My friend has been trying to join FFXI since the start March 6th and Cannot join Odin's Server due to the suspended Character Creation relating to the World Merge.

So far the World Merge has been pushed back from March 16th -> Mid April Update -> ???. Is there any chance of reinstating the Character Creation before the Unknown Update?

I'd like for him to be able to play when the servers come back up without having to eventually pay a $25 fee to transfer to Odin.