I was on Balmung for years and recently transferred off. For the most part, many people are really nice but there is some truth behind the horror stories. Overly big egos thinking they own an npc they role play as, stalking, overly sensitive people that think that their opinions is the word of God. Yes, you can find these people on every server. But I feel that a certain vocal community that was on Balmung a few years ago was astoundingly toxic. I could fill up this whole thread of horror stories that I experienced while rp'ing an npc on Balmung and I thoroughly believe it was this circle that a lot of horror stories originated from mainly due to these people taking their drama to tumblr and discord servers. The kicker? These fractured circles of cesspool people decided they wanted a fresh start on a new server because they had gained a bad reputation. I can think of four different groups that all hated each other and all stirred the pot on tumblr and Balmung and kept the drama alive that transferred to Mateus. (Which was funny because then they all accused one another of stalking each other onto Mateus, ha!)

To my knowledge, many of these people now do the same thing they were doing on Balmung on Mateus. Its a small group of people, honestly, but fandoms be wack and they are found through Tumblr which lead to meet ups in game etc. Not saying all npc rp'ers are bad, most I'm sure are kind. Just like the servers of Balmung and Mateus. But dear lord did these groups cause a lot of havoc and drama!