Petition to Terminate Restrictions on Transfer to “High Population” Servers

[ExKage]

Guys. During Heavensward launch, I never had a queue that last more than 15-20 minutes. And I played religiously though early access and launch. So, I'm not too sure what was wrong for those who said their queues were horrendous.

I'd had hours long tries. :| It was more of a guessing game the first few days as to whether or not I was actually getting in. Many hours of frustration as I kept getting timed out while my roommate didn't have that issue even though I had switched ethernet cables, restarted my computer many times, and re-installed. As time went on the queues stabilized but there was a few days of a ton of frustration.

The issue here is that they've locked down these servers with absolutely no incentive for people to leave. Sure, they upper the caps on gil. But they are essentially telling me that if I want to continue to grow my FC, I need my entire FC to pay $18 to transfer to a low pop server. I call bullshit. They want to cap a server, fine. But then I need them to let me move my entire FC (players, house, workshop, and all) for free.

If you don't, perhaps others will. They're going to make the transfer free to leave for certain worlds. Whether or not you accept these, it's up to you. I highly doubt they will let you keep your actual plot and workshop as they are so I think asking for different incentives is not out of the question.

Bonuses
*Transfers to designated Worlds will be free of charge.
*EXP bonuses will be applied to designated Worlds (up to level 60).
*Gil and free play time will be awarded to newly created characters that reach a certain level on designated Worlds.
*EXP bonuses will be applied to newly established Worlds (up to level 60).
*Gil and free play time will be awarded to newly created characters that reach a certain level on newly established Worlds.
*For players who own personal housing, we are planning a number of provisions including a reimbursement for the full price of the estate, and compensation for the cost of furnishings which we will add in subsequent updates moving forward. We also plan to accommodate free companies members that plan to move together with or without a free company estate.

SE could remedy the supposed over-population problem through a variety of different means that would not potentially harm the communities on high population servers, or at least disclose the date when the restriction will be lifted [see OP for ideas].

Just take it as is. It's not indefinite unless the players make it out to be. They will be lifted when the populations are not as high as they are now.

For the record, I am not signing this petition as I think the lock was a long time coming. Do I dislike the lock? Yes, but I think they're right in trying to get people to move to less congested worlds. If you need better incentives, call for them.