Can we do something about the congestion on Balmung... please?

[Deveryn]

It's like living in NYC and begging the tourists to leave. There are really only two options.

I'd say things will probably settle down this week, but now people have a new venue for their (e)rp.

[Enkidoh]

I was able to enter my FC house in Shirogane on Balmung yesterday with no problems when I last logged in, but I was playing during Balmung's 'quiet time' (very early morning - around 4am US time), so there are less people on at that time, comparatively speaking.

So playing at a quieter time definetely helps, but also remember that this is a short term thing while Island Sanctuary is still brand new content and everyone and their chocobo wants in - once players have got their islands up and running and done everything they can rush on, they'll move onto something else and the stress on the instance servers will subside. Until then, it pays to be understanding that the current situation is a unusual set of circumstances, and that it's only temporary.

[AnnRam]

Take away (e)RP from balmung to another full dedicated server and let them root.

[Shibi]

Locking it and keeping it locked until the numbers drop substantially seems like a solution.

Take away (e)RP from balmung to another full dedicated server and let them root.

Not sure if you've used the slang version of root there mate... https://outbackdictionary.com/root/

[Nezerius]

Locking it and keeping it locked until the numbers drop substantially seems like a solution.

Mateus has almost as many characters as Balmung, and I don't see nearly as many complaints about that server. A big issue is all the meme/ERP tourists traveling from other worlds/datacenters to Balmung.
But even then, locking Balmung would mostly be a band-aid solution. The physical NA datacenter has almost the same amount of characters as the JP & EU datacenters combined, across 24 servers. Meanwhile JP & EU have a combined total of 48 servers.

[Deveryn]

Come November, they'll have free transfers again and clean untouched worlds.

[Sotaris]

Can we do something about this please?

Sure! Lock it down and don't open it again. Congestion solved.

[Jojoya]

All of NA is congested. All the worlds need to be locked. It's not just a Balmung problem.

If you want to see how bad it is, take a look at Lucky Bancho's latest unofficial census with data as of August 20th. NA worlds have twice the average active population over level 60 that the JP worlds have.

If congestion is really upsetting you, then follow the advice that others are posting in the thread and take advantage of the free transfers to the new NA worlds as soon as they open (hopefully in November).

[NekoMataMata]

All of NA is congested. All the worlds need to be locked. It's not just a Balmung problem.

If you want to see how bad it is, take a look at Lucky Bancho's latest unofficial census with data as of August 20th. NA worlds have twice the average active population over level 60 that the JP worlds have.

If congestion is really upsetting you, then follow the advice that others are posting in the thread and take advantage of the free transfers to the new NA worlds as soon as they open (hopefully in November).

I have such a bad feeling that the new NA DC is going to end up delayed.

[HanWenqing]

I normally love how populated and full that Balmung is because you never have a dull moment here but oh my Lord, I just wanna go inside my FC house. I haven't been able to get in for a stinking week let alone trying to do island shenanigans. Can we do something about this please?

We can do something but it requires the participation of the community, we need volunteers to go to another world

We need Heroes ready to leave for the greater good and dear Op I am convinced that if you made the first step by leaving Balmung and giving this beautiful example of sacrifice it will create a chain reaction which will settle this sad problem once and for all

Imagine OP seeing the people of Balmung praising your name! Izanami Oshiga who used the Home World Transfer Service to wash away our sins! Izanami Oshiga the savior of Balmung!

Take the first step Hero of the light and do not forget a true hero acts without thinking about the consequences of his actions