Question about Balmung.

[BillyKaplan]

You do realize that it isn't Balmung that crashes the server right?
It's everybody from Aether getting on at the same time.

Servers have their own capacity and management to an extent. Servers can and do crash independently without the other servers on the data server suffering. I remember one time early SB Gilgamesh crashed and suddenly all of Balmung could go through Raubahn extreme it was glorious. But the rest of the data center yet lived.
When Balmung goes down, on the other hand...

[reiichi]

You do realize that it isn't Balmung that crashes the server right?
It's everybody from Aether getting on at the same time.

while everyone on Aether contributes, Aether's also got some of the most populated servers. Balmung can and does crash the entire datacenter at times. It was also one of the only servers that needed to keep the multiple zone instances and AFK timers. Square Enix also had to initiate nightly server reboots during Stormblood to keep our queues down. Queses over 3000 people that took MULTIPLE HOURS to get through. Imagine not even being able to login because you had thousands of people ahead of you in line and the server was so overfilled that five hours later, assuming you didn't get a 90k, you were still waiting to get in. That was Balmung.

If haven't, go back and read my post on page 7. I already went into detail on what can and cannot be done.

[KaivaC]

You do realize that it isn't Balmung that crashes the server right?
It's everybody from Aether getting on at the same time.

You do realize that many players have experienced this before, and likely know a lot more about what they are talking about than you. You keep on pressing this argument that you clearly don't understand.

[SorrowsEnd]

You do realize that many players have experienced this before, and likely know a lot more about what they are talking about than you. You keep on pressing this argument that you clearly don't understand.

Yet you're still here you do not have to be here nor with your kind of attitude.

[SorrowsEnd]

while everyone on Aether contributes, Aether's also got some of the most populated servers. Balmung can and does crash the entire datacenter at times. It was also one of the only servers that needed to keep the multiple zone instances and AFK timers. Square Enix also had to initiate nightly server reboots during Stormblood to keep our queues down. Queses over 3000 people that took MULTIPLE HOURS to get through. Imagine not even being able to login because you had thousands of people ahead of you in line and the server was so overfilled that five hours later, assuming you didn't get a 90k, you were still waiting to get in. That was Balmung.

If haven't, go back and read my post on page 7. I already went into detail on what can and cannot be done.

Balmung does not crash the server itself theirs no proof of that. It does not help it being the biggest on Aether however it does not crash the server. Its everybody getting on at once that does it. If Balmung crashes itself of course others are able to exp better connections because 21-22k people on whats like a 10yr server is gone.

[KaivaC]

Yet you're still here you do not have to be here nor with your kind of attitude.

This kind of attitude is spawned from you continually pushing something that you aren't understanding. Balmung needs to stay locked up for the time being until SE can update their infrastructure. I haven't personally experienced it, but I do personally know plenty of players who have experiences that occurred because of Balmung. Is it Balmung's fault all the time when Aether crashes? Absolutely not. But the fact that a single server can and has in the past crashed an entire datacentre should be enough to show why opening it up, even with this lull in players in between patches, is a bad idea at this point in time.

Say that SE does let just you into the server - and just you. Given the thread here, it won't be hard for other players who want to be on Balmung to find out - then they'll be clamoring for them to be let in for the exact same reasons. It's been a while since the thread was addressing that, but how is that fair if they only let you in, but not the many, many, many other players who've been asking to get in for months.

[TheAngelneer]

"I am not going for a debate" says the OP

This is most likely a troll thread, so I'll just share a piece of information with people who are actually concerned with this before running to the hills:

Even if the active population drops to an acceptable level, SE won't be opening Balmung (at least for transfers) for months. If they open it too soon people will just flock back in and it will be the same thing all over again. They will wait for people to take deep enough roots in others servers so they are not willing to move again.

That is all, see you folks again on the next "unlock Balmung" thread that will inevitably show up in a few weeks.

[SorrowsEnd]

This kind of attitude is spawned from you continually pushing something that you aren't understanding. Balmung needs to stay locked up for the time being until SE can update their infrastructure. I haven't personally experienced it, but I do personally know plenty of players who have experiences that occurred because of Balmung. Is it Balmung's fault all the time when Aether crashes? Absolutely not. But the fact that a single server can and has in the past crashed an entire datacentre should be enough to show why opening it up, even with this lull in players in between patches, is a bad idea at this point in time.

Say that SE does let just you into the server - and just you. Given the thread here, it won't be hard for other players who want to be on Balmung to find out - then they'll be clamoring for them to be let in for the exact same reasons. It's been a while since the thread was addressing that, but how is that fair if they only let you in, but not the many, many, many other players who've been asking to get in for months.

I've stated previously that I do not want just me in the locked servers I dont want there too be locked servers. I don't want others unable to play with their friends. Also your attitude spawned from your own self, every balmung post you're there with the same attitude. You also came into this forum post stating the obvious it's locked while providing nothing to the actual question of is their any info. Few have given sites, interviews etc things the post asked for you've done nothing but state the obvious. FFXIV servers itself aren't good not just Aether its the entire system it can barely handle a patch day without something going wrong let alone a dlc, finally again its not Balmung crashing the servers its everybody that signs in at the same time. The servers cant handle at mass the population the game has which is why people would like for better servers which is a logically and reasonable request from a company with millions and millions.

[SorrowsEnd]

"I am not going for a debate" says the OP

This is most likely a troll thread, so I'll just share a piece of information with people who are actually concerned with this before running to the hills:

Even if the active population drops to an acceptable level, SE won't be opening Balmung (at least for transfers) for months. If they open it too soon people will just flock back in and it will be the same thing all over again. They will wait for people to take deep enough roots in others servers so they are not willing to move again.

That is all, see you folks again on the next "unlock Balmung" thread that will inevitably show up in a few weeks.

It's wasn't a troll thread people did not answer the question. If you're going to attack me you will be blocked period. Don't take kindly to people like yourself.

[BillyKaplan]

You can be angry with the people in this thread all you want, it's still not getting unlocked.