Balmung is locked again

Zalera will likely see a huge surge in players, then. It's the smallest NA server and has hundreds of free houses - so much like what happened with Mateus, I'm betting on wayward role-players moving there to set up another community.

Wonder how long until people start leaving again because it feels like it's "dying" all over again? how long until it's literally just all dead FCs and rp alts.

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Originally Posted by Xelanar

I used what little timeframe they gave us to create a couple of alts, just in case I feel like leveling one up someday ^_^

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Never understood the reason why alts by a current player on the server aren't allowed. Only one alt/character can log in at a time and we do pay extra for alt creation options each month. I guess the character creation process isn't that sophisticated and they have to lock everyone.

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Originally Posted by BillyKaplan

I'm laughing but also slightly crying because just today my chara's "late husband" wanted to maybe transfer back. WELP. Guess that plot's not happening

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I guess no acting out done and trite episodes of every Soap Opera where a KO'd character returns, having recovered from amnesia, and oh yeah they're somehow pregnant with your best friend's twins, then. <_<

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Originally Posted by Aster_E

I guess no acting out done and trite episodes of every Soap Opera where a KO'd character returns, having recovered from amnesia, and oh yeah they're somehow pregnant with your best friend's twins, then. <_<

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You forgot a handful of demonic possessions and a couple long lost twin siblings

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

Never understood the reason why alts by a current player on the server aren't allowed. Only one alt/character can log in at a time and we do pay extra for alt creation options each month. I guess the character creation process isn't that sophisticated and they have to lock everyone.

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That's the reason Balmung got locked again. Each alt that enters the server regardless of where the creator is from is considered "+1" to it's grand population. For every alt that someone within got onto the server, is an added additional "+1" to it's total server population. This means that a single service account can make up a total of plus eight of the population. For every player that took advantage of the situation and created alts, that made Balmung's total population sky rocket. This made Balmung more congested than it originally was having already been the most population server in the game, is now even bigger since players felt they needed more alts on the server.

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

That's the reason Balmung got locked again.

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I'd sooner blame the bots, myself.

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Originally Posted by BillyKaplan

I'd sooner blame the bots, myself.

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I wanted to say I agree but the bots aren't getting lower populated servers locked now are they? Bots also don't pay for transfers.

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Originally Posted by BillyKaplan

You forgot a handful of demonic possessions and a couple long lost twin siblings

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Now, you see, that's not so much forgetting as it's neglecting for sanity's sake. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have fifteen relics to work on!

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

I wanted to say I agree but the bots aren't getting lower populated servers locked now are they?

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In a sense they have no reason to do so BECAUSE those servers are low pop. Much less revenue potential there, no? Now don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing against Balmung being one of the more populated servers, maybe still the most populated even without the bots, but we have a LOT of bots on Balmung right now, so the question is are there enough bots to have tipped the scale and get us locked again, where without them we might've been able to go on for another patch or two. They certainly didn't help any, that's for sure.