I find that trying to get into Balmung after maintenance is the very worst way to do it. If Maintenance ends early (and it usually does), it's not a reliable timing. You have to actually be awake (most likely because you are an early riser ESTer or other timezone), or you're lucky if you were in Pacific. At least if you tried during the old windows in April or if you did it before maintenance, it was a reliable time.
Now it's more "can you get in before the automated bots and lucky enough to be on at just that time" or transfer.
Transferring, for the moment, seems to be the most reliable. It costs a bit more but you save yourself the frustration of hoping it will be open right before maintenance starts or that you were lucky to get on when maintenance finished early.
Now it's more "can you get in before the automated bots and lucky enough to be on at just that time" or transfer.
Transferring, for the moment, seems to be the most reliable. It costs a bit more but you save yourself the frustration of hoping it will be open right before maintenance starts or that you were lucky to get on when maintenance finished early.
