An open letter from a Balmung player

[Vahlnir]

Let me make this clear. This is not the player base of Balmung's fault. Some of us, myself included, got into the server through creation, not through a paywall. Why are we punished? I've gotten people giving me the, "You paid entry, shut up," despite how I didn't pay to get into Balmung.

If anything we need to stop blaming Balmung for every little thing server related. SB launch couldn't stop getting it. "WHY DON'T YOU GET OFF OF BALMUNG SO WE CAN DO COLD STEEL?"

I'm not blaming server stability on them for anything...heck, I'm not even on the same data center. I also understand WHY people want to stay if they've been there from the start. A lot of people put down roots and they don't want to dig them up. I understand that entirely. But they've given people options, and people can either use them or they can't. Balmung is locked, and if it continues the server will not get any better. Too many people don't want to leave. That is partly SE's fault for not acting soon enough, but people could also leave. They either can't or won't, mostly the latter. It's still a choice though. Weighing whether to stay or go is not an easy choice, I have no doubt. But it's still one people could make.

[Rokke]

Some of us, myself included, got into the server through creation, not through a paywall. Why are we punished? I've gotten people giving me the, "You paid entry, shut up," despite how I didn't pay to get into Balmung.

Regardless if you paid or not, to get a character on Balmung circa HW you needed to rush the creation screen in ~20 seconds. I think its fair that we're are included in the "punishment" talk because it was pretty obvious characters weren't meant to be created..and this is coming from someone who made 6 characters through camping out various maintenances lol

[Jijifli]

But they've given people options, and people can either use them or they can't.

The options are not very impressive to be honest. The "kicker" is it being free, but the loss is too great. Have a house? Too bad. Your server doesn't partake in your activity? (Possibly rp?) Too bad. Want to hang out with friends, not just in instances? Too bad.

There needs to be better incentive. Anybody who would leave already did.

[Vahlnir]

The options are not very impressive to be honest. The "kicker" is it being free, but the loss is too great. Have a house? Too bad. Your server doesn't partake in your activity? (Possibly rp?) Too bad. Want to hang out with friends, not just in instances? Too bad.

There needs to be better incentive. Anybody who would leave already did.

Oh, I agree with you 100%. They'd probably have to offer people a house on another server for most people to go anywhere...which would be possible if they fixed housing. Gonna keep my expectations low there, however. Maybe flagging an official RP server would help some too, but I've heard mixed opinions about this.

[BigRed5392]

As far as I'm aware, Balmung has only crashed Aether on one occasion, and that was during Heavensward's Early Access. Stormblood's troubles were a combination of all servers just not prepared to handle the EA traffic.

it happens a lot more then you think. the data center can lag up, or be unstable. gil and bulmang are too big for their own good. If it wasn't bad, SE wouldn't have hard locked them.

[MoroMurasaki]

it happens a lot more then you think. the data center can lag up, or be unstable. gil and bulmang are too big for their own good. If it wasn't bad, SE wouldn't have hard locked them.

While I don't have a horse in this race any longer I wonder how much liberty you're taking with you're assumptions there.

[BigRed5392]

No matter how much I get told that I should leave my server, I just don’t want to. People seem to forget that I love my community, and that I’m just not willing to leave, not even at the expense of better server stability.

I started a wonderful Free Company, and a lizard linkshell. Most of my days I talk to my dear friends for at least a small length of time. Not only are these people my members, but they are also my neighbors. I run into them all the time outside my apartment, and it just wouldn’t be the same without them.

Even if we all moved, it still wouldn’t be the same. No I don’t know all Balmung players, but I like the feeling of the crowds. It makes the world feel alive. I belong here.

You’re asking me to leave the place I call home in XIV, and I just can’t do that.

do you really need 5 threads on this? why not respond in your other threads.

[BigRed5392]

While I don't have a horse in this race any longer I wonder how much liberty you're taking with you're assumptions there.

speaking on long time experience been playing since 2.1 my g/f been playing 1.0.

your join date says may 2017, how long have you been playing?

it happens a lot more then ppl think.

[MoroMurasaki]

speaking on long time experience been playing since 2.1 my g/f been playing 1.0.

your join date says may 2017, how long have you been playing?

it happens a lot more then ppl think.

I haven't been around since 1.0 or anything but I first originally had a character a little while before HW came out. I only joined the forums a while back looking for an FC.

What I mean to ask (I should have been more direct) is how you could know Balmung has been responsible for multiple server crashes? I'm asking it as a legitimate question, not trying to get a rise out of you.

Without something from SE saying "Yup guys, blame Balmung" it seems hard to nail down and when I google it I can't find anything along those lines. It would be a valid point if there was evidence to back it up.

Edit: Also I was part of the mass exodus from Balmung following the SB launch along with my boyfriend and members of an FC I subsiquently joined. I remember the queues, they were awful and it's why I would never go back.

[Magic-Mal]

First of all, Balmung is still the most populated server in the entirety of FFXIV.. so I don't know what your problem is.

Secondly, this issue is a direct effect of the players not SE. This does not include the people who were forcefully put in. No, this is the fault of every person who knowingly created characters and joined Balmung when it was already locked. Knowingly transferred into the server BECAUSE it was locked. That is why the server is an overpopulated mess. Everyone jam-packed themselves into one server then complain they can't/won't leave. Now it's locked even from transfer. Deal with it