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Much like Balmung gets touted as the most popular and where most casual gamers tend to go (especially RP wise), Chocobo is the 'community favorite'.
Balmung isn't "touted" as the most popular server. It IS the highest-population server. It is also the best RP server. There is no connection between Balmung and it being touted as a haven for casual gamers.
I'm not sure what you mean by Chocobo being a "community favorite," unless you're talking about the hardcore raiding community. It's certainly not the favorite JP server -- that would be Shinryu by an estimated 3k subscribers. And the Bahahut and Tonberry servers are virtually equal in size to the Chocobo server.
The only thing that makes Chocobo unique is its "strong" demographic of raiders -- and that demographic is still pretty dang weak. Only 10 percent of Chocobo's population has cleared A4S, and only 28 people (assuming no alts) have cleared the current raid tier.
When your big, bad raiding community can fit inside a school bus, that's a problem.
There's literally no comparison between the Chocobo and Balmung servers regarding their popularity among the JP and NA playerbases. Balmung is WAAAAAY bigger compared to other regional servers.
I think you're just cherry picking to bolster your flimsy argument. The data backs me up.
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People that care for progression aren't touching Goridas Savage when you can CRAFT BiS 220 pieces that's more than enough to take you to A8S. So put your white knight cape aside for a minute and think logically: If you didn't touch Shiva Ex when it was the prime way to get ilvl 120 bracelets, would you go back now and do it specifically for the gear?
You don't need to clear Gordias to access Midas Savage, there's LITERALLY no reason beyond bragging rights and a mount to clearing A4S now.
You don't need to clear Gordias to access Midas Savage, there's LITERALLY no reason beyond bragging rights and a mount to clearing A4S now.
All of this is irrelevant.
Since the launch of ARR, SE has been creating these hardcore endgame raids that wrap up with abysmal completion rates. The vast majority of the game's players around the world never get to complete this content.
That's a HUGE problem. And for some reason, you seem hell-bent on defending SE for continuing to implement these raids. And you're accusing me of being a white knight. Oh, the irony!
And by the way, that section I bolded... ah, nevermind.
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It's been 3 years and supposedly they still to this day keep creating raiding systems.
So, answer your own question for me.
So, answer your own question for me.
I asked you first. Let's hear it.
(pssst.... The smart thing for you to do would be to take a deep breath and back away slowly... maybe stop digging yourself into an even deeper hole.)
/em picks up the mic and drops it again.
Edited, Apr 26th 2016 1:56pm by Thayos