Question about Balmung.

[Reinha]

Understandable but if one server wants more attention than others and other servers are "dead" why not just merge the "dead" servers into one to increase the population with that it can help the servers people want to be in i.e balmung but also with the increased population of the new merged world people will actually join it because theirs a population. It solves that "dead" issue and can add more attention to Balmumg a server which people wanna be in supply and demand type of idea?

The dead server issue was already solved by closing big servers so merges are not needed. And it doesn't matter if one server wants attention, funds and people poured into it. They are not special just because of the server they play on, for crying out loud. Almost anything in the game is better to spend money on than Balmung. Like cross world stuff that would benefit every server.

[Cakekizyy]

That really wouldn't work they have an fc a house friends etc.

And this is why it will stay locked.

[Skivvy]

IIRC they did that with Balmung and that's a huge part of why we're in this mess in the first place

Most 1.0 servers got merged for the launch of ARR. Quick search pulled up the following:

Selbina = Ridill
Wutai + Gyashl = Masamune
Rabanastra + Cornelia = Durandal
Melmond + Figaro = Aegis
Istory + Mysidia = Gungnir
Saronia + Lindblum = Sargatanas
Fabul + Besaid = Balmung
Trabia + Kashuan = Hyperion
Karnak + Palamecia =Excalibur

I was part of the Balmung merge. Weeeee~

[Avatre]

I think the best solution to all of these posts, give Balmung their own datacenter(of course not as large a portion as one that houses multiple servers), open the flood gates, and watch it burn to the ground when people don't stop flooding it.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Most 1.0 servers got merged for the launch of ARR. Quick search pulled up the following:

Selbina = Ridill
Wutai + Gyashl = Masamune
Rabanastra + Cornelia = Durandal
Melmond + Figaro = Aegis
Istory + Mysidia = Gungnir
Saronia + Lindblum = Sargatanas
Fabul + Besaid = Balmung
Trabia + Kashuan = Hyperion
Karnak + Palamecia =Excalibur

I was part of the Balmung merge. Weeeee~

They were merged long before 2.0 launched.

[Skivvy]

They were merged long before 2.0 launched.

Ahhh, had I checked dates on that article, I probably would have pieced that together. lol. I had quit looong before the end of 1.23, so I just "awakened" on Balmung


But anyway, to the OP, for better or worse, Balmung is probably staying locked for a rather long time. It is unfortunate that people can't join with friends and family to play with, but it is what it is :/ I do hope things stabilize enough for it to be reopened, but I'm not holding my breath on that being any time soon.

[Cylla]

I think the best solution to all of these posts, give Balmung their own datacenter(of course not as large a portion as one that houses multiple servers), open the flood gates, and watch it burn to the ground when people don't stop flooding it.

What SE should've done (edited) is just make a server for RPers. Half of Balmung pop is RPers. If you were to make a server (like WoW has) and tag for RP, I have no doubt a good chuck of Balmung would move to that server. Since 1.0 fail people asked SE to make a dedicated RP server. SE didn't want to listen. Players took it upon themselves to say, "Balmung the official RP server." and thus, now we have an overcrowd server.

Though honestly I do like that Balmung has a mix of everything from RPers to the hardcore raiders and content farmers (mounts, minions, etc).

[BillyKaplan]

If you were to make a server (like WoW has) and tag for RP, I have no doubt a good chuck of Balmung would move to that server.

The ones who don't own houses, sure. But what's keeping a lot of us there is the real-estate.

Since 1.0 fail people asked SE to make a dedicated RP server. SE didn't want to listen. Players took it upon themselves to say, "Balmung the official RP server." and thus, now we have an overcrowd server.

You make it sound like had SE been the one to brand it an RP server we wouldn't have been in this situation when that has nothing to do with it.

[dotsforlife]

What SE should do is just make a server for RPers. Half of Balmung pop is RPers. If you were to make a server (like WoW has) and tag for RP, I have no doubt a good chuck of Balmung would move to that server. Since 1.0 fail people asked SE to make a dedicated RP server. SE didn't want to listen. Players took it upon themselves to say, "Balmung the official RP server." and thus, now we have an overcrowd server.

Though honestly I do like that Balmung has a mix of everything from RPers to the hardcore raiders and content farmers (mounts, minions, etc).

A label isn't going to fix that pack mentality going on there. Which is the real issue at hand. RP isn't the majority there as some like to believe. Never has been. It's just a hot bed for it is all. Nor should it be catered to just to appease the loudest (read whiniest) voices.

[HazyAssaulter]

This is really all a matter of priorities. It is your friend's choice of whether to transfer to a server you both can play on. If you guys want to play together that much, they can transfer to your server. However, they would rather not do that, and stay on a locked server for their own reasons. Nothing wrong with that, but it isn't SE's fault that your friend has different priorities than you.