Aether Data Center and Balmung - an observation from today

[Averax]

[ExKage]

If Balmung's populations are so ginormous that their queues of 4 hours (probably 2 to 3x as long as the next largest populated worlds) are entirely population based as it appears to be since the queues sorta disappear around Midnight Pacific to 8am, then Square Enix absolutely should have placed the hard locks on it sooner instead of allowing the continous ability to transfer in. I've been on Balmung since late 2013 and early on I'd made hundreds of in-game friends from around the world and around the United States that were on Balmung from its inception or earlier (pre-Balmung creation from mergers). It's not easy to convince your hundreds of friends to leave, especially when most of those are your RL friends or those you actually play the game with continuously. While cross-duty works in some cases, it's not always the case.

[Bizzy]

We pay a subscription to be able to play. I am not going to wait 3/4+ hours to log in, and by the time I log in, it's time for bed. I am not going to have my day wasted because of the log-in ques. Server just has to many people.

[347SPECTRE]

@Bizzy Your signature......... I hate you.

[Slirith]

Someone tell me if this is possible to fix the afk exploit mess....

Make it so the only way to "afk exploit" is to be in combat with a enemy(dummies don't count, nor dueling). Get rid of the afk kick not working when talking to an npc, crafting etc

[Rangar]

I might also add that this problem won't go away either for the foreseeable future. And while some people will leave, the numbers SE are looking to move will not happen until SE can make it possible for entire FCs to move and for cross server LS to be installed. I know of a number of groups that are waiting from these to be implemented before they'll uproot from Balmung.

[ilea]

Jumped ship with 4-5 friends last night to Mateus. 4k queue getting home at 8 PM EST; by 10, was maybe at 1900.

It's really frustrating when you only have so much time to play with the people you care about, and you can SEE others getting around the AFK kick. It's not fair to those of us who log out and respect the kick.

That said, for those on Balmung for the RP, there is a growing RP community on Mateus. At the time of writing, there's also available plots/housing. Existing houses aren't being sold for 25m! Amazing.

[ToasterMan]

That said, for those on Balmung for the RP, there is a growing RP community on Mateus. At the time of writing, there's also available plots/housing. Existing houses aren't being sold for 25m! Amazing.

There are still plots of Mateus as of now but they are only in the goblet. Mist and Beds are filled up as of now I think. If you're still on the fence, I would make the decision soon.

[ilea]

There are still plots of Mateus as of now but they are only in the goblet. Mist and Beds are filled up as of now I think. If you're still on the fence, I would make the decision soon.

First thing I did with the gil afforded from transferring with a vacant apartment. Something I've tried to get for 6+ months (casually) on Balmung, succeeded in minutes. Definitely one of the nicer things about a low-pop server.