The lockout is there for a reason, to stop Balmung from imploding, literally. The server was so big the hardware was having trouble handling it so SE needed to put a stop to it. Closing the inflow of new characters was one step, incentivizing leaving is the second and its been working; