Y'all need to calm down. We can't do much of anything about the server locks. They suck, but Square Enix thought they were necessary, and honestly? They split overpopulated servers in FFXI, so I'm glad they're trying this first instead of jumping to that. If you don't want to move, don't. If you do want to move, cool. New rpers who want to join FFXIV need a place to be pointed to while Balmung is gone. Someone directed me towards Mateus, and I'm loving my time there so far, though I'm incredibly new to the game (I joined just in time for maintenance to end, only for Bal to be locked down. I have the best timing). Despite a rather rude person earlier in this thread, the people I've met so far have been very nice, and my friends list is filling quickly. Even if you plan to transfer to Bal when it opens back up, Matty is a good place to hang out until then. I've also heard about some rp communities in Fairie and Siren, though I've not checked those out yet.