Final Fantasy XI

Is there enough people to find groups at low levels?  Is it worth starting now?

Originally posted by scott21493

Is there enough people to find groups at low levels?  Is it worth starting now?

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/213004

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/210180/page/2

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/208802

This was from the first few pages.  Should probably read through the posts.  I know it's not as fast as just getting a straight up answer but could stop it from being repeated if people searched the posts already exsisting.

I restarted two days ago.

I am currently level 15 red-mage now, and I had to solo most of time. I did find a few English players who refused to form a party. Japanese players, however, were willing to party. Communication wasn't great though.

In short, there are barely anyone in low-level area. You are pretty much on your own.

Good luck.

Originally posted by kakari

I restarted two days ago.

I am currently level 15 red-mage now, and I had to solo most of time. I did find a few English players who refused to form a party. Japanese players, however, were willing to party. Communication wasn't great though.

In short, there are barely anyone in low-level area. You are pretty much on your own.

Good luck.

Did you flag up while you were solo'ing?  Did you attempt to make an exp party?  I never am alone in a low area leveling a job for long without seeing even someone.

If he can find japanese people up, that mean he doesn't play on prime time with US players.

My play time is generally from 10pm to 2am if my mood allows after coming back from work. I live in Toronto, Canada, so my time zone is similar to New York.

And, yes, I did flag myself for auto-group. I was also constantly monitoring to see if anyone was willing to form a group.

During past two days, I received one invitation from a Japanese player and have found three Japanese players of my level-range who were looking for parties.

I have also come across two players who were unlikely Japanese (This is a mere guess by their replies. Their replies weren't canned messages.) They were hunting in the same area as me, so I attempted to form a party. They basically told me to "bug off".

Originally posted by kakari

My play time is generally from 10pm to 2am if my mood allows after coming back from work. I live in Toronto, Canada, so my time zone is similar to New York.

And, yes, I did flag myself for auto-group. I was also constantly monitoring to see if anyone was willing to form a group.

During past two days, I received one invitation from a Japanese player and have found three Japanese players of my level-range who were looking for parties.

I have also come across two players who were unlikely Japanese (This is a mere guess by their replies. Their replies weren't canned messages.) They were hunting in the same area as me, so I attempted to form a party. They basically told me to "bug off".

i have the opposite experience. My whitemage has to decline several party invitations sometimes. I'm only in the teens-low 20 still so I don't know how it is higher level. But once i hit 10 invites were flying when i put my flag up. My first time turning on my flag at level 10 I literally had about three different groups asking me to join them 5 seconds later.

Which server do you play?

I should move to your server because, as far as I can see, it is not looking good on Odin.

Odin is THE biggest server. It's so big they are having free server transfers away from Odin because there are so many people. With all the people I've seen on forums that want to start playing ask what the most populated server is (Odin of course), it's a surprise you wouldn't have many people to group with at low levels. Apparently, people seem to think more people in a server is the only qualifying factor for joining it which means jack.

Servers like mine, Kujata, which people have left to go to servers like Odin. Funny though, I didn't have a problem getting parties when I leveled two jobs to 37 over two weeks.

Originally posted by Satimasu

Odin is THE biggest server. It's so big they are having free server transfers away from Odin because there are so many people. With all the people I've seen on forums that want to start playing ask what the most populated server is (Odin of course), it's a surprise you wouldn't have many people to group with at low levels. Apparently, people seem to think more people in a server is the only qualifying factor for joining it which means jack.

 

Servers like mine, Kujata, which people have left to go to servers like Odin. Funny though, I didn't have a problem getting parties when I leveled two jobs to 37 over two weeks.

QFT.  This is exactly what i've preached on these boards.  Going to the most populated server can be bad when looking for groups too. Because there are probably 25 other White Mages in your range.  And dont select "Auto Group" you want to flag up looking for party.  And noone parties in the starter area.  Only in Valkrum Dunes area.  I would reccomend leveling to 15, then making your way towards the Dunes. (Use prisim powders and sneak oils if you dont have invisible and sneak yet).  Also, find a linkshell.