hello guys and nice to meet you all!Follow

-Well, it's never too late to start the game. They've made it fairly easy for new people to catch up, that being said, there's a whole lot of story and questing ahead of you. Most content in this game is gated behind the main scenario, so that's something to consider if you're not a fan of stories.

-Server wise, Balmung and Gilgamesh tend to be the most active, but have a ton of RP going on. They're very hard to get a character created on, unless you're willing to try at 4am EST. Just check where the data centers are, which will help you choose a server in terms of lag. The NA one is based out of Montreal, Canada. There's one in Japan and one in Europe (not sure where that one's located.) I've never had any issues, but I'm about 1 hour from Montreal. (someone probably knows off the top of their head which data center is located where)

-Job wise, just play what interests you, Ninja's pretty good though some might chime in with what's top notch right now.

-As for end game, there's a few dungeons for "hardcore", Alexander Savage had a very low success rate, though SE admitted afterwards it was probably tuned a little too high. Semi-Hardcore, there's primals which are just one instanced fight that require decent skill to get through. Most of the time the struggle is finding other people with similar skill.

- Yes, the game will survive past 3.2, for those who have been around since the beginning, the game is beginning to stagnate a little, but people just starting though? Tons to do.

The game isn't super gil-dependent, but that largely depends on what you want to be doing. If you're just plowing through the story and leveling up? Nah, you really don't need money to do that. If you're trying to furnish a house? Better have a decent amount of gil coming in.

Don't go to Balmung or that other server -- they're not active as much as they are overcrowded.

Several servers have large populations without being overcrowded. I'm on Hyperion, which is one of those servers. And if you need a FC, mine is very welcoming for new players (we have several right now) and our senior members often help others through the game's various raids and battle content.

You won't really need gil if you're just leveling up and grinding gear. You might eventually, if you want to do the relic questline without leveling up gathering and crafting classes -- but you'll also get gil just by playing the game (there's not much need to spend gil on anything, so you pretty much keep whatever you don't spend on teleports). And when the time comes that you do need gil, there are ways in this game to farm pretty easily.

Welcome!

EDIT: Creating characters on worlds such as Hyperion can still be difficult, but don't give up! SE always cycles the available worlds for new characters. If you try creating on a world and it's closed, just wait a few hours and check again. I've often found it easiest to create characters on Hyperion in the middle of the night or in the early morning.

Edited, Feb 15th 2016 8:43am by Thayos

wow thanks a bunch for the information thayos. Right now i find myselft downloading the trial for the game (going to check if i can handle the graphics, lag, etc) while studying for my finals haha. so i will consider joining hyperion for sure and will hit you up! whats your in game name? ill be on later tho maybe in like 4-5 hours and for sure i will try my best to join hyperion. i want a server that is pretty friendly, but with some semi hardcore people too (i don't like over populated servers tho). thanks!

Edit: Sorry for the double post.

Edited, Feb 15th 2016 12:20pm by Stevow7

Edited, Feb 15th 2016 12:20pm by Stevow7

Just playing the game will gear you up properly. If you care about owning fancy clothes and items for your house/lawn, then ya, gil can go a long way. Balmung is very active in terms of PF, but I do admit, in terms of end game progression, it's pretty bad. Highest populated server with one of the lowest success rates for Coil. Not sure if there's a strong end game server (on the NA side anyways), the JP servers have a much stronger player base (I believe Hio knows more about that).

NP thayos. Also i wanted to ask, i know you said its high in population but like the bottom post said, is hyperion good on end game? like i said im an active player and would also like to do some end game content (don't need to be elitist or anything, just want some good end game content done) do you do any end game atm?

and thanks for the info, right now i can only play NA server since i live in puerto rico and i would lag otherwise.

I am not really an endgame guy, but I often see groups in the party finder doing endgame. Now is a great time to jump inot with the new patch coming.

i downloaded benchmark but when i click it it drops and wont start, but for some reason im playing the game.