Crowded Server Vs. Dead Server

I am currently thinking of switching servers for various reasons but 1 of the main reason is because it feel's like titan is dead. If u look at the database titan has 9k active players vs a server like leviathan which has 16k active players. plus i mean how often do u see a post on ffxiah from a titan player... not often. that being said i have friends on titan plus it costs $$$ to transfer so wanted to know what ppl thought of crowded Vs. dead servers. Thinking of going to asura or leviathan in peticular

Personally, I rather have the dead server. At least bird camps are always open.

Honestly it just depends on if you have a decent ls or enough friends to be able to get things done.

Personally crowded server, as I have experienced both in Bahamut.

A balance between the two, about 1200 people is best.

Enough to get things done and campaign without too much competition or death, but not to many that you're fighting over camps.

I wouldn't want to see the server dead...but now that we merged it's so crowded....

Lagging out and d/cing for no apparent reason at least 3 times a day....if i'm lucky only once ; ;

I prefer a dead server. You miss out on some weird ***like low level Exp Parties and Campaign takes a ***dive. But being able to walk out to Valkurm Dunes and be like "Oh hay, I'ma grab an emp pin"! and not worry about competition is sweet (Or was, til Odin Re-opened), or head out after the bots cap their digging fatigue for the day and pull in 250k in an hour at West Altepa. Those days are gone now though.

I have a crowded server.... 2265 people on right now. 9:40PM EST... I miss my dead Remora that was 800~1.2k people online at a time. :s

Edit: Levi sucks. :{

JP midnight there's around 4-5000 people on and whenever I run around whitegate I r0 a lot so I'd prefer around ~2000 on instead.

If Pandemonium was a dead server, than dead server, no question.

I think more poeple is better if you have an LS where people dont wana help to much is good, "shout for mission, wait 5 minutes, full pt" but the lag, the lack of xp/merit camps, the over run farming areas and over crowding of the AH is ***. I dread to think what DA and VoS are like now day 4+.. glad im out of that scene...

You are out of your mind if you come to Levi. I don't know a single Remoran who has actually liked the merge, it ruined everything. Maybe me and all my friends only get run-ins with the bad Levi players but omg there's a lot of them. They ruin the most simple things in /shout groups here, like ISNM. Do NOT come here man.

Well thx for the input u guys have convinced me to stay for now. I hate to think of an over crowded SKY that would suck. and getting a pt and having no where to camp is as bad as not getting a pt at all

carbys aways been the perfect balance for me tbh

cuz you never moved, so you don't know the diff?

Damn Kyri, you look good girl, wanta be friends?

What he said

If you're curious about this, the MMO industry has formulae they use to establish the exact population per zone / area unit that is most ideal for retaining subscribers.

With a server that's too crowded, resources become too scarce and people become frustrated. But with a server that's not crowded enough, there aren't enough people to show off gear to, which is actually the most common reason people play. Without enough social acknowledgement of its worth, the gear loses its perceived value, and the game's motivation illusion falls apart.

It comes down to what's called density of "social interaction nodes," and it's a primary reason that MMO's have forced downtime where you can't move or do anything but talk / check people.

The ideal population coefficient is somewhere in between, and drives most of the design decisions in city layouts, expansions, mergers, and splits.

Well Nic, I'm glad you've decided to stay with us but to be perfectly honest Titan has plenty of active users still on server.

I never have trouble finding an exp party at any level, I typically have 30-40 people online on my Flist at any given time and there are still around 20 active endgame shells to choose from on Titan, even if only about 4 of them do HNMs still.

The Auction house is always well stocked, it can be a pain getting exp camps but you never have to wait more than an hour or so, and Campaign has remained a viable exp option in that it has enough people to take out the NMs and generic mobs that flow into the battle, but not so many that people leave you dead till you HP because you're taking their exp.


Out of the several servers I've played on since I've started, Titan has been the best....with some of the kindest people I've yet to meet in game.