Basically just an overview of what the server merging will do to transactions, characters, and active characters of the end server. Interesting results are going to happen I am sure. I forsee many problems but not a bad thing to have many more available players to do missions with.
## Server Transactions Characters Active 28 Fairy 4,520,511 53,143 8,559 07 Sylph 4,315,637 48,972 9,218 MERGED 8,836,148 102,115 17,777 23 Kujata 4,267,313 48,525 8,734 08 Valefor 4,120,359 48,178 9,006 MERGED 8,387,672 96,703 17,740 30 Remora 4,450,516 50,897 7,515 10 Leviathan 4,290,741 48,909 9,257 MERGED 8,741,257 99,806 16,772 27 Midgardsormr 4,114,048 47,606 8,458 15 Quetzalcoatl 4,015,314 49,685 9,277 MERGED 8,129,362 97,291 17,735 31 Hades 4,423,073 54,037 8,681 22 Cerberus 4,115,012 47,810 9,297 MERGED 8,538,085 101,847 17,978 25 Seraph 4,354,684 48,324 8,343 24 Bismarck 4,324,417 49,857 9,261 MERGED 8,679,101 98,181 17,604 21 Garuda 4,061,429 46,102 8,714 26 Lakshmi 4,438,590 48,444 9,149 MERGED 8,500,019 94,546 17,863 20 Pandemonium 4,059,185 48,953 9,044 29 Asura 5,235,138 64,928 10,992 MERGED 9,294,323 113,881 20,036
This data was updated on: Thursday, March 18th, 2010 @ 01:00 Eastern. The first 19 servers will more than likely have the largest Japanese population. The servers after that probably have the most North American/European population. Asura being the most popular server as of right now in that group. The population data is from FFXIAH, the server creation dates are from FFXI Wiki.
Created May 16, 2002 ## Server Transactions Characters Active 00 Bahamut 4,570,655 64,572 9,745 ^ You cannot create new characters on this server. 01 Shiva 4,441,308 57,615 11,559 02 Titan 4,626,662 51,839 9,797 03 Ramuh 4,141,621 47,788 9,279 04 Phoenix 4,259,089 59,306 12,354 ^ Most Active Characters. 05 Carbuncle 4,179,498 51,742 10,375 06 Fenrir 4,455,520 56,562 10,856 07 Sylph 4,315,637 48,972 9,218 08 Valefor 4,120,359 48,178 9,006 09 Alexander 4,432,481 53,816 10,049 10 Leviathan 4,290,741 48,909 9,257 11 Odin 4,808,375 68,474 10,107 ^ You cannot create new characters on this server. ^ Most Characters Overall 12 Ifrit 4,458,367 51,899 9,723 13 Diabolos 4,270,003 51,388 9,980 14 Caitsith 4,055,968 48,846 9,479 15 Quetzalcoatl 4,015,314 49,685 9,277 ^ Least Transactions 16 Siren 4,230,063 52,092 10,383 17 Unicorn 4,365,844 50,356 9,750 18 Gilgamesh 4,188,985 52,736 9,981 19 Ragnarok 4,187,320 57,236 11,337 TOTAL 81,958,290 1,072,011 201,512 Created November 06, 2002 20 Pandemonium 4,059,185 48,953 9,044 21 Garuda 4,061,429 46,102 8,714 TOTAL 90,078,904 1,167,066 219,270 Created November 07, 2002 22 Cerberus 4,115,012 47,810 9,297 TOTAL 94,193,916 1,214,876 228,576 Created December 19, 2002 23 Kujata 4,267,313 48,525 8,734 24 Bismarck 4,324,417 49,857 9,261 TOTAL 102,785,646 1,313,258 246,571 Created March 13, 2003 25 Seraph 4,354,684 48,324 8,343 ^ Least Characters Overall 26 Lakshmi 4,438,590 48,444 9,149 TOTAL 111,578,920 1,410,026 264,063 Created June 10, 2003 27 Midgardsormr 4,114,048 47,606 8,458 TOTAL 115,692,968 1,457,632 272,521 Created October 07, 2003 28 Fairy 4,520,511 53,143 8,559 TOTAL 120,213,479 1,510,775 281,080 Created December 09, 2003 29 Asura 5,235,138 64,928 10,992 ^ Most Transactions TOTAL 125,448,617 1,575,703 292,072 Created October 07, 2004 30 Remora 4,450,516 50,897 7,515 ^ Least Active Characters. 31 Hades 4,423,073 54,037 8,681 TOTAL 134,322,206 1,680,637 308,628
FFXI Total Players, All Servers: 1,680,637 Characters (+31,473 change from 01/01/2010),/ 308,628 Active Characters (-2,081 change from 01/01/2010).
^ Doesn't count those that haven't accessed Jeuno Auction House, level 20 and below possibly.
Aion Total Players, All Servers: 56,110 Active Legions (+10,225 change from 01/01/2010)
^ Taken from Aion's main website. The Live Status reflects the number of legions per side. Hard to say how many characters per legion and whether or not it's total number of legions or active legions. Will look for Aion population information on the side though.
World of Warcraft Total Players, All Server: 5,926,249 Characters (+495,853 change from 01/01/2010)
^ Taken from Warcraft Census website, doesn't include people lower than level 10.
Edited, Mar 18th 2010 1:05pm by Excenmille