The issue that is already slowly happening upon Balmung because of the lack of new blood is the MB economy is slowly starting to stagnate. This is because there is now little to no one buying lower level gear, minions that are able to be sold not being bought because everyone will eventually have them all, and it can eventually get to the point where there may not be any recovery. Now it isn't there yet, because a large number of rpers have alts they are now leveling, but it becomes a point of worry as SE has yet to show any real ability to handle the situation in a timely manner. It took them how long to stop taking money and lock these servers? And as far as I can tell none of the servers in Japan or in NA that were labeled as congested have changed in the five months and change that it has been now since they were all locked. Just like there is a breaking point with keeping the flood gates open there is a breaking point with keeping them closed. I just hope SE can see when enough is enough before some of these servers, Balmung included, start to see permanent negative effects of the lock. Repairing a broken economy is not an easy thing.