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New person! - SargentToughie - 05-29-2014
Hello everybody.
I'm SargentToughie, and while I'm new to both this forum and RPing in Final Fantasy 14, and new to RPing in MMOs at all for that matter, this will not be my first foray into the realm of RPing as a whole. I have almost a decade of experience when it comes to forum RPing in a variety of different ways, and I'm kind of excited to take things up to the next level, so to speak.
Anyway, I've got a bit of a situation on my hands. I'm well aware by this point that Balmung by many to be their preferred RP server, but every time I try to set up a new character on that server, it's always greyed out and locked off from new characters. I was just curious, is there something special that I have to do to get permissions to join that server? Or is it more of a case where I have to get lucky and hope to catch it when it's accepting new members.
Either way, I'm looking forward to hearing back from you guys, and I can't wait to get started. Thank you for taking the time to read the post, rather you can help me or not. I look forward to interacting with many of you in the future.
-Toughie
RE: New person! - Maia - 05-29-2014
Hello and welcome!
I could be wrong, but I think people can still get characters onto Balmung and/or Gilgamesh if they try during the right times of day.
I tend to wake up really early in the morning for work, so I've had no real problem making and placing an alt on Balmung in the weeeee hours of the morning. I've heard similar things from other people; it just seems to take some trial and error, and some patience/persistence. I've also heard that immediately after maintenance is a good time to try.
(Yes, I just copy/pasted that from the last time I posted this response, haha. *ducks* But I couldn't think of anything new to say! )
RE: New person! - Cranechild - 05-30-2014
(05-29-2014, 10:43 PM)SargentToughie Wrote: Hello everybody.
I'm SargentToughie, and while I'm new to both this forum and RPing in Final Fantasy 14, and new to RPing in MMOs at all for that matter, this will not be my first foray into the realm of RPing as a whole. I have almost a decade of experience when it comes to forum RPing in a variety of different ways, and I'm kind of excited to take things up to the next level, so to speak.
Anyway, I've got a bit of a situation on my hands. I'm well aware by this point that Balmung by many to be their preferred RP server, but every time I try to set up a new character on that server, it's always greyed out and locked off from new characters. I was just curious, is there something special that I have to do to get permissions to join that server? Or is it more of a case where I have to get lucky and hope to catch it when it's accepting new members.
Either way, I'm looking forward to hearing back from you guys, and I can't wait to get started. Thank you for taking the time to read the post, rather you can help me or not. I look forward to interacting with many of you in the future.
-Toughie
wait for times of lower congestion. they will let up and you can create in peace.
 and If you're interested, why not make a Garlean? 
RE: New person! - Ragnar - 05-30-2014
Hey! Welcome to the RPC!
A few days ago I created a character on Balmung at around 1:30 A.M. GMT -6. I know other people have had luck creating characters at later times as well. I hope that helps a little.
RE: New person! - SargentToughie - 05-30-2014
Thank you both very much for the advice, I really appreciate it. I waited until earlier this morning, and I *was* in fact able to successfully get a character on to the server.