FFXIV: A Realm Reborn

[Saki]

us cool people have statics for that :3

I haven't been able to find one. Hell, I haven't even been able to find a FC to go to.
to be fair, though, our server's last jumbo cactpot had less than 1500 people participate

[Saki]

posting in between A4 wipes
send help

[Saki]

So, I used the Owlet and Page 63 minions without thinking of selling them on the marketboard.
A friend of mine was gloating that he bought his Owlet for 1.5m
welp, free cute minion, I guess?

[Saki]

got my A4 drop, spent my day (6+ hours) trying to PF for a bismark ex clear
never even saw a second Corona pop up
i've seen people die in every manner possible
i've seen it all!

[Salamence20]

Bismarck EX is the worst.

3 different parties in 3 hours.

DPS loses everytime.

Seriously its either a bard who doesnt know how to bard or a summoner who doesnt DPS enough.

We had:
182 BLM
181 MNK
181 DRG
176 BRD

Guess what!? The parser showed DPS in order was: BLM/DRG/MNK/Tank/Tank/BRD

FOR FUCK SAKE

[Salamence20]

Also ISO a new FC.

The old one I was in is dying and Im just staying with a few friends, until I find something

[Saki]

shameless advertising

So I had a falling out with my FC
That was the last thing tying me down to that shithole of a server so I'm gonna start looking elsewhere for a static/FC

reddit post

/shameless advertising

[Saki]

Bismarck EX is the worst.

3 different parties in 3 hours.

DPS loses everytime.

Seriously its either a bard who doesnt know how to bard or a summoner who doesnt DPS enough.

We had:
182 BLM
181 MNK
181 DRG
176 BRD

Guess what!? The parser showed DPS in order was: BLM/DRG/MNK/Tank/Tank/BRD

FOR FUCK SAKE

I've actually had the least problems with the DPS checks since everyone's so damn overgeared lol

my problems were
healers who didn't grab dragonkillers << the big one, idk why
tanks who lost aggro to everyone and everything BUT the thing that they're supposed to swap
people who walked off the edge to "dodge a tornado"
people who stack in the middle for every weather mechanic (and still get hit by the dynamo thing if it's wind, lol)
or parties that focus the caster add first and let the melee adds just wreck the island

On the bright side, though, I did get to see a third Corona phase. I was the only person alive, but w.e

[JDodge]

<<Ayyyy>> over on Gilgamesh always be recruitin' but we aren't a raiding FC if that's what you're looking for (still in the leveling process, as we get more to offer we'll open more and more with the hopes of being a medium-sized social FC)

Come be a part of the revelAyyyytion!

[Salamence20]

I always dedicate myself to DK's, because I have trust issues with other people forgetting them.

Plus ppl dont know how to use the generator

[Salamence20]

Another day, another fail party of not killing the dragons fast enough.

[JDodge]

Another day, another fail party of not killing the dragons fast enough.

~COME~

~TO~

~GILGAMESH~

[JDodge]

just remember that gilg party finder groups were clearing bismarck ex

in early access

[Salamence20]

Isn't Gilgamesh a loaded server?

I may take you up on that offer because I have nothing better to do.

[Salamence20]

How much does it cost me to move my life to Gil?

[JDodge]

Isn't Gilgamesh a loaded server?

I may take you up on that offer because I have nothing better to do.

Gilgamesh is one of the highest-population servers in the game, yes, but the important thing to understand is that Gilgamesh is to FFXIV what Illidan and Sargeras are to WoW - the endgame raiding server.

A lot of Gilgamesh's growth has to do with an influx of talent from Ultros, which was for a while an endgame place-to-be; this occured due to the move of Collision, which was riding the high from world first T6/7 and world second T8/9. They decided to move to Gilgamesh to take advantage of a larger talent pool (Ultros had gained a reputation as a "dying server"; in reality, the Ultros community's clique tendencies and insularity did itself in). This put both Collision and Death and Taxes on the same server, meaning that by the time FCoB rolled around, Gilgamesh had the world #2 and #3 FCs on it. This lead to a further influx of players looking to progress who were frustrated with their progress elsewhere - this did mean an influx of bads, but for the most part it was an influx of players who were legitimately good at what they did, but unable to get by elsewhere.

