RP and FFXIV?!

[Jeeqbit]

Balmung used to always be closed to new players, but a number of things happened to change that.

1. Cross-world party finder, which meant you didn't need to be on Balmung to see lots of party listings.
2. Congested status, preventing character creation and transfer on Balmung, forcing people to transfer off to play with friends.
3. Data center split, which moved Balmung out of Aether, forcing people to transfer back to Aether to raid.
4. World Visit System, which allows people to make characters on other worlds and visit Balmung temporarily.

So you no longer need a character on Balmung to RP. You can make one on any Crystal world and visit Balmung. But that isn't necessary either because RP now happens a lot on all Crystal worlds.