Removing unaccessed lvl1 characters

[Stormfur]

Perhaps to free up space on high pop servers?

[basketofseals]

Perhaps to free up space on high pop servers?

The server population only really depends on how many people are logged on. You can still get on Balmung and Gilgamesh if you can find a time when there's no log-in queue.

[SaitoHikari]

This is an old wives tale. There's never been proof that this actually works, it's only just hear say by individuals with no proof provided to support their claim.

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to get alts onto both servers before and after maintenance with no luck, and until I succeed or physically witness some other person succeed. I will be incline to believe that this statement is false.

I would guess that the person you quoted is actually right, but the reason why people still have a super hard time getting in is because a few months ago, someone made the observation that bots IMMEDIATELY flooded those servers as soon as maintenance ends - despite Balmung's reputation of being relatively bot-free.

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Also on the topic of deleting old characters to free up names:

It's a good idea on paper, but it comes with its own set of problems. I came from another game that did that, and all it really resulted in was a lot of names being strung up by tons of new level 1 alts and thrown into a black market. It got so bad that I (as a volunteer moderator for that game's official forum) was instructed by the staff of that game to start deleting trade threads where people were blatantly selling character names.

A couple people did get their desired names though, but there was so much shady crap in the aftermath. ("This guy promised to delete his character so I can use that name if I gave him the gold for it, but he didn't!")

[Kosmos992k]

This is an old wives tale. There's never been proof that this actually works, it's only just hear say by individuals with no proof provided to support their claim.

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to get alts onto both servers before and after maintenance with no luck, and until I succeed or physically witness some other person succeed. I will be incline to believe that this statement is false.

It's no old wives tale, I know because I've done it before - not on Balmung,but you can create a character on a locked server if you are in the right place at the right time.

[LaylaTsarra]

This is an old wives tale. There's never been proof that this actually works, it's only just hear say by individuals with no proof provided to support their claim.

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to get alts onto both servers before and after maintenance with no luck, and until I succeed or physically witness some other person succeed. I will be incline to believe that this statement is false.

I have 3 on Gilgamesh and 2 on Balmung I created after maintenance so it's certainly possible.