Balmung re-opened

[Alestorm]

Honestly sucks that people got separated from their friends, but they accepted the server transfer offer and got the perks. Knowing full well they would not be able to return for an undetermined amount of time.

Hopefully Aether can handle the insanity of all the people flooding back to Balmung. I just hope Coeurl doesn't turn into a ghost town... it's nice having all the people running around and being friendly.

[Clover_Blake]

I hope it'll last enough for my friends to be able to make alts, haha. I understand that many people have friends in Balmung who want to play together, though that's also why I think it won't last much open.

[SicariusSeven]

Two seconds before it gets jammed. There will be a flood of people trying to make alts or transfer toons. The entrance to Balmung is like a very tiny pipe and all the people trying to get in...are giant sponges soaked with water.

[Galgarion]

They really shouldn't reopen Balmung. Not unless they've massively improved the load these servers can bear. It'll also do serious damage to the roleplaying communities that've sprung up on other servers. It's a shame.

[Theodric]

It'll also do serious damage to the roleplaying communities that've sprung up on other servers. It's a shame.

Maybe, though that's only an issue if fresh blood isn't actively embraced. If nothing else, Mateus losing the people who regretted moving from Balmung will do wonders for the atmosphere. It may even go back to being the 'quiet' server many of the original players wanted it to be.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

They really shouldn't reopen Balmung. Not unless they've massively improved the load these servers can bear. It'll also do serious damage to the roleplaying communities that've sprung up on other servers. It's a shame.

Better they do this now than wait ages like they did with Gilgamesh, which actively hurt their community. The servers only ever struggle with any one mega server during expansions. Mateus has actually cultivated a decent sized RP community. I doubt they'll see a mass exodus, especially seeing many people like mid-pop servers.

[Yubelchen]

I´m happy for the Balmung players to get fresh meat into thier community...but i doubt it will go smooth.

So i will sit on my beloved EU Server and watch the show with some popcorn.
I bet it will be closed again, but re-opend later to slow down the train of newcomers on the servers or they make it so a limited amount of characters (one per account?) can be created there within a certain timeframe, so slowing down the Hypetrain.
I would not want to see my server flooded by newcommers and causing a crash =/

[AxlStream]

We all know it's a dumpster fire waiting to happen. People that transferred out, will be tempted to transfer back in. People that weren't on Balmung (and that don't already hate the server) will be tempted to transfer in. RPers overall will be tempted to transfer back in. It'll be one glorious mess that I don't see any resolution unless the community realizes that RP doesn't revolve around Balmung. The server inherited that "biggest server" status that'll last through the entire game's life span. I know it might not be the most populated server right now, but many still think Balmung is the place to be at and as long as people think that way, the server is only a hindrance.

[Derio]

I give it 30 minutes

[Zsolen]

I thought other servers were getting RP communities. Why go back to a crowded server? If everyone keeps going back, it will continue to have issues. If people keep their characters on other servers, then we can keep a more even distribution. That would help out everyone playing in the Americas.

Most people do not have an issue with RP on Coeurl. I've only seen one instance of ERP on Coeurl at Wolves Den (I think we were preferred at that point). Why they chose to do their thing around PvPers is beyond me. Every other time I have seen RP, they were decent and friendly. People are only going to have a problem with open ERP and tells. Regular RP is usually meet with limited curiosity (simply to understand) or indifference on Coeurl. We have a small RP community that does want to grow. The server itself is about crafting, glamour, and a little bit pvp (which allows us to craft more and get more glamour).