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(07-07-2013, 11:19 AM)Clover Wrote: (Please excuse my bad English *bows*).That had been the primary fear between myself and my friends with rolling up on a Legacy server, at first. However, I'm not sure if that's a legitimate concern.
I'm a new Spanish player who has recently gotten interested in the new FXIV. I'm a roleplayer first and foremost, and I've spent the past weeks just dying to RPÂ in this game.
This topic has made me a bit worried as to what server I should join in the end. Initially, Balmung seems the best option; it's where the RP is, after all! I love the fact that many people have been developing their characters' stories for a while; that makes things all the more interesting in my opinion. However, I'd also like to be able to play the game without being crushed by an unforgiving economy...
Oh well. I guess I'll still give Balmung a try if nothing else happens until the release day ^^;
Realistically, as a new character you won't be leaning on the economy anyway. You'll just be leveling doing your thing while the economy evens out. You see, there's always a "crazy" period where new content comes out, or a new game launches, where items that are harder to obtain will be farmed by those who can obtain them and then listed higher than they will be in a month or so.
This will happen on every server.
All high-level people will do to the economy is the same thing low-level people will do: obtain high level materials and list them high. But the demand won't be high, and those prices will even out by the time you care about those items.
You will probably see a lot of "Legcay" players playing level 1 characters anyway, just to enjoy the new content. In any case, I don't expect to see low-level zones empty on Legacy servers, despite the worry. People may be underestimating how many people will be rolling up on every server...
Also, Square-Enix is paying attention to the concern enough that they're severely slashing the amount of money that every Legacy character has.
In other words, while some people don't like the whole Legacy thing, it is not likely that the economy on any server will suffer because of it.
The real question in determining whether you want to be on Balmung or Gilgamesh is this: do you want a large, established roleplay community, or do you want to start fresh in a growing community and see how it plays out?
Balmung is an establishment with (from what I've seen) many helpful and nice roleplayers, veterans of the game, of organizing roleplay in the game, and of running linkshells and events. Many people are already set up to return to Balmung with their linkshells, and many more have decided to go there because it's been THE unofficial RP server for a good long time.
Gilgamesh, on the other hand, will likely have veterans from other games, and will be establishing brand new standards in their community, and brand new linkshells. The community there already has a good deal of support and a growing population. It is a good alternative to Balmung, especially for those who like smaller RP communities.
That's what it comes down to for me, anyway.