Just for the record, there are a number of people who are/were active on Besaid/Balmung working to build up not-Balmung communities. It's kinda insulting to their efforts to continue asking for Balmung when another doesn't need to be Balmung to actually have a functional RP community.
Balmung is by no means a homogenous community. Even the RPC's users here don't even qualify for that. (If you disagree, you're proving my point. If you agree, I don't even need to make my point then.) Do I think every single small community has what it takes to become a fully functional, self-sustaining community? No. For some servers, that's perfect. For other servers, they'd probably consider than an insult. The one I've been observing and giving the most input to has a lot of growing and a lot of learning to do because I think its community will actually be sustainable. But if I had to make assumptions about how Balmung rose to its position currently, I'd bet the same happened back when it was Besaid in 1.0.
Balmung is likely going to stay closed for a pretty long time as long as Square Enix keeps putting the 7.5-8k active players/connections number around for stability concerns. RPC has more users registered than that. And we're a fraction of the total users. For every inactive user/duplicate account/bot on RPC, there's probably a user unaffiliated with the site who's active on Balmung. And more.
Likewise, just being Balmung is considered the biggest server, there's still no guarantee of finding RP. Especially RP that you (the reader) would even find interesting. Nobody's obligated to RP. If it's such a turn off to not be on Balmung specifically, I'd have to consider if this is really the right choice of game to play/RP in to start. The people who on either started super early, worked to wake up at the right time despite having their own lives and commitments, or paid for it knowing that it was still a gamble. If the game is worth playing, there are plenty of servers available.
I'll keep recommending the smaller servers to work on their exposure. Posts here aren't going to suddenly become non-Balmung by Balmung players. Non-Balmung events aren't going to post themselves. In-character stories have no reason to be divided by server (unless someone's treating them like an alternate universe and is using the same character base on multiple servers). I'd urge all our users here to show activity, especially the ones trying to bolster their communities. You'll get noticed by being visible.
Balmung is by no means a homogenous community. Even the RPC's users here don't even qualify for that. (If you disagree, you're proving my point. If you agree, I don't even need to make my point then.) Do I think every single small community has what it takes to become a fully functional, self-sustaining community? No. For some servers, that's perfect. For other servers, they'd probably consider than an insult. The one I've been observing and giving the most input to has a lot of growing and a lot of learning to do because I think its community will actually be sustainable. But if I had to make assumptions about how Balmung rose to its position currently, I'd bet the same happened back when it was Besaid in 1.0.
Balmung is likely going to stay closed for a pretty long time as long as Square Enix keeps putting the 7.5-8k active players/connections number around for stability concerns. RPC has more users registered than that. And we're a fraction of the total users. For every inactive user/duplicate account/bot on RPC, there's probably a user unaffiliated with the site who's active on Balmung. And more.
Likewise, just being Balmung is considered the biggest server, there's still no guarantee of finding RP. Especially RP that you (the reader) would even find interesting. Nobody's obligated to RP. If it's such a turn off to not be on Balmung specifically, I'd have to consider if this is really the right choice of game to play/RP in to start. The people who on either started super early, worked to wake up at the right time despite having their own lives and commitments, or paid for it knowing that it was still a gamble. If the game is worth playing, there are plenty of servers available.
I'll keep recommending the smaller servers to work on their exposure. Posts here aren't going to suddenly become non-Balmung by Balmung players. Non-Balmung events aren't going to post themselves. In-character stories have no reason to be divided by server (unless someone's treating them like an alternate universe and is using the same character base on multiple servers). I'd urge all our users here to show activity, especially the ones trying to bolster their communities. You'll get noticed by being visible.
