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Merri · **07-04-2013, 02:27 PM**

(07-04-2013, 10:01 AM)Akki-Chan Wrote: Balmung is a place for those who made friends a long time ago and want to see a new dawn rising voer their home with new challanges to rise up to, surroudned by companions they made before.

Personally, I don't necessarily think this is entirely fair. Now, I'm on the fence of encouraging everyone to go to whichever server they want. Everyone is entitled to make their own decision, and our community should support that.

I see this a lot on these forums, though, and it is rather upsetting. People assuming and confirming that Balmung players more or less are only interested in themselves, and the connections they made during 1.0. It's kind of unfair to lump everyone on Balmung into that, when honestly it couldn't be further from the truth. It's when this rumor gets spoken over and over again that more and more people take it to heart.

I mean, I'll use my linkshell for example. We've spent the past two weekends trying to get everyone, all roleplayers together for these events. New and old alike. I constantly see people from Balmung reaching a helping hand out to new players in order to help them get their feet and catch up. I know myself and countless others have already pledged to donate what we can to new players in terms of gear. Donate our time to assist in leveling and dungeons. Most linkshells are accepting these new players with open arms, and have programs in place to help them and get them involved.

To say that we're all just worried about ourselves and our own friends is a bit insulting. That can very well be a source of animosity.

On the other side of the spectrum, we have Balmung people who don't necessarily want the community to split. It's understandable. We've struggled in the past to keep our community together through lulls in subscription back when XIV wasn't doing so well, so we're used to fighting to keep everything together and moving forward. Naturally, that's going to spill over a bit into this situation.

However, I don't agree with the people who talk down on those who choose to go to another server. Quite frankly, people are free to do as they will, and I stand firmly in believing this site needs to facilitate RP in FFXIV as a whole, not just on Balmung.

Some respect please, this is addressed to all

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