Quote Originally Posted by Vidu View Post
Can someone explain this argument to me?
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(...please tell me its not really the ERP-thing...)
It's nothing to do with ERP. Friends take breaks, get burnt out, decide to stop RPing for whatever reason.
Sometimes this happens with those who put on major events for the whole server, which is something that Balmung admittedly still has in spades, but in the long-term it could be detrimental.

For me, my reasons for wanting it to be unlocked are because I want to stay here (where most of my RP connections are) but also want my friends to be here with me, too. Many of my friends are stranded on less-populated servers with fewer people to play with. Many fellow RPers come from communities from other games, too, with whom they want to join up with in this world. For instance I came here from WoW and know most of my friends and connections from the guild we share on there.

Many of us are here either because we rolled in HW before the locks (or even longer -- I'm a relic on this server from Besaid in 1.0), but for others who came during Stormblood they're effectively cut off from the circles that may have made them interested in the game to begin with.

Granted, many of us have made alts on that smaller server to play with them, but this isn't the most alt-friendly game, either.