Suggestion for EU server (yes it is one of these topics)

[Vanrayne]

hi,

I'm a new player, just started my trial and was wondering about some good english speaking server EU. Would be nice to be populated, i dont want to end up in barrens and from what I have seen it is not an easy task to transfer from one to another.

I was thinkin about either Odin or Phoenix. Since i just started i plan to focus on leveling and dungeons.

I also heard about XP bonuses if I make a character on "recomended" servers, which I'm trying to avoid. I want to make a chill leveling without overleveling an area (this is something that discouraged me from keep playing WoW which has broken leveling system) How is it on FF14 if it comes to leveling? Can't belive I'm saying this but i would prefere some grinding here and there for a change :)

I would appreciate some tips.

cheers

[DrDeezee]

Open world content in FFXIV doesn't really matter so much, and odds are you're gonna end up overleveling the open world zones in older stuff even without an exp boost.

However, all dungeons and trials are level synced, so you never really "out level" them so to speak. Gear can trivialize things, but there are also ilvl syncs at times.

[Vanrayne]

Ok thanks for input. What could you suggest in regards to servers?

[DrDeezee]

Unfortuantely I don't play on EU so I can't really give a good suggestion.

Though I can say that server choice is a little less important than it used to be since they introduced cross-server party finder, which eases the burden on finding a group for the more dififcult end game stuff. They've talked about possibly adding cross-server linkshells and free companies (guilds) down the line, as well.

[c0ndu]

Odin / Louseux / Omega / Ragnarok these are definetly english. Can't vouch or the other.

[Haiween]

All servers are populated by people capable of english so any server is viable. Shiva is considered the unofficial german server and Moogle the french server though you'll find a lot of english speakers even there. Population-wise Omega/Louisiox are the fairly newer servers on the list and Lich/Zodiark have a bit less active people but still active enough to still find people to play with. Be warned though you might not find the starting cities too alive since most of the activity happens in the high level places so dont get disheartened by it. Once you reach the higher zones you'll see it yourself. The dungeon/raid finder is cross-server so server doesnt matter much if you're not already partying beforehand with friends etc. The european datacenter has the least amount of servers than us/jp datacenters so every server is fairly populated. Any server will do fine in my opinion.

[PG]

Moogle is predominantly French, same for Shiva with Germans. Other servers are mostly English. Louisoix is the most populated one. If you've got no preference there, I'd suggest moving in with someone who's willing to show you the ropes. There're plenty of people on these forums who'd be willing to, myself included.

[Wraithverge]

A few years, ago Cerberus seemed to have lot's of French, too. Don't know if it's still that way, though.

[c0ndu]

Heard Lich is french / german or as well.

[xyz]

I've spent hundreds of hours on Ragnarok, Zodiark and Louisoix each in the past 12 months.

Odin/Ragnarok = Legacy Servers, most players are end game focused but there are noobs. market is pushed towards endgame
Lich/Zodiark = considered once noob-centric because noobs were pushed here before Stormblood came out so there is lots of earlier on players.
Louisoix/Omega = New servers set up for SB. Lots of players migrated. Lot of Variety, US, Australians, different Europeans
Shiva = Unofficial German
Moogle = Unofficial French [These two might be mixed up]
Cerberus = Very raid focus
Phoenix = Between Odin and Cerberus in terms of activity.
Omega = also unofficial RP --> EU equivalent of Balmug, at least thats what people tried to make it.

These are from what people have told me and my own experiences.

Do know that Square are trying to balance server populations evenly compared to the past so there are people starting on all of them compared . Consider the XP bonuses too.

[Vanrayne]

Thanks for info guys, I have picked Phoenix server, hope it will work out :) Btw if something won't work out and I ll figure it out a bit too late, there is a way to transfere from one server to another right?

[PG]

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Thanks for info guys, I have picked Phoenix server, hope it will work out :) Btw if something won't work out and I ll figure it out a bit too late, there is a way to transfere from one server to another right?

There is, but it costs about 18 euros.

[Moridin]

Yeah Phoenix is a good english server for EU players. some of the area's can seem a bit empty, but there dose seem to be a decent number of beginners.