Anybody else having party problems cause of the new expansion?

[Clever Ninja]

On Hades, many areas are always packed. The Dunes being one of them. I'm leveling my lvl16 NIN there yesterday, and I notice it's pretty empty; empty enough to not start my own party even(*gasp*). I message a few white mages I know, and they're all in the new expansion areas waiting for Beseiged, or doing Assault, or just standing aroung in Whitegate. The Dunes itself was dead. I said whatever, Majin Gakure'd myself back to Jueno, switch to my 33 WAR and thought I'd level that. There was only ONE party in Garliage Citadel. One. They were all in the same LS, so it was probably a static.

Anyway, anyone else notice the drop in party people in all non-ToAU areas? I might have to go level BST if this keeps up :/

[Suteru]

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On my server, 99% of dunes parties are something like PUP PUP (normal job here) BLU BLU COR

[Clever Ninja]

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One party I actually was able to get into yesterday was BLU MNK PUP COR NIN(me) BLM/WHM. We went to the beach to fight Snippers, and after 2 one of the BLU's decides using Battle Dance when 2 Pugils around was a great idea. It goes off, we wipe. Great fun there -.-

[Slaneyder the Tiny]

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You're definitely not alone in this department, it seems. While the Dunes and Jungles are packed with lowbie new jobs, good luck finding a tank or a healer.

Even previous jobs are suffering. I was lfp on my blm for close to 3 hours today. For the job, that's high.

[Etra]

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I'm not having problems at all with the new expansion. I've only waited about 4 hours for a party during the day (weekdays) on my COR. But, I was studying for finals while waiting. So, it worked out well.

However, I've had more of a problem with Xbox players. I've gotten soooo many blind invites it's just insane. Not to mention, because it's Valkurm Dunes, people go for quality over quantity EXP. So, we fight IT. Rest for 5 minutes. Fight another IT, rest for 5 minutes. Rinse and repeat. No chaining what-so-ever. :| Luckily, though, I've just gotten my gun so I can start being the puller. /gg

Oh, and Dunes was always a "dead" area. Most people have a lot of their jobs at least up to 20 by now.

[Darkhound]

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On kujata things are starting to get more stable, but yes... the dunes and the jungle are packed with the new jobs and lowbies. On the other side, if you can get a perma to party that would be awe3some

[Wertyone]

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My experiance has been different. I used to be lfp for an hour or more on my ninja because I was one of 15 or 20 tanks lfp in my level range. Since the expansion, every time I log on with my ninja I get a tell within 10 minutes asking if I want to party and I don't even have my seek flag up yet.

I have been using ninja tools faster than I can afford to buy them. The only good thing is that I had an insane HQ rate three days ago with my clothcraft mule and pulled in enough gill to cover me for the next 4-5 levels. I don't know what I'll do when that runs dry.

I hate to have to spend time farming or crafting when the invite rate is so high. I know it wont last more than a few weeks. After that the newness of the expansion jobs will fall off and more people will go back to leveling their previous jobs, and more tanks will be available. ;;

[Darkhound]

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Well, take advantage of it while it lasts!

[Lambeaus]

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On Ramuh, Quifin is PACKED with BLM/COR/PUP

[Levencarby]

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I was LFG as a 40 BRD for over an hour a few evenings ago before I gave up and did a quest with some LS members. There was a grand total of 4 people LFG including myself. It seems most players are either in the 10s-30s or in merit parties.

[Darkhound]

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Give it a few more weeks, and I am pretty sure things will stablize a bit. The one thing i am sure of is, that jeuno wont be the placed it once used to be!

[DaSantis]

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My experiance has been different. I used to be lfp for an hour or more on my ninja because I was one of 15 or 20 tanks lfp in my level range. Since the expansion, every time I log on with my ninja I get a tell within 10 minutes asking if I want to party and I don't even have my seek flag up yet.

Agreed... for a Damage Dealer, this new expansion is just the thing for me.. Used to be days or weeks with no invites, now I'm getting them so much that I have to turn 'em down..

[Darkhound]

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I am taking my second job to 75 - that being BLM- and it is not that easy to get parties. There is still alot of rush for toa going on atm. So i am being patient and i am trying to make my own parties.

[x1ang]

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Out of curiousity and slightly off-topic, did anyone notice that there were not that many new players off the 360 release? (As in completely new, not system-changers, etc). I've seen a few, but so far most of the population at Valkurm and whatnot are people just levelling the new jobs. It might just be me >.>

[Darkhound]

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Yes, at least on my server, there are close to NO new players... is this the same for the rest of the servers? Does somebady know for a fact if there was a decent wave of new players?