OMG, I'm hooked! :(
Had a friend who recently quit and she asked me (as they all do) to take care of her ranger and chanter. Now, normally what I do in that situation is move them to my home server (Cazic, in this case). But there was one problem: her ranger and chanter are on FV. She moved them there when transfers first opened up. She raved about the server and how great it is and yadda yadda yadda. So, Sunday, I logged in to get the lay of the land, so to speak.
First off, I had no idea she had finally learned how to make plat. As a person who usually had to be shown ways to support her tradeskill habit (since most of that stuff doesn't sell for much profit), I logged in to find her ranger very well off (by normal server standards). She had stalled at 93 (just short of 94) but her bank was literally full to capacity with the 6th anniversary collector's items. She says she's made a pretty penny off the ceremonial elixirs (there's a strat to it).
Anyhow, I've had no problems getting groups when I want 'em, the bazaar prices don't shock me (raid gear is expensive. Who knew?), but the selection and availability DID. For a server that's supposed to be less populated than the others, FV apparently has all the motivated sellers in the game. Level 85ish stuff that goes for 50k+ on CT was 10-15k or less. Some things were more expensive (common items like Greatblade of the Traitor and such) but those were relatively rare. It also seems that (for obvious reasons) people actively do the "low level" stuff like Ssra named so a lot of items I remember fondly (like Bloodfrenzy) are available and cheap to boot! I've met some really cool folks (and a few a-hats) and I'm actually considering moving my brood there (all 43 of 'em
). Names are probably not available (which is a dealbreaker) but we'll see. So far, I've seen a couple of the regulars here. Sippin (Fourties of Saryrn) and Reyla (or a DE mage with her name), for example. Business might be pickin' up when the rowdies arrive.
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