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I personally joined Balmung two years ago, about the same time I joined this forum. I was convinced at the time there were several servers with RP communities and picked one that felt like a good start.Â
Back then, you could create characters on the server at relatively early EU times without issue. Honestly, if I knew it would devolve into such a thing reading all these horrible string of comments and threads, I might've gone with the community of frenchies I avoided for so long on Ragnarok (EU).
Gegenji post covers it all, so I won't repeat the very good, well-expressed points they made earlier.
I have two old friends from WoW who were devastated when they saw Balmung on lockout. We were supposed to play together, but it was just hell.
There is very little we can do - as players. Square Enix should actually help us fix. And they will at least try, through free transfers, among other things. The incoming jump potions may also encourage people to try other servers for themselves, and I know it will definitely do it for me.Â
This is my personal decision, as I'm sure a lower-pop server can be less exhausting, and I've always had a thing for fresh starts, new characters, and new friends. I'm a natural when it comes to seeking out LSes, communities and RP groups, so I know it will not be difficult nor hard for me to hop on a new server, but it is not the case of anyone. I know people who dread at the idea of 'starting over' or who have social anxiety and even just reaching out online is hard for them.
I don't think it is good to be immediately offended when people ask for help either - and in the same way, people are sadly not 'obligated' de facto to help, even if, it's a community called FFXIV Roleplayers and not Balmung Roleplayers.
Most people who are on Balmung will, sadly, not care or look the other way, and they may take asks for helps as guilt-tripping rounds lmao. It shows as much on this thread, and the others. And honestly, it's fine, and completely understandable. I wouldn't even consider it if it weren't for jump-potions myself, it's my home, I got my FCs, my hundreds of RP contacts, life's good.
If you don't want to move, it's all right. If you want to move, it's all right. If you don't want to help by making RP active on other servers, it's all right. If you want to help by making RP active on other servers, it's all right. You paid ur game. U decide.
My suggestion, and only idea, is to make pop-up RP nights for all these lower-pop servers as dailies, in zones accessible at level 1-20. Leveling a character 15 to have access to all cities goes in a flash. If anything, it'd allow people to test the waters with a really minimal effort. I know what you think ('muh glamours'), it's fine, really.
TL;DR: If you can check out other servers, it's cool. If you can't/don't want to, it's cool. Please do not blame players and entire servers for this whole discourse, but turn to SE.
If they gave us a RP tag, it means they know we exist. Surely, they could do more for us regarding that issue.
I personally joined Balmung two years ago, about the same time I joined this forum. I was convinced at the time there were several servers with RP communities and picked one that felt like a good start.Â
Back then, you could create characters on the server at relatively early EU times without issue. Honestly, if I knew it would devolve into such a thing reading all these horrible string of comments and threads, I might've gone with the community of frenchies I avoided for so long on Ragnarok (EU).
Gegenji post covers it all, so I won't repeat the very good, well-expressed points they made earlier.
I have two old friends from WoW who were devastated when they saw Balmung on lockout. We were supposed to play together, but it was just hell.
There is very little we can do - as players. Square Enix should actually help us fix. And they will at least try, through free transfers, among other things. The incoming jump potions may also encourage people to try other servers for themselves, and I know it will definitely do it for me.Â
This is my personal decision, as I'm sure a lower-pop server can be less exhausting, and I've always had a thing for fresh starts, new characters, and new friends. I'm a natural when it comes to seeking out LSes, communities and RP groups, so I know it will not be difficult nor hard for me to hop on a new server, but it is not the case of anyone. I know people who dread at the idea of 'starting over' or who have social anxiety and even just reaching out online is hard for them.
I don't think it is good to be immediately offended when people ask for help either - and in the same way, people are sadly not 'obligated' de facto to help, even if, it's a community called FFXIV Roleplayers and not Balmung Roleplayers.
Most people who are on Balmung will, sadly, not care or look the other way, and they may take asks for helps as guilt-tripping rounds lmao. It shows as much on this thread, and the others. And honestly, it's fine, and completely understandable. I wouldn't even consider it if it weren't for jump-potions myself, it's my home, I got my FCs, my hundreds of RP contacts, life's good.
If you don't want to move, it's all right. If you want to move, it's all right. If you don't want to help by making RP active on other servers, it's all right. If you want to help by making RP active on other servers, it's all right. You paid ur game. U decide.
My suggestion, and only idea, is to make pop-up RP nights for all these lower-pop servers as dailies, in zones accessible at level 1-20. Leveling a character 15 to have access to all cities goes in a flash. If anything, it'd allow people to test the waters with a really minimal effort. I know what you think ('muh glamours'), it's fine, really.
TL;DR: If you can check out other servers, it's cool. If you can't/don't want to, it's cool. Please do not blame players and entire servers for this whole discourse, but turn to SE.
If they gave us a RP tag, it means they know we exist. Surely, they could do more for us regarding that issue.
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