While I have my share of complaints about the lockdown, a lack of fresh blood is at the bottom of that list right now for me, personally. Considering this lockdown is indefinite, it may become an issue later on, but it hasn't felt like a problem yet. As someone who I feel is social, puts myself out there and meets a lot of people, I am still regularly meeting new people on Balmung, some I've really enjoyed role-playing and chatting with. Who knows if I would have met them if the Quicksand had been full of newbies and people's fresh alts who might have snagged a walk-up with my character or theirs first? My FC is even still getting new recruits; we just picked up someone who's played on Balmung a while but is just now venturing into FFXIV RP! I try to look at the bright side of things, and this is a good opportunity to branch out and meet more people who are already established on Balmung and more likely to stick around than someone who picked up the game a month ago and transferred to Balmung for RP and may not end up enjoying the game/community and disappear within another month.
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