Wait, wait...Balmung "went dead"? Are we on the same Balmung? It's extremely crowded, so much so that when a friend of a friend got a trial account, it took three days to get her character made because of the restrictions...and that's counting checking at the crazy early-morning hours when it's usually open. That goes by server activity/number of players logged in, pretty sure. And I won't even get started on the loading times when porting into Mor Dhona or Limsa, due to the crowds.