Transfer Restrictions and Roleplayers

[Texa]

My main concern with the new restrictions is that with the big servers closed off RMT spammers are probably going to devote more resources towards all of the mid-sized servers. It seems like they've been noisier than they were before on mine but that might be my own flawed perception.

[MomomiMomi]

My main concern with the new restrictions is that with the big servers closed off RMT spammers are probably going to devote more resources towards all of the mid-sized servers. It seems like they've been noisier than they were before on mine but that might be my own flawed perception.

Won't really change. Those servers have been locked down for a very long time already.

[Lexia]

That's... exactly what I said. Besaid became Balmung when Besaid and another server (as you said, Fabul) were merged.

Well what you meaning and how it was typed I don't see as the same thing. The way I see it when I read it is "besaid became balmung which was later merged with another server"

[MomomiMomi]

Balmung is a consequence of both players and SE actions. Players labeled it the unofficial RP server thinking it would be a much smaller community, which it was, for the start of 2.0. SE labeled it as Legacy, meaning more people joined and stuck around early on. Eventually the RP community kept increasing to drastic numbers (and yes, it IS that big, as a non-RPer it's near impossible to recruit on the server). Balmung's unique nature attracts some who just wanna see bustling streets (which is nice, I admit) and it keeps swelling. The whole "if that many people are there it must be fun", also got more people to join.

Whose fault is it in the end? - Chaos theory

This exactly. The server's situation is a feedback loop. It's a big server so it attracts a lot of people. It attracts a lot of people, therefore it's a big server.

[Lexia]

My main concern with the new restrictions is that with the big servers closed off RMT spammers are probably going to devote more resources towards all of the mid-sized servers. It seems like they've been noisier than they were before on mine but that might be my own flawed perception.

Rarely ever see a shout or get a tell from a RMT person on balmung before anyways. So the restrictions don't really affect anything there for these larger locked servers.

[Texa]

Won't really change. Those servers have been locked down for a very long time already.

That eases my mind, thank you.

[Atreyu]

Well what you meaning and how it was typed I don't see as the same thing. The way I see it when I read it is "besaid became balmung which was later merged with another server"

The 'it' in the sentence you quoted was referring to Besaid, not to Balmung, because prior to that I was speaking about Besaid and did not feel the need to reiterate that. I'm sorry you were confused by my wording.

[ExKage]

The solution really is just an RP added to the end of a server, everything else would sort itself out.

It doesn't work if the world is Balmung though, at this point. Which is why if SE does try, they'd designate a much lower pop world and tag it there.

The question remains, how much more compensation is needed? I highly, highly doubt you will keep your houses and plots but the bonuses would most likely apply. So what will help?

[Hasrat]

It doesn't work if the world is Balmung though.

Would it work for anything else, though? If SE actually did make a brand new official RP server, would Balmung see a mass exodus? Or would they probably keep complaining that they're already established in the community where they're at?

[Aya_Foxheart]

I just want to express my disappointment at this decision.

Balmung is as popular as it is for a reason, and rather than try to squeeze and constrict the population I'd rather they embrace it for the good news that it is: a community so desirable that people are willing to make sacrifices in order to join it. This is a good thing, and unless the hardware itself is being challenged (its not) this is an overreaction on their part. Anyone who doesn't want to face the crowding issues the server provides is welcome to move elsewhere (but obviously we don't mind enough, or we wouldn't have the population we do!)

Perhaps free transfers off the server would be a wiser response than trying to suffocate their game's most successful server community.