I honestly can't comprehend how there are people who are shocked and offended that SE isn't allowing transfers before an expansion to a server that is completely congested (and suffering for it in numerous ways) when their site has been saying for a very long time now, however erroneously, that you can't transfer to Balmung. And it sucks, I get it. I have real life friends who were considering picking up the game with Stormblood, and I know that they won't be arsed to play on another server without us for months and then shell out money to transfer over here when the option is available again after they've already made ties on their original server. It's disappointing. But I also totally understand.
Balmung crashes a ton (and sometimes takes the whole data center with it) and has huge log in queues during launches like this, the housing situation is abysmal and SE apparently has no grasp on how to fix it, and the economy on the server is absolutely horrible. The population and stability of the server are not in a good place when the only way you could make a new character for years now is to transfer onto the server. It's not a bad or unpredictable move on SE's part, just one that likely came too late--which is perhaps why some people are getting their jimmies so rustled after being spoiled for so long.
But with all that amazement and bitching out of the way, I think it would be a good idea to designate another single server as the secondary RP server rather than just branch off into small groups across half a dozen servers. You'll still have teeny-tiny RP hubs on other servers like always, of course, I just think it would be good to give a specific server the title so people looking for RP could know where to gather while Balmung is locked and form an alternative little community in the meantime.
However I wouldn't advise anyone get too comfy there. Most of us remember or have heard about the RP community "split" onto Gilgamesh... and how short-lived and uneven that split was. I think it's pretty normal for RPers in MMO's to want to gather in the most complete and cohesive community they can make. I really think this issue will be an extremely temporary one. As soon as the flood gates to Balmung open again, people will start trickling in and ultimately all but a few groups of stragglers will migrate back.
Balmung crashes a ton (and sometimes takes the whole data center with it) and has huge log in queues during launches like this, the housing situation is abysmal and SE apparently has no grasp on how to fix it, and the economy on the server is absolutely horrible. The population and stability of the server are not in a good place when the only way you could make a new character for years now is to transfer onto the server. It's not a bad or unpredictable move on SE's part, just one that likely came too late--which is perhaps why some people are getting their jimmies so rustled after being spoiled for so long.
But with all that amazement and bitching out of the way, I think it would be a good idea to designate another single server as the secondary RP server rather than just branch off into small groups across half a dozen servers. You'll still have teeny-tiny RP hubs on other servers like always, of course, I just think it would be good to give a specific server the title so people looking for RP could know where to gather while Balmung is locked and form an alternative little community in the meantime.
However I wouldn't advise anyone get too comfy there. Most of us remember or have heard about the RP community "split" onto Gilgamesh... and how short-lived and uneven that split was. I think it's pretty normal for RPers in MMO's to want to gather in the most complete and cohesive community they can make. I really think this issue will be an extremely temporary one. As soon as the flood gates to Balmung open again, people will start trickling in and ultimately all but a few groups of stragglers will migrate back.
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