Aether Data Center Down

[Raikki]

Actually, why not just officially split Balmung into 2 servers? Mark one as an official RP server and the other as a normal non-RP server, and require every player on there to pick between the two. Preserve any existing housing the person owns and money and all that regardless of choice, then move one of those servers to Primal.

[Bracken]

Actually, why not just officially split Balmung into 2 servers? Mark one as an official RP server and the other as a normal non-RP server, and require every player on there to pick between the two. Preserve any existing housing the person owns and money and all that regardless of choice, then move one of those servers to Primal.

the problem is, even the None Rpers enjoy watching the RPers RP, balmung as a whole is a great server, its just these nuisance times where we can't actually log in. myself I wouldn't want to choose, or to be chosen for, I like it as it is and i think many people would say the same this will be over in a couple of days and we will all be back to normal.

[Raikki]

the problem is, even the None Rpers enjoy watching the RPers RP, balmung as a whole is a great server, its just these nuisance times where we can't actually log in. myself I wouldn't want to choose, or to be chosen for, I like it as it is and i think many people would say the same this will be over in a couple of days and we will all be back to normal.

I don't really want a split, but the way it is right now is unsustainable unless the game loses popularity, which isn't something we should want. If Heavensward is a success, we aren't just going to go back to how the server was pre-expansion where everything worked fine despite being popular. We're going to continue to have the problems we do now.

[Bracken]

I don't really want a split, but the way it is right now is unsustainable unless the game loses popularity, which isn't something we should want. If Heavensward is a success, we aren't just going to go back to how the server was pre-expansion where everything worked fine despite being popular. We're going to continue to have the problems we do now.

just think of the free minion and or mount you will get if it goes on any longer :P

Pegasus anyone?

[Raikki]

What fellow Balmungers need to understand is that if we got a proper working login queue with no lobby errors (which believe me, I really hope we do get), our login queue right now would be several hours long. That's how bad the overcrowding on our server is. The vast majority of our players aren't even trying to get on right now because of the lobby and queue problems.

[DarkLiriel]

Oh I agree. I'm mainly making speculations and probing for more information. The main thing I want to see is not getting dumped out of the game entirely when receiving these errors. Having to put in my creds + token time and again is really frustrating lol

[BroodingFicus]

What fellow Balmungers need to understand is that if we got a proper working login queue with no lobby errors (which believe me, I really hope we do get), our login queue right now would be several hours long. That's how bad the overcrowding on our server is. The vast majority of our players aren't even trying to get on right now because of the lobby and queue problems.

I get why there are lobby errors. The issue is I agree with you in regards to ever achieving 'normalcy' again with HW releasing. Best case scenario it takes weeks to become tolerable which means we are paying to have something we are not getting free access to. Its as if your apartment is only accessible during really strange hours but you still need to pay regular rent like everyone else. I think its more likely we won't see it evening out as much due to the return of new players, transfers and people sneaking in after maintenance/during the early hours of the morning. As much as I hate to say this, I almost feel Balmung should be shut down to new players entirely until a solution is found or at least for the first month or two after release to make sure new players are filtered elsewhere. I love how diverse our server is but its clear that it cannot handle how many people are already on Balmung let alone any new editions.