Balmung re-opened

[Rita1989]

I'm surprised the whole datacenter didn't crash.

After seeing all these posts on the forums I'd thought thousands of people would all transfer to Balmung once it would open.
Well, this forum/game is full of liars anyway.


How long would you guys give it before they will lock it again?

4.5 would be my guess, the server only has problems at expansion launches so I could see them closing it again when it is getting closer the rest of the time its kind of unnecessary

[Fhaerron]

4.5 would be my guess, the server only has problems at expansion launches so I could see them closing it again when it is getting closer the rest of the time its kind of unnecessary

Why is it unnecessary when it has problems during expansion launches?

[Theodric]

Yeah that would be quite the incentive to remain where they are, especially with Balmung being the cesspit it is when it comes to housing.

I realised I've become sort of...indifferent towards housing. I want a medium or a large plot, not a small. For now, an apartment will suffice for my needs. I just hope they upgrade the size of it as implied and allow for a courtyard or balcony for the use of outdoor furnishings.

Hopefully by the time 5.0 is upon us even busy servers such as Balmung will have the housing shortage addressed.

[Rita1989]

Why is it unnecessary when it has problems during expansion launches?

Because it lasts like 5 days every 2 years and it was only because people were abusing the afk kicker

[Hasrat]

I...Have to ask, partially because I'm so used to a busy world, but...

Why would you want the world to be emptier? Or is it just a Quicksand thing?

Mateus was my world of choice, quite by accident, but I was quite comfortable with the peace and solitude.

Admittedly, the drop in apparent bots have been one nice positive side effect.

[basketofseals]

Because it lasts like 5 days every 2 years and it was only because people were abusing the afk kicker

Oh man, when they put in the hard kick, I couldn't believe how much it improved things. Server stability was way better, and queue times were reduced by HOURS. I had no idea until then just how much people afking online is a problem.

[Settiesama]

This is just horrible. Steps of Nald is just too much of a lag fest. Trying to walk through, even just to get to the Flames is like watching my char glitch to it. Why do RPers flock to that one certain spot? There are other Adventurer Guilds to hang out at and stop this horrendous lag.

[Zojha]

This is just horrible. Steps of Nald is just too much of a lag fest.

I have to ask: Lag of FPS loss?

The latter can be helped by simply limiting the amount of characters rendered in the options. I personally haven't noticed any particular lag while running through Ul'dah.

[Settiesama]

I have to ask: Lag of FPS loss?

The latter can be helped by simply limiting the amount of characters rendered in the options. I personally haven't noticed any particular lag while running through Ul'dah.

It tested that by moving it down to minimum and still lags like crazy, and it's only Steps of Nald, everywhere else is fine.

[Zojha]

It tested that by moving it down to minimum and still lags like crazy, and it's only Steps of Nald, everywhere else is fine.

Aye. Well, I guess we can only look on the bright side then: There are no "unable to leave the zone" errors... yet.