A humble request to Square Enix: please unlock Gilgamesh.

[Aerinae]

Before I get into the request, I would like to ask if you do not play on Gilgamesh, or it's not your home server - and you're on a smaller world, or a non-locked world... please practice empathy with what I'm about to post. Gilgamesh is very, very quiet right now - more than it's ever been. The server was congested at SB launch, but has tapered off significantly. The server is not dead, but there are the same old people sticking to their own circles and no new players to inject into any of these existing communities (that are shrinking), so people are just leaving to go to somewhere that has more activity / new players.

I've been on Gilgamesh for 3+ years, and I've never seen the server in this state before. I haven't seen a new player in months. This really makes the server feel really dead. Not having any new players means that almost all leveling zones are completely empty, no one doing FATEs, no one doing MSQ, nothing. The only active zones in the game are Rhalgr's Reach and Limsa. Everywhere else is a ghost town. Here are a few examples of Kugane and New Gridania at night on reset day, the day that we'd be the most active usually: (https://imgur.com/a/E72Vq).

Players that were a big part of the Gilgamesh community (active players that never unsubbed during downtime, or take breaks) are leaving the server to go to other servers that are ironically, more active - Leviathan, Cactuar, and Sargatanas to name a few. Based on recent census numbers (https://i.imgur.com/nCXiA9Q.png) and (https://redd.it/73lepv) - Gilgamesh has a population lower than 5 other NA servers at the moment, only one of which is locked.

For the health of our server, please unlock Gilgamesh.

[Xaad]

Two big issues I've seen is with the economy and with recruitment. Without an active community to contribute to the market (either with supplying mats, final crafts, or as buyers) prices are crashing, while we may have more numbers than other servers the numbers are not enough right now for a sustainable market. And recruitment just isn't happening, either for statics or FCs. After all, why would anyone join new FCs now on a server that has such a stagnated community. Others have also mentioned a lack of activity within the Novice Network. We need new players if we want to keep our internal communities healthy.

It's been over 4-5 months of this and its choking the community. This can't be the only way to stabilize the community populations.

[Tillie]

Wow... that's a pretty harrowing sight. Mateus is poppin at all hours of the day, every day since the transfer campaign, and we were the lowest population server. If you don't have things tying you to Gilgamesh, I'd recommend transferring--but completely understand if you have things keeping you there.

+1.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

As someone who was on Gilgamesh for years and recently transferred off, people not doing FATEs and everyone huddled in Limsa and whatever the other popular area of the game was always common place. In fact, several months ago I'd see the same stuff like the same groups sitting in the same areas talking with each other.

[Horchata]

It really sucks when your friends begin to transfer off the server, leaving what was already dying feel even more dead.

[SenorPatty]

Those pictures are spooky. World of Ruin spooky.

I say this cuz on tuesday nights in Sarg, there's people everywhere. To see such a disparity...

At the very least, SE should start investigating Gilga

[KokonoeAiyoko]

With cross world party finder, there was less incentive to move to Gilgamesh. They should prob just unlock it now, but definitely keep Balmung closed since it's still incredibly full.

[Rokke]

According to a survey posted one of the reddit links, Gilgamesh is the 3rd most active server. Its plenty healthy :/


and now an edit because I realized OP is the person who posted this same post on reddit yesterday:
Feelings =/= Facts
Fact: Gilgamesh is still one of the most active servers
Its not dead. Its not dying. If anything, Levi should be locked too. The locks were implemented to funnel people away form megaservers and into the low pops. I am mildly salty my friends that joined in 4.0 cant join my server, but the locks are a necessary evil.

[Velthice]

According to a survey posted one of the reddit links, Gilgamesh is the 3rd most active server. Its plenty healthy :/

Gotta agree with this. Also I'm not sure taking pictures of hubs at 3am is an accurate, fair representation of what your server looks like at primetime.

[Excaliburnina]

Feelings =/= Facts

As true as this is, you need to understand that enjoyment of this game is feeling related, so these complaints are still valid. If they aren't enjoying the game, then requesting change is valid. It is a game after all, it is meant to be enjoyed. It doesn't mean it will happen, but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be asked about. It's also unfair to act as though the surveys are a representation of what is actually going on in these servers; just because people raidlog doesn't mean it is thriving.