Hi there!
I think I can answer a few of those questions, and maybe edit in a couple links after the fact, when I'm not at work.
1) Balmung is almost always closed, unless the server crashes or you get lucky with 2-3 minutes of maitenance ending. Gilgamesh may be a little luckier and open during early mornings in the PST<->EST time range. (Think, 3AM-5AM PST, when typical server load should be at its lowest).
2) People are using the server transfer feature to send their characters onto these full servers. It's $18 USD for a transfer, and you can do as many characters as open slots (so 8 max) with one transfer fee, as long as characters are all coming from the same server and going to the same server. So a single character, the fee sucks. For maybe 3+ if you like alts, not too bad.
3) You'll be interested in the "Other Servers" section of the Linkshell Hall for known active Linkshells/Free Companies featuring RP on other servers. (There are plenty more we just don't know about).
4) I hear there's a budding RP Colony on Siren. I've also heard there are some on Jenova as well. Famfrit, Moogle, and Sargantas. But like most social stuff, don't move if you're happy where you are. I've been considering making some alts for the other servers just to kinda peek around and see how things are different compared to Balming.
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Server things aside, welcome to the RPC! There's a lot of stuff all over here. If you haven't already, I'd also recommend making sure your FFXIV Official Forums account's good to go as well, as RPC links to quite a bit there, generally in their Lore board.
If you've got any questions about the RPC, where to find something, where a thread might best be posted, user/account options, wikis, etc, feel free to ask me or any of the other users!
Glad to have you here!
I think I can answer a few of those questions, and maybe edit in a couple links after the fact, when I'm not at work.
1) Balmung is almost always closed, unless the server crashes or you get lucky with 2-3 minutes of maitenance ending. Gilgamesh may be a little luckier and open during early mornings in the PST<->EST time range. (Think, 3AM-5AM PST, when typical server load should be at its lowest).
2) People are using the server transfer feature to send their characters onto these full servers. It's $18 USD for a transfer, and you can do as many characters as open slots (so 8 max) with one transfer fee, as long as characters are all coming from the same server and going to the same server. So a single character, the fee sucks. For maybe 3+ if you like alts, not too bad.
3) You'll be interested in the "Other Servers" section of the Linkshell Hall for known active Linkshells/Free Companies featuring RP on other servers. (There are plenty more we just don't know about).
4) I hear there's a budding RP Colony on Siren. I've also heard there are some on Jenova as well. Famfrit, Moogle, and Sargantas. But like most social stuff, don't move if you're happy where you are. I've been considering making some alts for the other servers just to kinda peek around and see how things are different compared to Balming.
--
Server things aside, welcome to the RPC! There's a lot of stuff all over here. If you haven't already, I'd also recommend making sure your FFXIV Official Forums account's good to go as well, as RPC links to quite a bit there, generally in their Lore board.
If you've got any questions about the RPC, where to find something, where a thread might best be posted, user/account options, wikis, etc, feel free to ask me or any of the other users!
Glad to have you here!
