On the Status of World Population Balancing Incentives and the Resumption of Private

[Settiesama]

I called this before the expansion that the Balmung lock wouldn't last SE needs that world transfer $$$

We all knew it wouldn't last, they even said it was a temporary measure when it was announced. It's not about the money but the population which they believe is low enough to open. I don't think they thought about what'll happen once the floodgates are opened though. I feel it's far too soon, the other servers still need more time to build up more.

[ChaoticCrimson]

I'm still poor, have no interest in RP, and will probably log in hours after everyone scrambles for housing. Can't say it'll affect me very much, tbh. Good luck to the rest of you though.

[SenorPatty]

The Alts are coming! The Alts are coming!

[MistakeNot]

I doubt that Balmung will remain unlocked for very long. There's going to be a lot of people flocking there simply based on its reputation alone - and I fear for the stability of Aether as a whole as well as the efforts of those who made Mateus into a second unofficial role-playing server crumbling apart. So I'm guessing that it'll be open for a week or two at most and then it'll go right back to where it has been for the past five months or so.

We will see. Some people will undoubtedly transfer to Balmung, but how many? There really isn't much reason any longer to move there specifically unless you have friends who play there.
There are active role-playing communities on Mateus and Omega, so no need to transfer to Balmung specifically for RP anymore.
Cross-server DF and PF have removed several other reasons to want to be on a big server.

[SicariusSeven]

This is totally not going to end well. It's like they want a bunch of us to be frustrated and crazy!

[Settiesama]

We will see. Some people will undoubtedly transfer to Balmung, but how many? There really isn't much reason any longer to move there specifically unless you have friends who play there.
There are active role-playing communities on Mateus and Omega, so no need to transfer to Balmung specifically for RP anymore.
Cross-server DF and PF have removed several other reasons to want to be on a big server.

I think you underestimate how big of an appeal and rep Balmung has, and overestimate how big Mateus is for an NA RP server. While Mateus has a growing RP community, it doesn't hold anything to what Balmung already had and still has. This will only help destroy what Mateus has started up if it remains open more than a week or two.

[TaleraRistain]

Well there goes Aether. Nobody plan to actually do anything next week.

[DeaconMoore]

I think you underestimate how big of an appeal and rep Balmung has, and overestimate how big Mateus is for an NA RP server. While Mateus has a growing RP community, it doesn't hold anything to what Balmung already had and still has. This will only help destroy what Mateus has started up if it remains open more than a week or two.

And remember folks, if you can't make a character on Balmung directly just make it on another server first then pay to transfer it over.

[Cidel]

It's always more enjoyable when you don't have a horse in the (server) race.

[DreadRabbit]

I'm more interested to see what this will do to Mateus. I've been playing around with different races seeing which one I want to stick with (Midlander is gorgeous but something feels...off), and ended up popping in Mateus to see what it was like.

Despite having way less players, the server felt more alive than Cactuar and Sargatanas did during my travels there. People were actually doing fates in starter areas for newbies. People were actually shouting in world chat asking for help in story progression and offering advice. The market board economy is actually really healthy and mirrors Balmung pretty closely. And people were just overall willing to interact with each other. In the first half hour of my playtime there I had more folks just plain /wave at me than I've had anyone even attempt conversation outside of Novice Network for months elsewhere.

Mateus has put in a lot of hard work to build up the community there, and it succeeded because Balmung was locked, and therefore players were forced to give it a chance. I'm really hoping people will actually opt to stay there instead of flood Balmung again.

Also SE how long has it been? Geeze the 1k character limit is dumb.