Guess I don't get to play tonight.

[kaynide]

Just to keep in mind, Balmung is the main RP server. Regardless of whatever population statistics, it is going to have more events and visiting players than average, so any major event (venue party/concert/whatever) is going to cause traffic congestion that other high-pop servers might not have. The constant flux in and out could also strain the server. Ultimately, the data isn’t public so who knows…but it should hardly be a surprise that the server as issues given traffic flow.

[Darthgummibear]

Just to keep in mind, Balmung is the main RP server. Regardless of whatever population statistics, it is going to have more events and visiting players than average, so any major event (venue party/concert/whatever) is going to cause traffic congestion that other high-pop servers might not have. The constant flux in and out could also strain the server. Ultimately, the data isn’t public so who knows…but it should hardly be a surprise that the server as issues given traffic flow.

I wish I had known that prior to making my character here when I started playing last summer. It was the lull at the end of the expansion so by the time I noticed it would be an issue it was too late. I'll probably do a free transfer to one of the new NA servers when they finally go up.

[Larirawiel]

Figures I'd be trying to login at the worst possible moment since launch. 4k queue after work, it's like launch week all over again. I can't even visit another world because it just gives me a lobby error that closes the game.

Too much chat spam in the Quicksands area can cause server crashes ... someone told me.

Cheers

[Nezerius]

Just to keep in mind, Balmung is the main RP server.

Balmung hasn't been the absolute main RP server since it got locked in Stormblood. The RP scene on Mateus pretty much exploded at that point. Nowadays both servers have an almost equal population.

Again, any server could crash during the time that Balmung did (6-7pm EDT) and cause massive queues, simply because of the high amount of characters on each of the NA servers.

[LianaThorne]

Then pay for it or stfu.

Pay for it yourself.
You're the one with the problem. Deal with the queues or suck it up and pay to move/wait till new NA servers to go for free. Whining on here about it won't solve anything because it's literally just a Balmung problem and no one is gonna have sympathy for you with how you're replying to people.

Edit (since I actually decided to skim): good, you solved your own problem. Why was this thread necessary in the first place?

[BristolRuss]

it has nothing to do with balmung being "popular" and everything to do with the servers crashing. in fact, Jenova has nearly the same amount of active players as balmung. around 500 difference. the most popular server is gilgamesh. i get it that people hate balmung, but please at least look at server statistics before saying stuff like this.

source: https://ffxivcensus.com scroll down to ACTIVE population. inactive has nothing to do with this. (and even then Jenova has more characters over all on it than balmung lol)

The problem with these census sites is that they don't account for people who might be off-world. Some people practically live on other servers yet would be reported in the statistics for their home world. All of the people visiting Balmung for the brothels establishments and RP are all contributing to the server load yet won't show up in the censuses.

[LianaThorne]

The problem with these census sites is that they don't account for people who might be off-world. Some people practically live on other servers yet would be reported in the statistics for their home world. All of the people visiting Balmung for the brothels establishments and RP are all contributing to the server load yet won't show up in the censuses.

Census is also a year old almost so probably shouldn't be taken as accurate to current times.

[AngelCheese77]

Please insult me too.

You smell like ham.

[MilkieTea]

For what it's worth, I believe it is possible to transfer to a "preferred" world for free. I've considered doing so to a "non-RP" world, since Mateus has been crashing for the past few days during my playing hours and I'm uninterested in roleplaying in this game.

For posterities sake: it's only possible to transfer off of a Congested world (specifically marked as congested, not just a world where new characters can't be made) to a Preferred world for free.

[Videra]

Please insult me too.

You have lovely hair.