Incentive to transfer must be increased

[Mikhaill]

They needed to make Balmung the official RP server, and those who want off, could of moved.
You're asking people who pretty much set in the stone this server to RP. It would of been easier
for those who didn't care much for it to go off somewhere else, imo. It's just hard to get people
who have been there forever and established everything along time ago and tell them to pack up.

[alimdia]

They needed to make Balmung the official RP server, and those who want off, could of moved.

You can't force non RPers to leave Balmung even if it was designated as RP server, the population problem would only get worse with an official RP designation.

[Aylis]

You can't force non RPers to leave Balmung even if it was designated as RP server, the population problem would only get worse with an official RP designation.

Pretty much this. I've played games in the past where a large amount of non-rpers gravitate twords RP servers due to how often the RP community is pretty chilled. I feel most are reluctant to transfer off Balmung simply because they know how the game works pertaining to cycles. The ques maybe God awful now and the thought of moving to a new server may seem tempting. I think a lot know that in a month or so after all the ones that were in a rush to gear up and finish the story before they quit the game and take their five month break before the new content patch already know those servers they're moving to will become eventual ghost towns. While Balmung and other high population servers will still be populated. I feel the only real incentive to server transfer is for SE to break the patch cycle and come up with new and interesting ways to keep people playing after that initial one month rush n' quit between patches.

[Ayer2015]

They needed to make Balmung the official RP server, and those who want off, could of moved.
You're asking people who pretty much set in the stone this server to RP. It would of been easier
for those who didn't care much for it to go off somewhere else, imo. It's just hard to get people
who have been there forever and established everything along time ago and tell them to pack up.

The people who don't RP are investing in the server as well. That said, they do need to make an official RP server. Personally I think a new server would be a smarter move and would avoid the concerns that Yoshi has already expressed.

[otarolgam]

They needed to make Balmung the official RP server, and those who want off, could of moved.
You're asking people who pretty much set in the stone this server to RP. It would of been easier
for those who didn't care much for it to go off somewhere else, imo. It's just hard to get people
who have been there forever and established everything along time ago and tell them to pack up.

There are a lot of players on Balmung that have the idea that it's the casuals that should stay and Roleplayers that should leave.

It's going to get hostile, no matter what.