people back to Balmung while Gilgamesh roleplay collapsed into itself. The road to hell is paved with good intentions What you're doing is precisely that; good intentions that could lead to alienating other roleplayers who don't want to be apart of a community who does little more than take jabs at how much better they are than Balmung. If Mateus is to succeed, it absolutely needs to do so without those idle jabs. Yes, your experiences on Balmung may be bad, but bear in mind your experiences are also entirely subjective. Simply put, frame your recruitment strategy positively. People like to hear good things, especially about a server they may consider making a character on or transferring. What Balmung is or does shouldn't even be a thought. As I stated up above and apologized for, my intention is to not make Balmung seem like a bad place. As I stated before, I was on Balmung for quite a long time and really enjoyed the community, and the ERP aspect didn't bother me there as well. I was trying to give examples of comparisons because I am talking to a vast group of audience members whom may be seeking different reasons for leaving or staying or what have you. I'm not trying to compare honestly. Mateus is going to be a different experience than Balmung, and vice versa. No need to compare, so I see where you're coming from. But I definitely do not bash Balmung in conversation. At the most I may mention the que times just for casual talk, but it's not any jabbing. That's not my intent, and *again* I apologize if I am somehow making Balmung seem like this ultra horrid place to be.

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I think a good portion of people leaving right now, are tired of the overcrowding on the server, as well as the absolute lack of housing available. I took a step back the other day when it took me 30 minutes just to get into early access. It dawned on me I wouldn't be able to ever get a house on here if the ques were going to be like this. Took me a long time to decide though... Balmung will always have a place in my heart. As far as rp community, it's rapidly growing as we speak. I see more and more RPers running over to Mateus each day I log on. The LS I have made is gaining members, and I am apart of a couple other LSes that are full of rpers. Plenty of FCS as well!

My personal experience on Coeurl was that there is not really many RP communities to be found, albeit maybe one or two RP FCs. I'd recommend if you're looking for a growing RP community to try out Siren, Faerie or Mateus. Mateus is the one I chose and I am honestly happy with my choice. Very nice experience so far.

Please Delete, thank you.

I'm personally sticking my guns to Mateus for now. I went over there on an alt, saw how things were before I made my leap. Funny enough, I saw your poll the other day, saw how much love Mateus got, and went to the server to see how quickly it was growing because of it. I've honestly already have fallen in love with the place, so much I transferred an alt early to buy a house in case the housing got bought up from transfers. I didn't even think Mateus could have not been mentioned on the free transfers option, but in my mind the free transfers being on Mateus is a golden flag being waved around to be yelling "TAKE YOUR LEAVE." I love Balmung. I made a ton of friends there, had a blast with some FCs, but this gives me the opportunity to help a smaller community grow to the glory Balmung is today. I'd love to one day go to Ul'dah's bar and see it bustling once more. I enjoy the prospect of seeing how the grass is on the other side. Gonna keep an alt on Balmung just in case, but I am honestly happy with my move so far, and look forward to seeing how it grows come SB early access release.

Yeah, personal houses are covered fine. (I linked the same post in an edit to my original reply earlier) FC estates just don't get to play by those rules yet since you can't actually transfer an FC at this time. One day, SE will probably change this and it'll be all good. No idea when yet though. From what it sounds like they wish to do this sooner than later. I really hope that is the case so that others whom wish to try a new server but do not wish to uproot everything they know can do so without any repercussions. It's hard to uproot a solid foundation, especially when you've been there for a long time, have close friends, etc. I totally get that. So here is to hoping Yoshi-P makes it simple and easy for FCs to transfer if they so desire to do so.

This is, as of today's post by SE, absolutely wrong. FC's do not currently transfer at all. There is no current FC transfer method. FC houses are not reimbursed. Estates do not currently transfer at all. Personal estates are reimbursed. This is something on SE's wish list but, ye gods, fact check your stuff. I already changed it to where It was you getting reimbursed for your estate. If you read the entire answer, I messed up the first part but later go in to say you get reimbursed for your estate. I forgot to edit the first part when changed that from the statement posted by Square. Again, apologies. It's still a bit wrong. You don't get reimbursed for an FC estate currently at all. Best way to handle it is to probably sell the estate (or the FC in total) have the FC lead transfer with the gil and start the FC on the new server again. It sucks, but currently you lose all airship progress and the FC needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. (read: grind to rank 6 to buy a new FC house) I just want to quote something verbatim from the SE site (http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/54b16fc0f43a225bb4d72b9e28f136e7c4fe2596) stating this so correct me if i'm wrong but: Bonuses for owners of personal housing/apartments Personal housing Reimbursement for the full price of the estate, plus compensation of 3,000,000 gil for non-recoverable furnishings Please apply for a World transfer after removing your estate hall and furnishings, but DO NOT relinquish the land. If you have relinquished the deed to your plot, you will not be eligible to receive the bonuses outlined above. Apartments Reimbursement of the 500,000 gil price, and compensation of 500,000 gil for non-recoverable furnishings Please apply for a World transfer after removing your furnishings, but DO NOT vacate the apartment. If you have relinquished the rights to your property, you will not be eligible to receive the bonuses outlined above. Now at the end it does list this: "We plan to continue introducing new incentives and updates following the release of 4.0, including bonuses to accommodate the transfer of entire free companies and free company housing." so for now yes, FCs are getting a bit shafted, but they ARE reimbursing individual houses and apts with the intention of said quote above. Hopefully airships and ranks can be salvaged once they figure that part out.