Transfer cost is $18. You're welcome to join my FC (Casual Encounters <<Ayyyy>>) either temporarily or permanently. If your endgame goal is raiding, I have contacts within (and prior to us founding Ayyyy was a member of) Ascended, which is an FC that sprung up as sort of a revolt of several members of CL over CL leadership's treatment of their member base outside of their main raid(s).

[Salamence20]

Hmmmmmmmm............

I'll let you know. I do need a new look at life and frankly, Mateus, the world I am in, is boring and dying.

[JDodge]

I've been across four servers in my time playing. The first, Zalera, was pretty much completely dead and not really worth staying on. I made friends with one of the leaders of the top raiding FCs on Ultros (in fact, the top at the time) and transferred over to join them. I stayed on Ultros for over a year due to having friends there, but eventually the static I'd made and kept running for around 7 months with very few changes decided to split up and go our separate ways due to a T13 wall. I left the server after being recruited by the then-top FC on Hyperion; I got my T13 cleared in my first night of running with them (still have the VoD), but the group I was in split up due to drama. Both halves dropped out of raiding with the FC, but all 3 parties (the two halves of the group I was in and the FC itself) wanted to keep me. I declined and moved to Gilgamesh to join Ascended, since my friend who brought me to Ultros in the first place was the founder of it, in addition to knowing a large portion of people in it from my own stint in Collision.

I'd say that out of the four I've been on, Gilgamesh is by far the best server of the four - Ultros has a lot of great people who I miss dearly, but no opportunities. Hyperion is extremely cold in terms of atmosphere - you are your skill, and nothing else. Zalera is dead. Gilg is vibrant, active, and mostly friendly - there are massive cockbags here and there, but for the most part people are willing to help each other out a bit as long as you're capable of doing the stuff on your own as well (you won't get carried unless you're paying, but people are plenty willing to help out if you've proven you can carry your own weight).

[Iecerint]

Gilgamesh was fun when I was there because everyone was gay.

[Salamence20]

Does Gilgamesh have wait times to log in?

[Salamence20]

Gilgamesh was fun when I was there because everyone was gay.

There was this guy in our FC who was gay and would never shut the fuck up about it.

[JDodge]

Gilgamesh was fun when I was there because everyone was gay.

Yeeeah, my group kind of accidentally ended up being something like 5/8 or something similarly absurd (although to be fair it started out as something with me and my friend who I met through the /r/gaymers LS over on Ultros). It's a refreshing change of pace since I was the sort of "token gay" in every group I've been in up to this point. Gilg's community is all really nice and inclusive people though, was a nice change of pace from Ultros' LGBT community which mostly seemed more interested in creating an in-game version of the high school microcosm from Mean Girls than actually being a community.

Does Gilgamesh have wait times to log in?

Nope!

Gilgamesh was fun when I was there because everyone was gay.

There was this guy in our FC who was gay and would never shut the fuck up about it.

Plenty of people who are straight and never shut the fuck up about it as well. In my case I could probably be viewed that way due to my sense of humor - I have a natural tendency to push limits with my humor (I'm going to get beaten up or worse one of these days, I can about guarantee it), but nothing is meant by it.

I can agree that someone who allows their only personality characteristic to be "I'm gay" is probably exceedingly annoying though unless it's for humorist purposes, much in the same way that someone turning into any stereotype and proclaiming that they are that every 20 seconds is as annoying.

[JDodge]

Actually an amendment to that nope - there were during HW release, and usually there'll be a queue that can 90% of the time be skipped (Cancel and re-log, and you should log in instantly - Ultros is a mid-pop server and has the same issue). Basically any time there's going to be massive traffic there'll be a bit of a queue, but it never lasts more than 10-15 minutes in the extreme cases (which happened I think once during expac release - the norm was 3-4).

[JDodge]

Gonna put together a new list of character names/servers/etc. for MS since the first post is pretty outdated. Post here with lodestone link to be added, going to comb through tomorrow to add everyone who's already posted and all the people in the first post (would tonight but have raid in 45 min).

[Salamence20]

Ill join you then.

Whats your FC's name? Ill apply tonight/tomorrow