Any recent updates for server "balancing"?

[Rita1989]

I’d rather it be opened strictly for new characters and not transfers, but eventually the population would balloon back up to HW era levels.

No this should never happen again, the last time they tried that a few months ago bots flooded the server and any legitimate player was not able to create a character and caused the server to be locked again much faster then it should have.

If any thing it should only be openned to transfers next time.

[Kazgrel]

No this should never happen again, the last time they tried that a few months ago bots flooded the server and any legitimate player was not able to create a character and caused the server to be locked again much faster then it should have.

If any thing it should only be openned to transfers next time.

Probably not just bots. I was able to make a char on Balmung a day or two after it reopened during prime time. Being the RP capital, I’m sure there was a significant amount of people making alts there. Having the server only open to transfers would be another $18 on top of the cost of getting started...a price many left new players would scoff at and either remain where they are or simply not play the game.

The bot issue is something they’ve needed to address for years, but that’s another topic.