[Balmung] Server Issues, safety, and overcrowding

[Kosmos992k]

I'd guess they need to do it to all servers at the same time and after having a quick look on Phenoix we've still got lots free so it's only a issue on the servers with an unhealthy population

No, I believe it can be eased on a per server basis. It is perhaps something that needs to have some noise made about.

[jameseoakes]

No, I believe it can be eased on a per server basis. It is perhaps something that needs to have some noise made about.

In that case yeah it should just be increased to meet demand.

[Rokke]

I specifically recall the devs mentioning they had set it up to be able to increase the amount of apartments available...

So...
Why hasn't that happened yet...
:/

I'd imagine its because there are very few servers that have zero vacancy. Low pop servers still have open housing plots.

My big point is from a new player looking in, Balmung looks like a rough option with its crowding and locked character creation. So even some of us that might want to RP aren't going there and that splits the RP community by effectively limiting the new blood.

I guess our priorities were different when we were new (I actually came form Faerie too!). I wanted to be on a larger server to have more opportunities to rp/make friends. To me, housing was a bonus then and still is kind of a bonus now. My eb and I have apartments in the same ward in our fav district, so we’re happy enough with what we have.

[Fuma]

I'm on Behemoth, and to be honest with you I am not sure of the accuracy of the above graph. The reason I say that is that character creation is almost perpetually locked on Behemoth, in fact Balmung and Behemoth seem to be locked about as much time as each other. Yet that graph indicates an active population on Behemoth about half of Balmung. It doesn't make much sense for Behemoth to be locked so often if it's population is comparatively lower than say Balmung or Gilgamesh.

From the top of the source page
(Any reference to "Active" players, refers to players who have the wind-up aymeric minion from the 3.3 story)

A paid transfer doesn't get blocked out by server population which explains Balmung's inflation even though it's restricted. Shoot, your server could be at/near what SE thinks of as an acceptable amount.

[Kosmos992k]

From the top of the source page
(Any reference to "Active" players, refers to players who have the wind-up aymeric minion from the 3.3 story)

A paid transfer doesn't get blocked out by server population which explains Balmung's inflation even though it's restricted. Shoot, your server could be at/near what SE thinks of as an acceptable amount.

You mean server population limits are bypassed by transfers? They don't impost a limit at all?

[Fuma]

You mean server population limits are bypassed by transfers? They don't impost a limit at all?

You pay, you go.

[Stitches1974]

You mean server population limits are bypassed by transfers? They don't impost a limit at all?

From what I've seen, yes.

[Kosmos992k]

You pay, you go.

That's crazy. As annoying as it would be to residents of Balmung, it would serve them (SE) right if the server falls over due to over population. They need to manage population better than that.

[Fuma]

That's crazy. As annoying as it would be to residents of Balmung, it would serve them (SE) right if the server falls over due to over population. They need to manage population better than that.

Yup but money IS green.

[Rinari]

I guess our priorities were different when we were new (I actually came form Faerie too!). I wanted to be on a larger server to have more opportunities to rp/make friends.

I was a bit worried that I'd find the population on Faerie would feel low, but it hasn't. From the census, it's #10 of 24, which puts in the medium range. I've made many good friends and I wouldn't leave them. There may come a day when I get tired of FFXIV and come back from a long break to find them gone, making a server move feel like an option, but that isn't going to happen in the foreseeable future. The only thing I wish Faerie had more of was RP, but that goes back to priorities. Occasional light RP suits me just fine and I really enjoy housing systems. I guess, a huge RP scene is a bonus for me, whereas easier access to housing is a priority. I'm probably spending about an hour a day hanging around friends houses and apartments engaging in half-RP chatter as is... going IC and OOC without markings in a way that would make Balmung players cringe. As long as I'm having fun!