So, here's a chance for us to explore the culture of other servers. Do you have a lot of helpful people, or a lot of selfish pricks? Is the top person on your server a douche or a nice guy? What about the top linkshell? What are Jeuno shouts like? How did the mergers affect your culture? Do you have any celebrity players you're aware of? (Bismarck has a Galka named PresidentObama.) How close knit is endgame?
Bismarck wrote:
Bismarck: Today's Bismarck was formed by the merger of Seraph and the original Bismarck population. The two groups clashed initially, although Xaetica of Old Bismarck and I, Catwho, worked with the Dynamis and Limbus shells to smooth things over until SE started ******** with the events and Xaetica gave up. (Xaetica was last spotted in Port Jeuno earlier this week shouting the N-word repeatedly, I think trying to get himself banned.) Bismarck's top #1 player, Voudou, is generally considered a nice guy. So are most of the others in the top ten - I can personally vouch that #4 and #, Raistlinratt and Oldelf, are good people. There are some known jerks that a new player should avoid at all costs, such as Magicomary (I blacklisted him back when we were on Seraph.)
Endgame is split into various cliques and clusters, not all of which are linkshell based. Most players who do not get along prefer to actively avoid one another rather than engage in direct confrontation. There are also various helpful non-endgame and social linkshells. However, we do not have a dedicated "newbie" linkshell like some servers. All "old school" style linkshells have ended in failure. The most popular activity shouted for is pickup Voidwatch, with the occasional Abyssea or GoV exp party or Abyssea NM run mixed in. NA prime time is between 8PM and 1AM EST, due to a large number of CST to PST players. There is also a very large JP population active during JP primetime, around 9AM to noon EST. Many old players from both Seraph and Bismarck are returning and finding their old linkshells broken, and several new or recycled linkshells have made a niche rehabilitating these old players to the new game (NoSephiroth did this before we exploded.)
Endgame is split into various cliques and clusters, not all of which are linkshell based. Most players who do not get along prefer to actively avoid one another rather than engage in direct confrontation. There are also various helpful non-endgame and social linkshells. However, we do not have a dedicated "newbie" linkshell like some servers. All "old school" style linkshells have ended in failure. The most popular activity shouted for is pickup Voidwatch, with the occasional Abyssea or GoV exp party or Abyssea NM run mixed in. NA prime time is between 8PM and 1AM EST, due to a large number of CST to PST players. There is also a very large JP population active during JP primetime, around 9AM to noon EST. Many old players from both Seraph and Bismarck are returning and finding their old linkshells broken, and several new or recycled linkshells have made a niche rehabilitating these old players to the new game (NoSephiroth did this before we exploded.)
Edited, Jan 3rd 2013 11:05pm by catwho