Quote Originally Posted by reiichi View Post
Lots of players doesn't really affect a server all that much. Lots of logged-in players does. That's why the server closes for character creation.
I personally think the creation restrictions is probably because upon completing a character you automatically log into the server - and on servers where there is so much congestion that people are always filling the LOG IN QUEUE - you cannot make a new character.

So I believe the restrictions are because of people LOGGING IN and not people ON THE SERVER (which is why character transfers are fine) so it very well might be because of altaholics on Balmung that are always switching between characters that is the reason the server is never open.