(05-22-2017, 02:19 AM)Oswin Wrote: How do we move forward? Diversifying. There is already a small, but strong RP presence on other servers. Mateus, Jenova, Faerie, Cactaur, Sargatanas and more. What needs to happen is for people to broaden their horizons and join these other servers. There needs to be an active effort to strengthen new communities. It will not be an easy effort, and in reality I don't believe there will be enough effort for Balmung to survive.
(1) Merc, thank you for the tech explanation. That was very informative about the server load. However, the Balmung population could be decreased by alternative means [mentioned some of these in a prior post] (ideally designating an official RP server). Banning transfers will not be effective to alleviate the pending server strain that will happen around SB when potentially thousands of players already on Balmung return. Worse yet is that this ineffective remedy could be extremely detrimental to the long-term health of the RP community if the transfer restrictions are not lifted after 2-3 months.
(2) Oswin, I appreciate all the effort you're putting into bolstering Maetus as the alternative RP server, but the answer again is not to fragment the RP community across multiple servers. This does not create diversity or increase roleplay: it does the opposite - it causes homogenization of roleplay, decreases the type and frequency of RP available, and increases community stagnation.
Server selection is an artificial, technical barrier that should not divide roleplayers. Honestly, if SE decides to split Balmung, that might very well be a great thing for the community if RPers could agree on a consensus alternative server. It doesn't matter where RP'ers play: what matters is that they stick together and consolidate RP in one place (currently Balmung).
(3) Again, the long term solutions here are: (1) convince SE to lift the transfer restriction [and implement alternative population control measures if necessary]; or (2) convince SE to designate an official RP server. No one stands anything to gain by splitting the party, man.
