Damian

Thank you Kirakira for your thoughtful response. Yeah I will do just that, I made a character on each of the servers in question and I am kinda feeling them out just getting to like level 20 on each one. So far Mateus seems to be a really good fit. It has plenty of people chillin in Ul'dah having fun, and the economy seems better for selling, which makes sense because Balmung has been closed to new players for quite some time. I had a lot of hope for Diablos because the name is badass and they have preferred status, but its very nearly empty compared to Bal/Mat. So my fear is, I put in all the effort to raise an omnicrafter and nobody really wants or needs the things I can make. I guess one factor is housing: I am sure its near impossible to get a house on Bal/Mat but I am so far behind on content I can hardly even fathom something like owning a house anyway. I will be happy with an apartment I can put some aquariums in. My character isn't really a multi-job concept: she is JUST a knight, so I really only plan to level PLD/DRK and maybe DRG just to have a damage dealer but I don't actually like playing dps.

Hello guys! So I had a 1.0 character and left the game, I have come back many years later to a totally different experience. However I have fallen into a bit of an overthinking rut regarding which server to call home. The MSQ being so gigantic and time consuming I do want to make a good choice... I am not a committed role player at all. I am INTERESTED but I also am intimidated and don't know where to start. I like the IDEA of a living city where people are doing things and I have the OPTION to participate, I don't think I would until I have maximum level and appropriate glam to support my character etc. The Crystal Data center doesn't have the best reputation. Anecdotal gossip aside, I compared the numbers of active users and it is the least populated of the three US centers. My main fear is, if I roll on Crystal I won't be able to find anyone to do content with. I was asking some folks in Balmung and several expressed frustration in "nobody running content". I know these things tend to get hyperbolic, but it seems like Aether is the guaranteed way to see all the content the game has to offer. So WITHIN this conundrum is another layer decision: Balmung/Mateus being the active RP servers and not having the road to 70 vs The preferred servers which DO have it. I am not too worried about leveling combat classes but I don't think I will ever be able to level crafting without 2x experience. I am aware that you can jump into other servers if you want to hang in the city: but I am just not sure its "worth it". I feel like I will get sad being on a small empty server and just delete the character. Thank you for reading, I wonder if you have any thoughts regarding this.