I started ranting to Mason about this in IM but realized I probably should just say it here instead. :3 I honestly do not understand all these attempts at strategizing which server is going to have what groups and how populated they are going to be. This is a free open beta in the calm before a ton of high ticket games get released this fall. Of COURSE every gaming community & their granny is going to be trying out FF14. Chances are, at least 50% of them are also going to be gone by the time CE is out on shelves.
Along with FFXIV at the end of September, all of these games are set to be released within the next few months:
Halo: Reach
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Fable 3
WoW: Cataclysm (maybe/possibly)
Fallout: New Vegas
Call of Duty: Black Ops
And 4Chan? A threat? Really? They have the collective attention span of an adolescent goldfish. It's highly unlikely that they are going to stay together as a huge group on one server beyond open beta.
I apologize if this is coming off as overly snarky, but I just do not see the point in wasting so much energy making newsroom updates about who is going where when really, the server populations are going to in all likelihood look completely different come Sept. 22. If we really want a server that is more low-pop and easier for everyone to access, IStory (TM Apple), Kashuan, and Ghysal will probably be our best bets, for the 300 or so of you who haven't voted yet. But who knows? Maybe at the last minute a bunch of linkshells will have the same idea as us and rush Kashuan.
Along with FFXIV at the end of September, all of these games are set to be released within the next few months:
Halo: Reach
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Fable 3
WoW: Cataclysm (maybe/possibly)
Fallout: New Vegas
Call of Duty: Black Ops
And 4Chan? A threat? Really? They have the collective attention span of an adolescent goldfish. It's highly unlikely that they are going to stay together as a huge group on one server beyond open beta.
I apologize if this is coming off as overly snarky, but I just do not see the point in wasting so much energy making newsroom updates about who is going where when really, the server populations are going to in all likelihood look completely different come Sept. 22. If we really want a server that is more low-pop and easier for everyone to access, IStory (TM Apple), Kashuan, and Ghysal will probably be our best bets, for the 300 or so of you who haven't voted yet. But who knows? Maybe at the last minute a bunch of linkshells will have the same idea as us and rush Kashuan.
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