Please Unlock Balmung

[Vidu]

created chars does not equal active chars. balmung has some of the lowest on created chars, because char creation has been locked for so long.

...and at the same time, according to the unofficial census it has the highste number of active players - with around 3k more than any other server, including the only recently re-opend Gilgamesh. Actually, the Gilgamesh-situation proves that there plan does work, so why should they throw that out of the window now when they havent reached their desired population on Balmung yet?

*not disagreeing with the quote at all, just adding to it.

[Oscura]

Gilgamesh and Balmung are no longer "alike servers". Stop comparing the two because the actual numbers say something different than your personal experience.

Exactly. The only two things that made them alike is that one was #1 and one was #2. There will always be the "largest," server, even if it's not Balmung, and there will always be a "second largest," even if it's not Gilgamesh.

Like I've said time and time again, people need to get the hell over themselves and stop comparing the two like they're bound by blood. Things that happen with Gilgamesh do not need to be associated with Balmung and vice versa.

[Shouko]

Funny we are so overpopulated. But the census says different.

A census isn't an official thing by SE, typically it's a 3rd party source and is never accurate, I trust SE's judgement for something like a full server.

The only way people are going to get this server or Gilgamesh unlocked is if they start moving off server, plain and simple. This isn't a complain about a class/job being too weak or too strong, it's not something you can browbeat SE into doing.

[Xerek]

Exactly. The only two things that made them alike is that one was #1 and one was #2.

...you keep forgetting #3. At the launch of ARR, both Balmung and Gilgamesh were selected as unofficial RP servers, making them sister servers in the eyes of the RP community.

As for unlocking Balmung, good luck. I know a good number of people that regret leaving and are just waiting to transfer back the moment it reopens.

[Oscura]

...you keep forgetting #3. At the launch of ARR, both Balmung and Gilgamesh were selected as unofficial RP servers, making them sister servers in the eyes of the RP community.

I'm not forgetting #3, I was saying that one server was #1 in population, and one server was #2.

[ElHeggunte]

What exactly are we expecting to happen if SE did cave in to these requests and unlocked Balmung before it was ready? I can tell you what is most likely to happen, but I want to hear it from the horse's mouth what they think the outcome will be because requests like these always seem poorly thought out.

[CaTi]

Just split the server and be done with it.

[MiquSuke]

Wait...they've been locking servers?

[Vidu]

Wait...they've been locking servers?

Several servers, including Balmung and Gilgamesh (this one is now re-opend) but also servers on the JP datacenters I believe, have been locked for transfers - as in: you couldnt transfer your character to those servers anymore. This happend around spring of this year, if my memory isnt failing me. Til then people used that to circumvent the more or less permanent lock on character-creation on those servers - make the character on a less populated world, pay to get it to Blamung/Gilgamesh/any other server you want it.
This only happend to servers that reached or actually went way over the capacity they can hold - since the automatic lock on character-creation wasnt enough, they finally had to lock those servers for transfer aswell, while offering incentives to transfer to less populated worlds - apparently that isnt enough for some people on Balmung though who dont understand or dont care about the problems their overpopulated server is causing.
Case and point: Balmung remains locked, Gilgamesh got unlocked since the population stablized enough and most other servers have nothing to worry about.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

What exactly are we expecting to happen if SE did cave in to these requests and unlocked Balmung before it was ready? I can tell you what is most likely to happen, but I want to hear it from the horse's mouth what they think the outcome will be because requests like these always seem poorly thought out.

I know you're expecting people to say "transfer back/to," and while some absolutely will. I don't think it will be nearly as significant. Mateus has actually managed to cultivate itself as an alternative for RPers. At this point, I feel Balmung residents are more concerned they become like Gilgamesh was than wanting to allow more people to flood in.