Balmung is open!

[Michikyou]

Still open!

[Clover]

Thank you! I just created the alt for my future second Au Ra. Still open!

[Sailor July]

It's open~!

[Bexy]

The servers are up, and Balmung is open!

[Kurt S.]

Balmung is still ooopeeeen!

[Rovella]

And still open.

[Bexy]

Servers up! Balmung open!

[Mercer]

The Character Creation post is currently mislabeled. Balmung is closed and has been closed since before 8:00 PT

[Michikyou]

The Character Creation post is currently mislabeled. Balmung is closed and has been closed since before 8:00 PT

rule of thumb, never trust that post.

[Winters Knight]

Made a character on Balmung this morning, so open I guess?

 

EDIT: Apparently the morning is just a good time to slide into the server in general...

[D'ly]

As of 9:16AM EST, Balmung is open.

[Unnamed Mercenary]

Can confirm still open as of 9:50 EDT.

[AquiziTC]

3:57 AM CDT. Balmung is open!

[Argent34]

6:12am EST: Balmung is now open!

[Clover]

It's open! I just created an Au Ra placeholder.

[Zaxuria Bellus]

Balmung still open for me to create my miqo'te at 0637 Central!!

[Shadottie]

Balmung's open!

 

I needed a placeholder for my au ra!

 

[Unnamed Mercenary]

Better get ready! Emergency maintenance in progress.

 

You can save character appearances in the benchmark to carry over.

 

It's planned to be online in 4 hours, but it could be earlier/later depending on what SE needs to patch.

[Carter]

I'm from England and wanting to join Balmung for the RP.

What would be the best time in GMT to try?

Thanks

[banndsand]

9h-13h GMT on weekdays would probably be the best time to check, if I didn't wildly miscalculate. Basing this off 2h-6h pacific time, which is whenabouts I'd usually check back when I needed to get characters on the server.  Best of luck.

[Kellach Woods]

Keep in mind that because of Heavensward we've been experiencing a lot of problems with the usual times that we recommend for character creation.

 

Attested by the fact that Balmung is not open at this hour.

 

Your best bet is the times immediately preceding maintenance and immediately following maintenance.

[Xydane Vale]

Bah, I apologize for adding another post to an old thread but it seems my luck is very thin. Again, I am paying the price for starting everything all over and I was forced to create Xydane on Gilgamesh before I can transfer him over to Balmung.

 

Now, is a paid transfer guaranteed? They have me on that free 30 day trial so I will need to wait until the character is active after 3 days.

[Mhega]

Immediately after maintenance doesn't seem to be much of an option... just tried this morning, refreshing the world status on the login screen every so often in case it ended early.

 

Was 2:14am PDT, 4 minutes after servers opened back up... already locked. Seems at this point it'll take a lot of luck and timing, or 18 dollars to get a new character on the server.

[Sigil.9054]

Now, is a paid transfer guaranteed? They have me on that free 30 day trial so I will need to wait until the character is active after 3 days.

 

I had actually *wanted* to start over on Balmung, but I could never catch the character creator open. I finally just caved and transferred my character, and didn't have any problems at all. I didn't even see a warning that suggested in the server was full, the transfer wouldn't go through.

 

I definitely suggest giving that a shot. IMO, the monetary cost is well worth avoiding the headache of trying to slip in when the server is rarely open.

[Xydane Vale]

Now, is a paid transfer guaranteed? They have me on that free 30 day trial so I will need to wait until the character is active after 3 days.

 

I had actually *wanted* to start over on Balmung, but I could never catch the character creator open. I finally just caved and transferred my character, and didn't have any problems at all. I didn't even see a warning that suggested in the server was full, the transfer wouldn't go through.

 

I definitely suggest giving that a shot. IMO, the monetary cost is well worth avoiding the headache of trying to slip in when the server is rarely open.

 

Yep, I was able to transfer two days ago and the process was painless. I'd figured trying to get into Balmung would be different especially since it was already a pain in the arse to begin with when the game first came out two years back.