Server Survey: Trying to answer "Best Server"Follow

Answered 3/4; see my comment on the "when is prime time" one for why I didn't answer it.

I only chose the server in answer 2 because I have two friends on there and if forced to move I'd want to go be with them.

seems like an interesting idea with the polls I voted in each good plan rate ups and hopefully no more "What server!!!!!?!?!?!?!? :D" threads.


P.S. if it does stop the what server questions you should be guru'ed for it

I really really don't mean to sound rude but this won't do anything at all. It's IMPOSSIBLE to say which server is the "best" since that varies by opinion.

A better idea would be to have different quirks that each server might have. For example:

PvP Server
-Fenrir
-Lakshmi (JP time only iirc)

Campaign Server
-XYZ
-ZYX

and so on and so forth.

Maybe even have lists with what server has more people from a certain time zone. What server has more people from X country. So on and so forth.

I just don't like the idea of naming ONE server the "best" since it's such a subjective term. Fenrir is the best for me because it does PvP actively but Bob over there might not give a **** about pvp so it's just an average one to him.

Probably because Pikko created a bunch of socks and voted 8 times.

Here's how one should decide the server they join:

1) Do you want to play FFXI?
-If yes, Go to 2
-If no, go to... wait, why are you reading this?
2) Do you have friends that play?
-If yes, go to 3
-If no, skip to 4
3) Do you know what server they play on?
-If yes, see Resolution 1
-If no, see Resolution 2
4) Do you want to ask someone?
-If yes, go to 5
-If no, see Resolution 3
5) Do you have specific requirements such as population, main language/playtime, etc?
-If yes, see Resolution 4
-If no, see Resolution 3

Resolution 1)
Join the server your friend(s) play on. If you have more than one friend, on more than one server, join the server with more friends, or withthe friends you like more, or flip a coin or something
Resolution 2)
Find out what server(s) they play on, and then read resolution 1
Resolution 3)
Pick the server with the name you like the most, they're all about the same. Don't join Odin or Bismark because they're so over populated that they crash from time to time.
Resolution 4)
If you feel the need to ask an internet forum what server to join out of the 32, you'll get biased answers of join my server or don't join my server. You will also cause us much, MUCH irritation, as we have to constantly answer this question, and the answer is the same. So if you still need to ask, See Resolution 3.
Resolution 5)
Ask us anyway, and then whine and complain when we treat you like **** for asking us this question that we're sick and tired of answering. Choosing Resolution 5 has the following side effects:
Dislike, Mild Hatred, Severe Annoyance, Drama Inciting, Lulz inciting, Failure, Admittance of Idiocy and/or Ignorance, Possible inability to read, Failure to Communicate, Rawr, Flames, Fire, Brimstone, Rage, Impotence, Bridge Collapses, Death of Horses, Beating of dead horses, Odor due to dead horses, Whambulance break downs, Snarky comments, Douchey Comments, Face Eating, Facial Melting, Facial contortion, Respiratory Failure due to laughter, Hyperventilation due to rage, and in severe cases, Banishment from the Internet for all of time.

What does WoW have to do with anything? Really? Who cares if it's "PvP ligh"t,some of us enjoy it this way. The job classes are fine the way they are and really you're just going to turn people away from an already dying e-sport.

Anyway, I'm not going to argue for or against it, the way you phrased it should be changed though. If anything you could even link my ballista guide to it and let the person judge for themselves whether they want to join a ballista server or not.

I already did write something up to encourage people to ballista which is why I think you should put it in there so that they get an idea of what ffxi pvp is from someone who actually does pvp.

Although PvP will not be the deciding factor in moving or not, and I DO agree with this, it does not hurt to put it out there that there IS a ballista community albeit a small one. I really don't see the harm in linking to my ballista guide in there other than the fact that your guide is linking to another persons guide which I suppose could hurt ones ego...


Anyway, good luck with your project.

Edited, Feb 16th 2009 9:26pm by Hiswhitewings

Edited, Feb 16th 2009 9:27pm by Hiswhitewings

Only if you want Siren to become the next Odin.

What Exo said!

lol, didn't she move to remora or something?

I'd be tempted to move to another server if I didn't have an awesome social