Server Merges?

[John Doe III]

May be the holiday season but recently and still, I have noticed there is hardly anybody on the server. I am on Ragnarok^^. I have 3 jobs I flag for, each seperate levels, and when I go to search for members there is between 0-12 people on. That being within 1 level blow and above my job. Is anyone else experiencing this? Did that ban recently really have a major impact on our population(sadly)? Do you think SE should merge population of servers and or allow players and their friends to switch?

[Icemage]

Re: Server Merges?

It's just the holidays. People travelling, doing shopping, etc.

Things will get back to normal in a couple of weeks.


Icemage

[Caspian]

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Also, what level are your jobs? I recall in the last census that jobs 40-65 were the fewest out of any level range. (I maybe be off on the precise range, but it was right around there.) Infact, there is something like 30 or 40% of the population with atleast one lvl 75 job. The number of jobs 70-75 lfp is huge compared to any other level. A lot of that has to do with meriting and not going any farther in level, yada yada yada, but it shows you if you have a job in that mid-upper level range, it is very tedious trying to find enough people for a party. Whenever I do /sea all I still get over 3k people virtually all of the time during the week, with a sizable increase on weekends.. Atleast on Fairy, server population at any given time has been pretty static for the last couple years.

[Mhurron]

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It's always like that after an update that effects jobs unless you're searching levels 73-75 then you might have problems finding people. Also I always hated trying to level around holidays since too many people were either away or had a lot of free time to play and scheduled something specific.

Incidentally once I got to lvl 51+ there was only ever 12-14 people lfg. It's not really that odd.

[Kirsteena]

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We recently had 4.5k on our server - which is the highest I have ever seen....

[Dark Raz]

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Holidays and stuff no worries, if there ever was a server merger..I pray to all things holy my server doesn't get merged with Hades, Remora or Asura T_T

[hongman]

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I would 33+ its definately harder to find a party- for me anyway

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Incidentally once I got to lvl 51+ there was only ever 12-14 people lfg. It's not really that odd.

Those levels are always like that, its where the newer players get stuck at G1 and kinda drag people at 52-53 to level with them, then there's the people stuck at 55 doing the same to people 57-58. Meanwhile tanks and refreshers just blow right through these levels with no trouble. I've played all three refreshers and two melee through these levels - COR, RNG and BRD breezed right through.

The holidays would make that situation all the more pronounced.

[Kirsteena]

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A lot also depends on the time of day you are doing stuff. EU prime time is always a slow time...

[John Doe III]

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Bleh, on all day every day. The job range was 49, 57, 62. Was just curious.

[little ninja]

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Bleh, on all day every day. The job range was 49, 57, 62. Was just curious.

This game seems to be on its last legs when i think about it. Alot will say its due to the holidays, But a few months back i posted how during NA prime time range. My server didnt even get much higher then a total population of 2100 peeps. An when it got into JPN prime time, the numbers were around the same.

I know i been like you with 3 different job ranges. An struggling during the week to get pick up pts, or make my own. An i tried during all 3 major times, NA, JP, an EU,

Honestly if you remove afk players from the server youd probably only have 1000-1500 max

[Icemage]

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That's not unusual though - the reason there's fewer players LFG in the mid-ranges is that at least half of the player base that has already hit 75 is doing something other than levelling secondary jobs. Those people are hunting HNM/Assault/Dynamis/Limbus/Salvage/merits 95% of the time, which takes them effectively out of the levelling pool.

What does this mean? It's harder now to form parties than it was a few years ago when everyone was pushing through as a "wave" since people have more alternative activities screaming for their attention.

I don't really see this as deterioration in the game, merely shift in focus. It's bad for newer players, though, and I'd like to see Square-Enix step up to the plate and address the requirement for 6 players in a party to earn decent XP. It definitely is turning into a problem finding people who need to gain levels.

This brings up an interesting idea I have, but I'll post it over in the Ask Square-Enix Questions forum.


Icemage

[LyonheartLakshmi]

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For the mid levels, it only seems like there's only a dozen players at your range playing. But when you finally settle into a camp, that's when 18 other players show up right next to you. It's really odd...

[Jei]

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I guess a lot of players just set up statics.

[dirtyclown]

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For the mid levels, it only seems like there's only a dozen players at your range playing. But when you finally settle into a camp, that's when 18 other players show up right next to you. It's really odd...

They're kinda like roaches.

I can remember back when this game was in it's prime (4-5k on at one time) and I'd do searches for people in the high 40s low 50s, and get the same result of 12 or less people on. It's been like that since I can remember.