balmung is partially so large because of the way the merge was done. they merged servers and then allowed limited transferring out due to limited space on the other servers. i guess you could say it's probably closer to 30% rpers once you figure not all of the rp server were rpers and the other server was not a rp server. it would be a fun server to be on, but i've met people from multiple servers that i can say i would have fun with.

i don't think you would have issues on any of the servers as far as trying to get end game done since the merge honestly. if you had asked before the merge there would have been many servers we could have warned you to avoid due to low populations.