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Nothing new or shiny about Balmung, as a legacy server with an RP community that had been thriving since the server was called Besaid. Gilgamesh was the "shiny new" launch server, where a small number of roleplayers joining at ARR's release decided to go for multiple reasons that honestly turned out to have little bearing. Economy being the one most commonly cited, as I recall - some friends I have on Cactuar and Ultros, both non-Legacy servers, suffer high prices on most items compared to Balmung and say they wish their servers had Balmung's economy.
When the community is smaller, "dead periods" of RP (which happen in all games to some degree, in my experience) are going to be more noticeable. We've had player activity begin to taper off, too, but it has less of an impact due to our larger population - there's quite honestly always someone new to roleplay with.
I am deeply sympathetic, because I've been in similar straits when my Neverwinter Nights server began "losing" people to one with a similar setting and a higher overall population. I have an alt on Gilgamesh, and I've observed this for myself to some extent. But it's unfair and, to be blunt, dishonest to blame Balmung's community for people "jumping ship."
And that's why I'm still sitting here and scratching my head at Zoetrooper's previous post. There is no unfavorable view of Gilgamesh that's been expressed here on the RPC, save perhaps by a select few when the "split" first occurred, but that was almost a year ago now, shortly before ARR's launch. The Discussion and OOC threads are open to everyone, with nothing specific to either server. Both servers have places to post events that are taking place in either realm. I'm simply not seeing the "unfriendly environment" at all, and I'm a little disappointed that some people apparently find it to be so.
When the community is smaller, "dead periods" of RP (which happen in all games to some degree, in my experience) are going to be more noticeable. We've had player activity begin to taper off, too, but it has less of an impact due to our larger population - there's quite honestly always someone new to roleplay with.
I am deeply sympathetic, because I've been in similar straits when my Neverwinter Nights server began "losing" people to one with a similar setting and a higher overall population. I have an alt on Gilgamesh, and I've observed this for myself to some extent. But it's unfair and, to be blunt, dishonest to blame Balmung's community for people "jumping ship."
And that's why I'm still sitting here and scratching my head at Zoetrooper's previous post. There is no unfavorable view of Gilgamesh that's been expressed here on the RPC, save perhaps by a select few when the "split" first occurred, but that was almost a year ago now, shortly before ARR's launch. The Discussion and OOC threads are open to everyone, with nothing specific to either server. Both servers have places to post events that are taking place in either realm. I'm simply not seeing the "unfriendly environment" at all, and I'm a little disappointed that some people apparently find it to be so.
Yvelont Navarre
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com