Is queue time just a part of the normal game now?

[Iskander]

The easiest solution at the current moment to address login queue times would be to adjust the AFK kick timer. Right now it doesn't kick anyone currently accessing any kind of menu in the game. If they had it where the system looked at time between input commands, regardless of what a character is currently engaged in, things would move a lot faster. If a player isn't inputting any commands for an extended period of time (pressing any button on your keyboard/controller), then the system should kick them off and into the queue. In this scenario, players would either have to remain actively playing in order to keep in the game. You won't have afk people taking up spots on the server better used for players actually looking at putting in some time in the game. The queues would probably be just as big, but they would move a lot faster than they currently do.

[Theodric]

I mean, let's be honest here - where Balmung is concerned a lot of the blame is on Balmung itself. I told people to be a bit more careful about trying to convince anyone and everybody to transfer over because this sort of situation was pretty easy to see from far away. The server was always very busy, it's just become ridiculously busy as the game has grown in popularity. Whenever I brought it up, though, I found myself insulted and ridiculed. Mostly because a lot of people on Balmung are selfish and act as though more and more people can be brought into the server without any negative consequences.

It's at least understandable when people do so because they want their friends to play there too but it's less justifiable when it's a case of people urging randoms to show up just because Balmung is a 'busy' server. Thankfully for role-play there's other options available in the form of Mateus and Omega...as well as smaller, more tight knit communities elsewhere.