Question about Balmung.

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What I linked was the December Census. You may have been looking at the November census, I doubt they'd actually have it out and done on the first of the month.

Yup just checked, Balmung was approx. 21k and Leviathan was approx. 17.6k
https://ffxivcensus.com/2017-11/#ra-na

As a side note, I really do not think it a wise choice to unlock Balmung the moment it's more inline with other server populations, seeing as we do have people who did leave that want to come back. We don't know how many and we could end up with the same exact problem the moment they open it up again. It'd probably be better that they unlock it and just not say anything, that way we won't end up with an anticipated floodgate situation. They should also hold off till afer the release of 4.2, because there will be a mass influx of players on patch day, which is (usually) the norm.