Petition to Lift Balmung Server Lock / Impact of Server Lock on FFXIV RP Community

[Kazrah]

#LiftAndSeparateBalmung

Fix't.

/10char

[SomeRandomHuman]

Unlocking Balmung doesn't necessarily mean that everything has to be unlocked. They can lock transfers, and limit character creation (like they already do on some of the other big servers).

And even then, unlocking it doesn't mean that everyone will swarm back to the server, considering that didn't happen when Gilgamesh was unlocked.

So you're saying if balmung even partially opened, you wouldn't be telling friends to who left to sneak back in? Or to those that left to sneak back in? This is the biggest rp community in the game we're talking here. Gilgamesh is the reddit server and some shady stuff happens on that server that can't be explained. At least we can fathom reasons behind ERPers.

[Nezerius]

So you're saying if balmung even partially opened, you wouldn't be telling friends to who left to sneak back in? Or to those that left to sneak back in?

Balmung being partially opened would be something that'd get announced on the lodestone. There wouldn't be any "sneaking". How would they even be "sneaking" back in without server transfers?

This is the biggest rp community in the game we're talking here.

Isn't Mateus supposed to have a decently sized RP community by now?

Gilgamesh is the reddit server and some shady stuff happens on that server that can't be explained. At least we can fathom reasons behind ERPers.

I'm not even sure what you're trying to say here. Gilgamesh was the server with a high amount of hardcore raiding going on, which caused those type of players to gravitate towards that, causing it to become too populated, and be locked. Now that it has been unlocked, it's population hasn't suddenly surged back to where it was previously.

[Ametrine]

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I'm not even sure what you're trying to say here. Gilgamesh was the server with a high amount of hardcore raiding going on, which caused those type of players to gravitate towards that, causing it to become too populated, and be locked. Now that it has been unlocked, it's population hasn't suddenly surged back to where it was previously.

Cross-server PF may be a reason for this. You no longer need to be on the same server to raid or grind content anymore, so there is less of a reason for raid focussed players to converge onto the same servers.

That doesn't do much to aid RP'ers.

[Kiive]

Honestly, at this point it's only Balmung on the NA datacenter that's labelled congested.

If it's supposedly this huge load on the entire network, they need to look at other options instead of providing incentives those left on the server won't take. I have people in my FC who are waiting, patiently to get on so we can all have fun on the same server together.

SE made their bed by not properly directing the niches in their audience, and instead of doing anything to rectify it, they've put an emergency shunt in and decided to leave it be.

[Saint_Angeles]

The Balmung server lock has been detrimental to the vibrancy, health, and long-term viability of the FFXIV RP community.

in that case i wholeheartedly support it

[TragicsGirl]

Well you got your wish, Balmung is being opened up. I'll be going back soon as the servers are up.

[Kazrah]

Well you got your wish, Balmung is being opened up. I'll be going back soon as the servers are up.

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll be back to this thread in a couple of weeks.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Enter the many, many threads next week of whiny people going back to Balmung and trying to get a house - crashing the data center and causing headaches for everyone on Aether.

[Ilyrian]

I thought the lock was to stop them from getting out.