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RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - moody - 07-04-2013
(07-04-2013, 02:14 PM)Black Wrote: I didn't care if I got my name in the credits: I just wanted to support S-E because they've shown such character during this reboot...and the discount and Chocobo doesn't hurt (Well, I haven't seen it yet, not having a whistle, but hopefully it is waiting for me...)
Hehehe. I'm not even a legacy player, just a 1.0 character.
That means that I should get the alternate 'survivor' stuff but no discount or fancy choco
The initial game was horribly broken. I'm glad it improved so much, but by then I was busy with other things irl like 2 departmental changes at work (both promotions happily), homeschooling my daughter through a remote learning school district for a year because her local school is so bad and then making sure she got into a better school and finally a magnet program for a still better school, and all of life's other little emergencies. So I missed legacy. Not happy with how the program was handled all in all but not so upset that it really bothers me and I'll enjoy the hell out of ARR and consider it awesome that I don't have to repurchase it.Â
Of course, if I had a maxed out character I'd honestly be raging at SE to let me delevel it to zero so I could play the new game (because really, it's a new game at this point) fresh and as it was meant to be experienced. That's just me though, and I completely understand the flip side of the coin. I also know that the economy honestly doesn't matter in FFXIV: ARR in the way that it mattered in either FFXI or FFXIV 1.0. Quest drops honestly work. It will require some inventory management, but for the most part if I watch my quest usage and keep a level 1 basic set of gear I should be good to do all classes at a slightly sub-optimal gearing without the player economy if needed.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Nel Celestine - 07-04-2013
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Gil wise, I don't see what the problem is for new players. Everyone's gil from 1.x has been slashed DRAMATICALLY. Those with characters coming back have one tenth of our original funds. Also, there will be many MANY more gil sinks now. There wasn't so many in 1.x Housing, something that won't be a major factor in the game will be pricey. I am also sure there will be many MANY more gil sinks in 2.0 as well.
Gear wise, unless you want dated gear which is stat-less or the White Ravens, you aren't missing out on anything there. There are so many NEW pieces that we're all (everyone, legacy and non) excited to get our mitts on them.
So, either way, I wish the best of luck to those who choose to start on Gilgamesh. Just please do it because you want to start there, not because of endgame reasons. Endgame will always change and get easier as the game progresses. Endgame is not always RP. Endgame is content grinding.
That is all.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Orlog - 07-04-2013
Balmung here. I honestly have no interest in going anywhere else.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Zyrusticae - 07-04-2013
(07-04-2013, 12:45 PM)allgivenover Wrote: They are doing this.My bad. I thought I read that they were slashing it by 10%, not to 10%.
That makes concerns over rolling on a legacy server even more irrelevant...
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Spiritual Machine - 07-04-2013
Balmung is where the community is. It's kind of as simple as that.
Admittedly, the only thing I "don't like" about the idea of rolling up on Balmung is that people will be a much higher level than me from the start. My new character will be catching up to others in the community. That's purely a PvE (and possibly PvP) concern though, I suppose, and in time it probably won't matter. Both servers will no doubt have a notable non-roleplayer population.
In terms of the economy, I've seen how easy it is to get gil in the beta, and a taste of how many gil sinks there are. I'm not too worried about the economy.
I think people who are interested in remaining on Balmung aren't even interested in their characters, because they can remake them now with new customization options anywhere else and, level and gil aside, be in the same situation at launch.
Folks would be silly not to play through all the new content from the start of ARR anyway, and I'm sure many of them will.
I feel like the appeal of Balmung is most that that was the RP server before and there aren't many good reasons for old players to stray. Up until Gilgamesh and Behemoth were named as alternates, it was where all the roleplay had established itself. If SE had allowed non-Legacy people to roll on Balmung in the beta from the start, I wonder if things would have been different now...
In any case, if you discount the numbers of those saying they'll be on one server or the other, the only good reason to pick one server over the other is if you have friends going to one or the other. That's how it seems to me, anyway.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - FreelanceWizard - 07-04-2013
I really didn't want to post in this thread, but I wanted to clarify one thing:
(07-04-2013, 07:04 PM)Spiritual Machine Wrote: Admittedly, the only thing I "don't like" about the idea of rolling up on Balmung is that people will be a much higher level than me from the start. My new character will be catching up to others in the community.
Since XIV 1.x had, at most, maybe 60k players, while 2.x beta has over 900k at last report, I think it's safe to say that new characters on Balmung will dramatically outnumber old ones. Also, apparently less than 5% of XIV characters had a single job at 50 (although it's safe to say many of those 60k did), so they'll still need to level.
Plus, the old ones with everything at 50 will still have Arcanist to pick up.
So, I wouldn't be worried about not having people naturally at your level to play with. Just looking at this thread, you see more people with very low level legacy characters or new characters rolling on Balmung (*waves* me too!) than who have a bunch of 50s.
(07-04-2013, 07:04 PM)Spiritual Machine Wrote: ...the only good reason to pick one server over the other is if you have friends going to one or the other. That's how it seems to me, anyway.
Bingo.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Momoji Momochi - 07-04-2013
I don't speak for anyone but myself, but I'll be on Balmung. Since the original warriors of light are supposed to be part of the story, it would feel a bit odd if they weren't around.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Averis - 07-04-2013
(07-04-2013, 07:04 PM)Spiritual Machine Wrote: Admittedly, the only thing I "don't like" about the idea of rolling up on Balmung is that people will be a much higher level than me from the start. My new character will be catching up to others in the community. That's purely a PvE (and possibly PvP) concern though, I suppose, and in time it probably won't matter. Both servers will no doubt have a notable non-roleplayer population.
There are actually quite a few people from 1.0 that are starting over with a new character. Also not all people from 1.0 got to 50. I only got to 20. So I think there will be a mix of new and old players leveling from the start.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Alexandr Nocturne - 07-04-2013
Well, I barely got out of the starting gate with XIV, and I think all of my friends in our free company are totally new to the game, so there are actually going to be a good number of new players to mix in with the vets.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Y'sehr - 07-04-2013
I will be going to Balmung! Gotta dive right in, ya know?
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Savarah - 07-04-2013
(07-04-2013, 08:45 PM)Gerhard Quillarts Wrote: I don't speak for anyone but myself, but I'll be on Balmung. Since the original warriors of light are supposed to be part of the story, it would feel a bit odd if they weren't around.That is a very good point that never crossed my mind. I believe my decision has been made. Onward, to Balmung! (I pray for all of you there, maybe my coming will populate Gilgamesh a tad moreÂ
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RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Uther - 07-04-2013
I'm just going to say that, while I harbor no resentment toward Gilgamesh and wish them the best of luck, I'm new to this game and this community and I'm going to Balmung. I've already found a handful of roleplayers who have made me feel more than welcome in their group, and I don't see joining a legacy server causing any more problems than starting any other game a few months after it's been launched. To me, there was never any issue about this. Good luck to the Gilgamesh players, and I hope to interact with the rest of Balmung's RP community soon.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Black - 07-04-2013
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RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Twinflame - 07-04-2013
Going where the RP is. (Balmung)
Concerns over Legacy servers will not be relevant in a few months, so I wouldn't make a decision that would lessen the RP I have access to for years based on something that will affect my leveling and PvE experience for a relatively short amount of time.
RE: Balmung or Gilgamesh? - Koninbeor - 07-05-2013
(07-04-2013, 03:17 PM)Nel Celestine Wrote:
Orbital Friendship Beam? Roll to disbelieve! Roll to disbelieve!