Please Close Balmung again.

[van_arn]

I've never once seen an RPer make such a complaint in this game, likely because there are no official RP servers and thus no expectation of rule-based RP support.

Keep looking, you'll find them.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Balmung can have all the players it wants. On the condition those asking dont come here and cry about being stuck in a 4 hour que during the relase of the next expansion.

Well...

If everyone logs off when they're done playing there won't be a problem.

[NanaWiloh]

Well...

If everyone logs off when they're done playing there won't be a problem.

Ya, SE auto kicked people for being afk to long at one point didnt really hurt the long que times much. Problem will exist so long as more people are trying to log in then log out. Like with Heavensward and Stormblood it is going to be a problem again for servers like Balmung.

[Roda]

Well...

If everyone logs off when they're done playing there won't be a problem.

This is it, this was the whole problem. Once they started the rolling restarts of the server, my longest queue was 15 minutes, quickly being reduced to ~5 minutes and then eventually to no queue at all.
Balmung hasn't had a real queue since the last housing rush, and that was like a 7 minute queue if you were still attempting the race but weren't really on top of hitting that play button (sat in the queue, and still got a house for our FC), and even then it was only for that window at like 5AM eastern.

I'm freaking terrified of my server being quarantined off because a bunch of people are creating alts (has no effect on server load), or because the bots are trying to capitalize on the availability (taking server access away from legitimate players).
So yeah, please no knee jerk closures, SE. Let me meet new people, and invite friends who are looking for a new MMO to play with me.



Protip: if your queue is less than 100, it is a fake queue. Leave it and try to log into that character again. It'll bypass the queue, and save you from complaining about how there's always a 10 person queue at peak hours.