(02-10-2016, 03:29 PM)Flynt Knoltros Wrote: This brings up an interesting question though, while some may choose to leave for the sake of immersion, have others begun to ignore or 'forget' that piece of lore or justify it with headcannons as to why we see so many more than there should be? This question isn't really in line with this thread, but I think an interesting discussion nonetheless.
I know I'm not helping with being on-topic and all, but it's worth noting that PCs are tiny percentage of the overall characters that exist in Eorzea. That two particular "rare" races may be over-represented in this set isn't really non-compliant with lore; it actually indicates that there's a selection bias there that makes PCs not representative of the population. Given that PCs are largely class-wielding doers of derring-do, I think it's safe to say they're already not representative of the population.
I'd also note that you can have a rare event happen in a larger population without throwing off the overall statistics, and that a fair coin can flip heads five times in a row without being an unfair coin. There's your explanation; no headcanon is required. 
To the original topic, I think most of the pros and cons have already been stated. I can't underscore enough, though, the difficulty of getting onto Balmung. Yes, you can blow $18 for a server transfer, but you'd best make sure you have all of your alts already created or you'll find yourself stuck should you ever want to play a different character. One con (or, I suppose to me, a pro) that I didn't see mentioned is that, because of the large RP population on Balmung, there's no single unified "community" of RP. While Balmung is well-represented on the RPC and, so I'm told, Tumblr, there's a pretty large set of RPers who don't use either of those things. This is a pro in that there's no "community standards" to attempt to enforce specific views on RP, and in that you can, with some searching, find whatever RP you like; it's a con if you would prefer a more tightly-knit RP community where stories interconnect much more.
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