Blue Posted February 24, 2015 Share #226 Posted February 24, 2015 Lastly I'd like to stress just one more time of how I'd love if the RPC accepted the Official Forum's support more. It's thanks to them that we are receiving, for example, the City-state specific outfits coming 2.51. I like to think that my thread asking for them on the official boards helped this, and maybe it did, but more probably, someone asked for them on the JP boards :lol: It doesn't matter who did it in the end, but what matters is that I feel happy for asking in those forums. So in the end, please do not think poorly of the Official Forums just because of the mess General Discussion can be sometimes. There are trolls there just as there are people ready for a civil discussion, and they will always have the attention of SE that these boards do not have. TL;DR: The official forums are not evil! You just need to choose carefully the right section and the right topic/wording for your thread! I've yet to see any sort of positive impact from an official forum. All MMOs included, not just this one. MUCH LESS a non-Japanese forum for a Japanese MMO. Well, you can find a good amount of them here: http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=8517 But just so I can give you one example, here's something that is very RP-Focused, my request of an IC Status Icon. Pretty much everyone has been positive and nice. I daresay, the rudest post was coming from an RPer him/herself instead. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/196200-An-IC-RP-status-would-be-nice-to-have! My favorite comment in there being: I support this too. I think it would be nice for the rpers to have. Lets others know when the show's about to start too. *doesn't rp in this game but likes to listen to others* And with this post I'll try to not derail the topic further. I get too attached to things I like >_<; lol! Link to comment
Kaniko Niko Posted February 24, 2015 Share #227 Posted February 24, 2015 First post on the forums and all that rot. Just wanted to stop lurking and point out as someone who played FFXI for like six years from the PS2 release that everyone, and I do mean everyone had no less than two alts at any given time. I can't even begin to fathom where the idea that XI players are single-alt elitists comes from. Link to comment
Kage Posted February 24, 2015 Share #228 Posted February 24, 2015 According to lodestone at 3am PST Balmung was open. 1 hr (at least) after patch. Not that people care with Gold Saucer. Link to comment
Kaniko Niko Posted February 24, 2015 Share #229 Posted February 24, 2015 Was being the operative modifier. As of now, it's closed to me. Link to comment
Kage Posted February 24, 2015 Share #230 Posted February 24, 2015 Well that's why I posted here and not the open thread :> Considering certain areas are so congested that you may not get in *cough*Gold Saucer*cough* and people are getting stuck on the Loading Screens... I am pretty sure the window of opportunity into Balmung is much smaller now Link to comment
Kaniko Niko Posted February 24, 2015 Share #231 Posted February 24, 2015 Yeah. This update was my shot at getting into Balmung. Alas, I have failed greatly. Link to comment
Kage Posted February 24, 2015 Share #232 Posted February 24, 2015 Yeah. This update was my shot at getting into Balmung. Alas, I have failed greatly. According to Inessa, try again Link to comment
Bobo Posted March 3, 2015 Share #233 Posted March 3, 2015 As anyone seen Balmung open in the pass four days or so? Because I have seen every single server open but Balmung. And by the looks of it, the only chance I'll get will be before maintenance or after, with how things are going. Link to comment
Berrod Armstrong Posted March 3, 2015 Share #234 Posted March 3, 2015 For the past month or so it's been opening on Wednesday and Thursday mornings around this time. If you don't get it happening this week, it'll probably have to be before or after the next maintenance, yeah. Link to comment
Kage Posted March 3, 2015 Share #235 Posted March 3, 2015 Maintenance tomorrow night. Mar. 4, 2015 11:00 p.m. to Mar. 5, 2015 2:00 a.m. (PST) Link to comment
Kellach Woods Posted March 3, 2015 Share #236 Posted March 3, 2015 Everyone get in here. Link to comment
Heart Quintessence Posted March 8, 2015 Share #237 Posted March 8, 2015 So yeah as person who is planning to purchase the game, and still on my Free trial I am realizing that its limit is insane. Balmuung is like consis6tently the ONLY sever not OPEN. I have seen GIGLAMESH open more that I have seen Balmung open. Wha6t are they thinking? Also do they not impl8iment and AFK kicker on this game? (Its a modern MMO why don't they have one? Link to comment
Faye Posted March 8, 2015 Share #238 Posted March 8, 2015 The restriction could be preventing us all from playing XIV with Gerard Way right now. Let that sink in... Link to comment
