Balmung re-opened

[Fhaerron]

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?

[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?

[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

[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.

[Ilenya]

Speaking as someone who has been on Balmung the whole time, the server handled it amazingly well.

[DreadRabbit]

Speaking as someone who has been on Balmung the whole time, the server handled it amazingly well.

There was just so much energy and positivity, at least when I was last logged in. Plenty of people shouting "welcome newbies and welcome home returners" in world chat, a good number of FCs were openly recruiting. It was nice to see.

[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.