Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
This is hyperbolic nonsense. According to the most recent unofficial census Balmung has just shy of 22,000 active characters. Levi and Cactuar come second and third respectively at almost 17,000 each. The gap has closed tremendously. In fact, Gilgamesh isn't even top three in terms of active characters now. Both will unlock soon enough, though probably not before 2018.
That number is silly if you take the EU numbers into consideration. They implied desired population per world is around 10k. Now EU isn't on the same server center. Still you think if they felt 10k was to high and housing problems as is they would open up a 20k server?