A humble request to Square Enix: please unlock Gilgamesh.

[Tadertots]

I've been in Gilgamesh since I first joined a year and half or so, ago. And to be honest, I don't feel like Gilga was ever a really big busy, bustling server. I rarely saw anyone out in the field, doing fates/quests/ect. It's always felt like a barren server until you went to Idyllshire(HW)/Rhalgr's reach which I'm sure is to be expected of most servers. And we're kind of in a content lull because...tbh thats just how it is. Everyone scrambles to clear everything in the first couple of days and then they have nothing to do after they complete everything except complain how the game is so empty and has nothing to do.

I feel like opening it back up is a good idea but I don't really feel like it's dying, i just feel like it's more.... just sort of wandering, looking for a new identity, which, just isn't going to happen. Now that cross world PF raiding is a thing I just don't think there's any thing in gilga that will set it apart from anywhere else?

I don't think I'd mind much if it stayed closed though, but eh.

[cactusbees]

I would truly appreciate this happening, SE. Most of my friends are on Gilgamesh and I joined the game to play with them. While I have made many news ones on the other servers in the interim, that was not the main intent and I would love to join them very soon.*

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[Veritas-Ancora]

This really, really needs to happen. I'm tired of Squeenix looking at the numbers and not realizing the PEOPLE affected by this. No these people aren't going to transfer, none of us will. We want our existing friends AND our real life friends to play together.

[Paladinleeds]

This really, really needs to happen. I'm tired of Squeenix looking at the numbers and not realizing the PEOPLE affected by this. No these people aren't going to transfer, none of us will. We want our existing friends AND our real life friends to play together.

To be fair, if you guys won't transfer, they're more likely to just Odin-slash the server in two, than re-open the server, if the numbers don't settle down enough.

[Xerek]

To be fair, if you guys won't transfer, they're more likely to just Odin-slash the server in two, than re-open the server, if the numbers don't settle down enough.

If I recall, such a thing happened in FF XI, so it's not out of the question for SE. And trust me, SE is aware of the numbers. And if you want to be cynical, the best # for them is $$$. In the past Balmung and Greg were locked to new toons, but open for transfers. Each transfer was money in their pockets. You don't think they'd like to get back to milking that cash cow? If they're not reopening it yet, it not because they don't care about the players. Rather there is an underlying technical issue making it unfeasable.

[Noahlimits]

In the past Balmung and Greg were locked to new toons, but open for transfers.

They weren't permalocked before. You were able to make a new character just after maintenance every week for a good 10-15 minutes.

[Xerek]

They weren't permalocked before. You were able to make a new character just after maintenance every week for a good 10-15 minutes.

That was true at first, but hasn't been for a long time now. People were able to snipe maintenance in that small window, but after awhile that dried up. People that camped those maintenances still failed. It's been a long, long time since anyone's been able to make a new toon/alt on Balmung. After awhile people gave up, made the characters on other servers and just paid for the transfers.

That wasn't the point of my post. My point was simply, having the servers locked to new characters, but open to transfers made SE a lot of $$$. If their currently locked servers were capable of supporting more characters, you better believe SE would go right back to that. The fact that they have not says something.

[Noahlimits]

[QUOTE=Xerek;4483035]That was true at first, but hasn't been for a long time now. /QUOTE]

I and many others created alts on gilgamesh a few weeks before stormblood came out and perma locked. So I'm not sure what you're talking about.


> If their currently locked servers were capable of supporting more characters, you better believe SE would go right back to that.

Considering how many people took advantage of the free transfer, I'm not sure why you're assuming they couldn't unlock the server if they wanted to. There are tons of things they could do to make money (raise prices of server transfers, fantasia, retainers, add jump potions for crafting/gathering jobs, etc etc) and they don't.

[Xerek]

That was true at first, but hasn't been for a long time now.

I and many others created alts on gilgamesh a few weeks before stormblood came out and perma locked. So I'm not sure what you're talking about.


> If their currently locked servers were capable of supporting more characters, you better believe SE would go right back to that.

Considering how many people took advantage of the free transfer, I'm not sure why you're assuming they couldn't unlock the server if they wanted to. There are tons of things they could do to make money (raise prices of server transfers, fantasia, retainers, add jump potions for crafting/gathering jobs, etc etc) and they don't.

Apparently that was a difference between Balmung and Gilgamesh. It was like that on Balmung for awhile. Even without maintenance, you could frequently squeak a character in around 3am EST. But there came a point where that dried up, where it all dried up, and for months prior to the absolute lockdown people were completely unable to create new toons/alts there, leaving paid transfer the only option. I assumed Greg experienced the same thing, but apparently you all never got that last noose tightening prior to the final, complete lockdown.

All I was saying is, SE would make more money if Greg was at least open to transfers. From a financial standpoint I'd have to think SE would want Greg opened as soon as possible. If they haven't yet, I'd think there has to be some reason, because otherwise it's lost revenue. What that reason is though, I can only speculate. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it opened. As I noted earlier in the thread, I have friends there, I know what it's like, and how having it opened could really help them.

[Krotoan]

If the house is full, no matter how much you want to have your friends living with you there is just no room. The locks are in place because they've reached capacity or estimated capacity, not because they think "dang, theres not enough people on these other servers". While I fully support the ability to play with your friends (that's what online gaming is about for me) and NOT having to leave established friendships and communities... there just isn't the room.