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I thought Pheonix had an explosion of players and growth?

And Sure, I'll concede starting from scratch isnt easy... but it's not supposed to be easy. And the people that are established and have connections did so over long periods of time. I'm simply saying put your best foot forward and work with people if you want to build something

Yeah, it got locked down, and the population is dropping fast. Most of the players are very new players who are taking the game very, very slowly. People who get a 99 job then go to level another job and do not end up with a geared job. They are going through the stories very slowly over weeks/months and are unlikely to ever even reach the point of doing end game content in a consistent group. I'm in multiple linkshells to help people when I can because I'm a geared person who is knowledgeable about the game, but these people are not ready to jump into Sortie, Odyssey, etc. People end up quitting before they get anywhere in end game because they had their fill, and move on. I helped a newbie white mage as their teacher for gear, how to play, etc, and he quit the game before he got into actual end game content healing. So many people just ask to be carried through content, and get upset if you tell them they need to purchase their spells, cap their skills, and fix up their gear.

When you do find people that are 99 and have been playing for a bit, you find people who do not swap gear and are very against doing it, people who play their own way and ignore any other suggestions, people who are very very slow and afk constantly so they are not suited to doing end game content, and so on, and so on.

There are end game people and groups, and I have been doing some Sortie runs (4 boss, 6 boss, even 8 boss), but only as a sub. I still have not touched Odyssey bosses outside of a single v0 clear on Bumba/Mboze because there are no groups or people to do it with. I am actively searching and attempting to get into consistent groups, but it is quite difficult with no tools in-game to assist in finding people and all communication happens privately between people. Like I said, I've joined TEN different private discord communities around the game, but am still pushing to break through into some kind of consistent setup to running Odyssey/Sortie. Limbus is a crapshoot, nobody wants to do that.

What you have expressed is what my impression of Phoenix was. I still don’t understand why they locked the servers. The claim was ‘congestion’, but even on Bahamut I haven’t really seen it. The bigger issue was RMT spam, which is down a lot now. Like when ambuscade launched we used to have 45 min waits — I literally have never seen this on Bahamut despite SE’s claims of high congestion. Maybe it’s sortie they’re referring to? Not sure.