I'm in the UK as well and I haven't had too many problems playing on Balmung. There's quite a lot of European players on the server but they can appear rather scattered at times. Generally speaking there's people around no matter what time of day - or night - you happen to get online.Â
As far as PvE and PvP goes I rarely experience lag that makes me perform poorly. It does happen from time to time but even then it hasn't been anything that has made me unable to complete content effectively. Opportunities to raid during EU friendly hours, however, are scarce outside of the duty/party finder. You may need to be very proactive if you wish to do tackle high end content around the time that is is released.
One thing to be wary of is the occasional culture clash. Some people in the community struggle to understand many elements of British/European humour/culture and 'reserved' individuals at times risk being unfairly branded 'blunt' or 'frigid'.
Overall, though? Things are pretty good on Balmung for European players.
As far as PvE and PvP goes I rarely experience lag that makes me perform poorly. It does happen from time to time but even then it hasn't been anything that has made me unable to complete content effectively. Opportunities to raid during EU friendly hours, however, are scarce outside of the duty/party finder. You may need to be very proactive if you wish to do tackle high end content around the time that is is released.
One thing to be wary of is the occasional culture clash. Some people in the community struggle to understand many elements of British/European humour/culture and 'reserved' individuals at times risk being unfairly branded 'blunt' or 'frigid'.
Overall, though? Things are pretty good on Balmung for European players.
