I'm currently on the fence about leaving Ship Three for personal reasons I wish to not elaborate on but how things on ships one, two, and four are like? Also I'd like to wish all players whether you represent ARKS, Guardian Corps, Pioneer 2 Hunter's Guild or Little Wing a happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.
One and two are by far the biggest because they were here before PC came out. Three was added for PC beta, and 4 came out after PC release. I'm pretty sure the other ships are only slightly less meme-centric than Ship 3. But there will still be tons of meme-loving people on all ships.
@coldreactive said in Thinking Of Transferring Ship:
Three was added for PC beta, and 4 came out after PC release.
I'm guessing you're calling the 27 May PC release on Microsoft Store "PC beta" and the 4 August release on Steam "PC release", but this would still contain an inaccuracy so I'll neutrally state the timings involved either way:
Prior to PC release, it is known that Ship 2 was more populated than Ship 1, and that Ship 3 had a relatively low population. At the height of what in hindsight was a rather remarkable PC release launch spike in May, all 3 ships were increased to 138 blocks and all still filled completely. It is presumed that Ship 3 had the greatest proportion of PC players of the three ships simply because it had the most space to fill; the market prices of content whose generation ceased before PC release also suggested a much more drastic difference between supply and demand, corroborating this.
In the months following the end of the PC release spike tailing off, multiple people observed that Ship 1 and Ship 3 were indistinguishable for block populations* (and also for the expensive forms of content - rare drops, desirable AC pulls, etc). Yet during that time and to an extent persevering beyond it, there remained a preconception that Ship 3 was still far smaller. I strongly believe this was and likely continues to be based on the observations prior to PC release, and that it is now a misconception. In the last ~3 months there has been no recorded indication (let alone credible comparison) that Ship 3 has declined faster than Ship 1.
* One amusing observation I noted with consistency was that Block 42 on Ship 3 was popular as a meme block, but on Ship 1 was basically a normal block with a population that matched the blocks around it on the list (i.e. much lower).
I don't have much information about Ship 4. I've heard its population is lower, and it would make sense given how late it opened, but given the legacy misconception around 3 I would not immediately believe it without question. Given it released in August, if you have any interest in campaign/FUN content that departed before then you probably wish to avoid Ship 4 as this content will likely either be dramatically more expensive as Ship 3 content prior to late May was (and for the most part still is) or will simply not exist outside of extremely limited quantities brought in via Ship Transfer.
@Miraglyth said in Thinking Of Transferring Ship:
PC release was on 27 May on the Microsoft Store
I can't really count a game that deletes itself a "Release."
@coldreactive said in Thinking Of Transferring Ship:
I can't really count a game that deletes itself a "Release."
So my guess was correct. Good to know.
As a ship 4 player with alts on 3, 4 is meme-centric like 3 and the prices are a lot higher for things, old scratch and new scratch alike. It’s a friendly ship but there’s definitely some vocal unsavory types in the popular blocks. Our ship has a lot of people now, many are transfers from other ships that sold their wares so if you’ve got the meseta you can usually find older released stuff here. Prices are starting to mellow out, people can’t get away with it like they did before. When I first started playing, anything from other ships was 40m+, a “convenience tax” if you will, but now that we have more people it’s become a lot more fair.
I had an alt on ship 1, it’s overall a great choice. Things were affordable, ship was brimming with lively people and seemed friendly.
Another thing to consider is that there are alot of things that are ship specific and not transferable.
https://pso2.com/manual/character/transfer
Basically the main thing is that most of your storage outside of character storage is not transferable and you will need to move them somewhere else (inventory or character storage) or sell them.