(03-10-2015, 10:50 AM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: I just hope that it'll be easier to find reliable groups for future content. I've noticed that European players in particular tend to get screwed over quite a bit when it comes to finding opportunities to tackle some of the higher end content due to time zone differences, a scattered community, people being in completely different social circles and existing raid groups generally being filled up very quickly.
I'm not sure how big the EU raiding population is on Balmung but I will say that for most groups on Balmung, I hope that you can work with mostly -weekday- 5pm-Midnight Pacific groups. Outside of those times, you will need to find a much more dedicated group that can work weekends and most serious raiders will not want to raid towards the end of the week.
One of my friends from UK area was extremely upset and left the server for a few days because of something similar. His times meant he was more available for very late night weekdays and early/other weekends. For more casual-not gungho progression groups this was fine. There was major miscommunications between the members of the raid group: Some thought of it as just for fun, not very serious raid progression while he and others wanted it. They died to the same things for weeks and those who were doing it for casual fun weren't taking the advice of those logging in early on someone else's alt just to help. Those who wanted that progression were extremely discontent. When the other people who wanted that progression found it, the group fell apart rapidly. The raid times because of his location did not help at all either.
But it really depends on how you want your progression. Weekend groups tend to be more laxed so it's a matter of finding them and putting yourself out there, which I know may be difficult.
On the other hand, I have a Scot friend who has managed to clear t13 and raid regularly with NA players so I assume he's found a way to play with NA times. Hell if I didn't know he was in Scotland I'd have thought he was an NA player @_@;