Kage Posted March 8, 2015 Share #239 Posted March 8, 2015 The restriction could be preventing us all from playing XIV with Gerard Way right now. Let that sink in... ...who? And to be honest, you're also in a bad time. It is right now a free login period for those whose subscriptions have lapsed -right after- major content (namely Gold Saucer) was released. There -have- been times where Balmung has been open and unfortunately Balmung is just the highest populated server. Without SE doing major things to fix that we're at a loss to help people fix it other than "go make your character on a different server for now and then transfer" or "get ready at this particular time for awhile to try". Link to comment
Heart Quintessence Posted March 8, 2015 Share #240 Posted March 8, 2015 So hopefully come the 9th/10th it'll drop off a little bit and I can slip on with my little lady! Link to comment
Kage Posted March 8, 2015 Share #241 Posted March 8, 2015 Take note that most of the times we've seen it open have been at 3am Pacific - 5am Pacific mid-week (Wed-Thurs). This is just unfortunately the more limited of what it was a few months ago which was 3am-5am everyday. Link to comment
Heart Quintessence Posted March 8, 2015 Share #242 Posted March 8, 2015 Maybe we need to make a BIG sticky : If you are attempting to make a new character on Balmung try SUPER early (3-5am +) on a Weekday morning (usually mid-week) Link to comment
Faye Posted March 9, 2015 Share #243 Posted March 9, 2015 The restriction could be preventing us all from playing XIV with Gerard Way right now. Let that sink in... ...who? You know--that one guy from that one band that was relevant to angsty teens in 2005. [video=youtube] Link to comment
Kage Posted March 9, 2015 Share #244 Posted March 9, 2015 Ohhh I never listened to them... I just... listened to that other angsty band starting with Good and ends with Charlotte. But that's what we could do. We could have someone edit the opening post and title for the Balmung thread possibly to reflect it? Link to comment
Heart Quintessence Posted March 10, 2015 Share #245 Posted March 10, 2015 So has anyone has any luck with stepping into a the game when the PSN side is down if they're on PC. for creation of a character? Like that's going to happen then evening? Link to comment
K'nahli Posted March 13, 2015 Share #246 Posted March 13, 2015 I just can't seem to find an opening time anymore. I just logged in and did a search only to find that there was something like 85 people afk'ing in the three city states alone though, at this time of day.... and I just can't help but wonder how many of them just leave their computers on all day instead of logging out ; Are restrictions also related to the amount of people in the starting areas? Or is that no longer in effect? EDIT: IT JUST OPENED. I typed my name so fast... I hope I didn't make a mistake... Link to comment
Nebbs Posted March 13, 2015 Share #247 Posted March 13, 2015 You can see from the official notice Regarding Character Creation Restrictions that they are doing something. However I have been looking for an opening and have not seen Balmung open in a while. Link to comment
Kellach Woods Posted March 13, 2015 Share #248 Posted March 13, 2015 You can see from the official notice Regarding Character Creation Restrictions that they are doing something. However I have been looking for an opening and have not seen Balmung open in a while. That's an automated notice that does absolutely jack shit in the grand scheme of things. It's always on top to show which realms are accepting characters, but it's not updated as soon as there's a change (I've seen it say Balmung wasn't open when there was a 2 hour window where it was) and more importantly isn't actually doing something about the problem. That page is the "Caution : Wet Floor" of actually doing something about it. Link to comment
Heart Quintessence Posted March 13, 2015 Share #249 Posted March 13, 2015 Balmung is open currently , so give it a shot no if you're hunting! I got it and it rocks! Link to comment
Warren Castille Posted March 13, 2015 Share #250 Posted March 13, 2015 Everyone take note: http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/7646466e34be540314cfa6810da8874de9c8642b NA Data server maintenance! At the following time, we will be performing maintenance on the North American data center. During this time, players may be temporarily unable to connect to the North American data center, or may become disconnected from the server, but gameplay will be possible by logging in again. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. [Date & Time] From Mar. 15, 2015 4:00 to Mar. 15, 2015 10:00 (GMT) [Affected Worlds] - North American data center Worlds Link to comment
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