Dear SE, please unlock Balmung

[Kiroh]

So while Balmung may be locked 99% of the time at least you don't have to deal with as much RMT spam.

That's actually true is some sense, though we still have quite a lot of RMT on Balmung, I created a character on Midgard and every time I log in for more than 30 seconds I get an RMT /tell. I even got RMT spam while I was in the opening cutscene.

While the server being locked does suck for legitimate players, it does at least shield us from the bulk of RMT spam other servers are inundated with.

[myahele]

Okay, I've only been in Balmung for an hour or so and I have to say that I don't get that many rmt tells compared to Gilgamesh. I do see bots, but that may be because I'm am still leveling up and can actually notice them now. I don't know.

What I do notice compared to Gilgamesh is that alot of people are just sitting in Ul'dah with AFK symbols on their heads. Or just sitting around doing nothing. Not sure if this is just RP code.

It's still too early to say for sure since I'm still low level and haven't explored the other places. And while RMT is a problem, the main issue that I see, compared to my other server, is people AFKing

[Kuwagami]

If you feel the server shouldn't have new players, then that's fine, keep the restriction, but don't put that restriction on players who are already on the server. Let us make our alts!

You already have one (many in your case) character(s) on the server, thus have less right to make a new one on it than someone who would want to start fresh. People like you with multiple characters on Balmung are the reason why it's locked.

You may not know this, you your account alone is using 5 spots which could have let new players to come into Balmung, instead of having 1 playing and 5 ghosts all the time (whenever you play one, the other 5 take spots for nothing. duh)

[Sandoria]

I just want Square to create an offical Rp server. I'd reroll there in a heartbeat.

[Velox]

I just want Square to create an offical Rp server. I'd reroll there in a heartbeat.

well we do know they will be moving the EU worlds over to Europe, so my guess is that once this happens, SE will have enough free resources (from the split) to add 1 RP server to both NA and EU. Now this won't likely happen at the same time, but rather as a result from a series of events.

[Blackweaver]

Well unfortunately I was in bed asleep when the server was unlocked last night. But hopefully it will unlock again tonight and I will be able to make the alt

[ExKage]

What I do notice compared to Gilgamesh is that alot of people are just sitting in Ul'dah with AFK symbols on their heads. Or just sitting around doing nothing. Not sure if this is just RP code.

They are literally just idling. Ul'dah is an RP hub but it's like 15-20% RPers.

[UltimateAoe2]

Apparently it was unlocked at 5AM PST today. It's been a while since it was unlocked as well.

[ExKage]

I used to be able to check often but my desk was relocated to the bedroom. Last open that I know of was 2/10/15. Around the same time
It's been generally 3amPST-5am PST

[Catwho]

So since the "congestion" seems to be indicated by frequent login queues (read: 24/7 some days) in the model that SE uses, and not the total number of characters per world, it makes sense that a large percentage of AFK population would cause the server to be locked down.

And then it becomes a cycle: people are concerned about being hit with a long login queue, so they go afk rather than logging off, leading to more login queues, leading to the server being locked down.

That explains why Lamia doesn't have the server lockdown issues despite its surprisingly high population. We all get error 90000'd if we try to stay logged in overnight!

Edit: I wonder of some of the locked down servers also have a larger percentage of PS3/PS4 users, since I know those players desperately stay logged in in case PSN goes offline again.