Timezone can be an issue for sure - the game is very quiet from 11pm (server time) onwards until the morning - but there is the Nighttime Party Buff system in place to make the dungeons easier during this period so you can do them with less players.

5 player party: 10% Max HP/Max MP/All Defense/Healing/Elite Damage/Boss Damage
4 player party: 20%
3 player party: 30%
2 player party 40%

The Nighttime Party Buff is available from 9pm until 6am (server time).

My timezone might be an issue, not 100% sure, currently it's UTC+10, which could cause issues for some people, being extremely far ahead of most.

Lucifer wrote:

There should be enough players for running endgame dungeons, but it mostly depends on your timezone.

I'm not OP, but I'm glad to know. Thanks for the info. Currently spending my time with other games but I want to start out with Iris soon enough.

Xenesi, are you still playing? I sent you a PM on here. I may invite some people to play together, so we could all collaborate.

Xenesi wrote:

We only just started, we were worried since we never saw really anyone in the town if there was enough to run end game dungeons, as long as there's a community that still has enough to run dungeons later on, then I'll let them know, and we can try to slowly get to max

There should be enough players for running endgame dungeons, but it mostly depends on your timezone.

i will be honest this has always been a concern for this game..if you join a guild and they all log in and play in your timezone you can get end game stuff..but sadly this isnt the case for most people because of timezone and player count on the server itself.

I was wondering the same, as I rediscovered this game after over 10 years and since I didn't have the opportunity to play it then, I was thinking of trying it out now.
Are you still playing with your friend? You said that the towns are not populated, but perhaps it's only the starting places?
If I decide to join Iris, then I'd invite a friend to play with me, and we could group together or something.

We only just started, we were worried since we never saw really anyone in the town if there was enough to run end game dungeons, as long as there's a community that still has enough to run dungeons later on, then I'll let them know, and we can try to slowly get to max

If you’re a healer/tank duo, you will def need dps for the endgame dungeons.

However, before you reach lv100 it doesn’t matter that much tho, so what level are you guys rn? You can pm me if you need help o/