Petition to Keep Balmung Server Locked

[Enla]

Balmung's reputation is forever engraved into this community. That will never change. It will always be hated. As long as Balmung stays Balmung. And even if it isn't the Balmung server, players who transfered to the new server will be blamed for whatever issues it goes through(Mateus)

Kinda ironic to me since Balmung has been one of the nicest servers I've ever been on regardless of MMO community, though I will say that a good majority of our problem children left when the chance was given to them. One in particular I had to pass along the lodestone for just last week because of the extended levels of harassment people endured from them before they left for a Preferred World. To which I am endlessly sorry for the masses who play there.

At this point Balmung's reputation is just as much of a meme as Dragoon's tanking the floor. There were/are genuine reasons behind it, but for the most part it's just a loud and frankly unwelcome minority that caused the stigma. A minority I will say most people on Balmung do not even like.

As for the lock, personally I'd rather they fix their server issues before doing anything about it. Balmung has the lowest player distribution of any Aether realm but conversely we have the most active server by leaps and bounds. With the current state of the servers it would wreck havoc if they opened it again. Though I DO want them to eventually open it as the lack of new blood hasn't helped our economy, but I'm more than willing to wait. (I also have alts on other servers already, so it's no skin off my back.)




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[Zarabeth]

How do we say we want the server opened without being told we're whining or whatever other sorts of diminutive insults that we're being given. If we say "I'd really like Balmung to open again, please" it gets overlooked and people who don't even play on Balmung step in and say uninformed things.

If we give detailed reasoning as to why we want it open, we're called entitled and long winded.

How are those that want the server open going to get it across?

Why do you, personally, care whether or not Balmung is locked? If you're not on it, not trying to get on it, and don't interact with the server, then why does it matter?

You could solve this by putting the threads where they should be. In the worlds/balmung area of the forum. This isn't a general topic it's a Balmung topic. Putting it in general just invites poeple from other servers to add their two cents and you may not like what you hear from them.

As to your "detailed reasons why you want the server open", The server is overloaded and that causes problems for your world and your data center. It's not going to be reopened because you or anyone else on your server make threads over and over about opening it. It will reopen when the population drops low enough to make room for more people and not before.

Accept it. Move on. If it really is unbearable for you, stop waiting for someone else to solve the problem and simply move to a server that is open and welcomes role players.

[dinnertime]

This seems pointless when we all know it's staying locked for a long, long time.

[DiscoDuck]

Balmung in a Nutshell:

DO U VANT ME TO ARRRR PEE? DO U WANT ME TO TOUCH THE LIZARD?! THE RED LIZARD TO SHOOT FLAME AND KILL MARIO?!

All in good fun Have a shitpost among the seriousness

[basketofseals]

Kinda ironic to me since Balmung has been one of the nicest servers I've ever been on regardless of MMO community, though I will say that a good majority of our problem children left when the chance was given to them. One in particular I had to pass along the lodestone for just last week because of the extended levels of harassment people endured from them before they left for a Preferred World. To which I am endlessly sorry for the masses who play there.

At this point Balmung's reputation is just as much of a meme as Dragoon's tanking the floor. There were/are genuine reasons behind it, but for the most part it's just a loud and frankly unwelcome minority that caused the stigma. A minority I will say most people on Balmung do not even like.

Sadly most of the hate is just from people wanting to hate things, and Balmung sticks out. It's sad to see how outraged people get against things that have absolutely no affect on them.

[Lazaruz]

It's sad to see how outraged people get against things that have absolutely no affect on them.

I know you probably didnt mean it like that, but considering Balmung has atleast once crashed the entire datacenter it's on, I'd say atleast those who share datacenter with you are VERY much so affected if Balmung is opened too early

[Titor]

simply move to a server that is open and welcomes role players.

Um, not all Balmung players rp.

I don't rp, I don't care if balmung has RP on it or not. I'm just here since I've been here for a very, very long time and don't want to leave it since I've built up my wealth and roots here. I have a personal house, it's nice. I run a small FC of a few friends and it's nice. I could move to a smaller server and lose what I've built up over the years, but that would kind of be trading off one thing for another.

As a FC leader and generally active Balmung player though, it just feels so devoid of fresh blood. I'm not going to reiterate what other people have said that annoyed others since I'll just get called entitled for it, but me, personally, I'm in kind of a bind. I'm choosing between what I've worked hard to get over the years and meeting and helping new people to the game. I love to mentor, but there's no opportunity here

I will admit that moving to another server has crossed my mind many times over. I just can't justify losing everything I built up at this time. I am waiting for now, but I would love to be around more new people to the game.

[Skivvy]

I know you probably didnt mean it like that, but considering Balmung has atleast once crashed the entire datacenter it's on, I'd say atleast those who share datacenter with you are VERY much so affected if Balmung is opened too early

We now have a better idea of how intertwined the servers are on a datacenter, but the hatred and rude comments have existed well before any of the crashing started. I do agree that they need to keep things closed until the worlds have stabilized.

Speaking of the crashing - It was a bit eye-opening how the forums mostly turned and blamed the players of Balmung instead of placing the blame at SE's piss-poor infrastructure and handling of the situation. SE is the only one who knows the true state of the servers, and they chose not to fully close down the server until it was at a critical level and causing crashes. But it's still somehow our fault. :X

[basketofseals]

I know you probably didnt mean it like that, but considering Balmung has atleast once crashed the entire datacenter it's on, I'd say atleast those who share datacenter with you are VERY much so affected if Balmung is opened too early

Ah, perhaps I should have explained myself. I do highly agree that Balmung should be locked, and I recognize the problems that it causes, but the hate I'm talking about extends beyond that. I don't think it's just cognitive dissonance, but I've seen a lot more vitriol thrown at Balmung than Gilgamesh when the two were equal.

[Derio]

I doubt it will be unlocked.

Until the active playerbase drops under 15k, it will most likely stay closed. And if it does open again, it will still most likely be character creation locked. ( transfers only)