Character creation restrictions are a little ridiculous

[Viirin]

This is a very real problem, and I don't understand why SE is handling server restrictions the way they are. I totally agree with the friend recruitment thing... something should be done to make it so that an invitation to join the server is required from an existing character on the server, and simply leave it at that, restrict the crowded servers for randoms indefinitely. I don't want to leave Hyperion, because I would have to leave behind several friends I've made in the game, but it is proving a real hassle for my friends that I suggested the game to to get on the server. It appears around 7-8 AM is pretty much the only time a character can be made. No one's schedule should have to revolve around getting a character created on a server.

I would rather have to occasionally queue up to get into the world then to have to put my friends through the stress of this nonsense.

Servers are capped on how many characters may be logged in at once, and if they keep the servers open for character creation at all times, it'll just go back to that -or the days when extended periods of inactivity were an auto-logout.

Are they actually? I mean, they probably are, but I have never once seen that limit hit on Hyperion (at least since VERY early after launch). I am never met by a login queue or denied entry, and Hyperion is restricted 99% of the time. I would GLADLY trade no idling auto-logout for a reasonable method for our friends to be able to join us on our respective servers. Idling for long periods of time doesn't really do anything to help anyone.

[Rennah]

Are they actually? I mean, they probably are, but I have never once seen that limit hit on Hyperion (at least since VERY early after launch). I am never met by a login queue or denied entry, and Hyperion is restricted 99% of the time. I would GLADLY trade no idling auto-logout for a reasonable method for our friends to be able to join us on our respective servers. Idling for long periods of time doesn't really do anything to help anyone.

Yeah. RARELY you'll see the "Players in queue: 1" message on Balmung, now, so you can see it's still in place, but back at launch you'd see queue numbers in the hundreds, if not thousands, and you'd have to wait it out. It's just calmed a bit (a lot) since early access/free trial period time.

[Eltaire]

Are they actually? I mean, they probably are, but I have never once seen that limit hit on Hyperion (at least since VERY early after launch). I am never met by a login queue or denied entry, and Hyperion is restricted 99% of the time. I would GLADLY trade no idling auto-logout for a reasonable method for our friends to be able to join us on our respective servers. Idling for long periods of time doesn't really do anything to help anyone.

They are. Just this morning I wasn't able to log on initially, and was put into a queue.

This was on the Ragnarok server.