Servers full locked AGAIN!!! Gilgamesh / Cactuar / Balmung

[Lucerna]

People are kind of misconstruing the problem in their anger. As an FC Officer on Gilgamesh, we experienced this at the Stormblood launch. It was horrible.

People on servers that are always open don't understand, because they have never experienced it, but a lack of new blood destroys a server. The vast majority of active players on a locked server, at any point in time, are logging on to cap their currency and then logging off, only coming back for their raid times. And even then, they are doing all of that in preformed groups, effectively isolated from the world. The world isn't alive. You don't see sprouts running around, doing crafting or dungeons or even FATEs (it happens from time to time). You don't see parties in PF asking for help on first clears of content most vets would have no reason to run, but might join on a whim if they are bored.

And, most important for a lot of us, you don't see people joining FCs. The servers stagnate and die a slow death without the constant flow of new players, it's just an observable fact.

Being on Gilgamesh for Stormblood sucked, because maybe a month after the launch the world was dead. I don't want to have to move my entire FC because SE lets that happen again. Saying "Well, you should have formed on another server!" is 100% victim blaming, and misses the point of why we are so upset about this.

EDIT: Somebody brought up another point. Our FC resources. Airships, Subs, fully discovered navigation charts? That's up to a year (50 weeks) of work to get back, not to mention an insane investment of gil if you make the best parts for them. Are we supposed to just eat that cost because SE had two years to figure out how to fix this issue and just sat on their hands?

As some one who has spent their entire FFXIV sub time with Balmung as a main server, I understand it's frustrating. I agree that there should be more changes in place to help Free Companies on congested servers. However, being as angry as the OP is just asking for SE to give a forum ban and delete the post.

Furthermore, while the problem isn't fixed, progress has been made. Friends of FC members can make characters on another Data Center server and visit the congested server to hang out and even do content like hunts and maps. While this isn't the perfect end state, it's still loads better than it was and a sign that SE is addressing the issue in time.

[Alien_Gamer]

I honestly don't understand what your issue is. You claim to have brought over 3000 people to the game which means either most didn't stay or you branched into multiple FCs on your server at some point. If you already have multiple FCs, you've already solved you communication issues; either cross world linkshells or discord/ts3/etc or emails/3rd party forums, or something. Creating a sister FC on a different world in the same datacenter changes nothing for you that adding any other FC to your group would. With the server visit you can play together in open world and you can party together for all types of content in the game. Currently the only thing you would have trouble doing together is Eternal Bonding.

If you haven't branched to multiple FCs then do so. Discord will let you all keep in touch and isn't any more difficult to use than in game chat.

You literally have everything you need to do whatever it is you want to do; you're not being hindered in the slightest. The only thing your friends won't be able to do is brag that they're on Balmung.

[KageTokage]

The recent surge of increased RMT activity is likely a huge factor in this problem.

I've been regularly seeing over 200 gil farming bots on Cactuar alone as of late when there was normally less then 100 prior to the patch that introduced world travel.

[hynaku]

They have locked Malboro server to which know is not full. Why they picked worlds to be preferred just to try create character there and find out there locked. Thought whole idea of preferred was have ones come to small worlds. If there going to lock them they need to add other preferred worlds. If these worlds have reach there limit then its from them being filled up with bots. Other day saw 15 bots in a inn with there legs sticking out of the ceiling or see bunch bots with there heads sticking out of the floor. They need to fix this so players that aren't bots can go to preferred worlds.

[HyoMinPark]

They have locked Malboro server to which know is not full. Why they picked worlds to be preferred just to try create character there and find out there locked. Thought whole idea of preferred was have ones come to small worlds. If there going to lock them they need to add other preferred worlds.

Malboro isn't congested, though. It's temporarily closed to character creation probably because there's a lot of people logged in/visiting right now. Famfrit and Goblin are also currently locked to character creation despite being preferred worlds. Happens sometimes.

[hynaku]

Been trying for over hour to create character on Malboro server. keeps Showing when try to create one that there is only 2 open servers in crystal datacenter. Guess my other family member can try tomorrow to create a character on malboro.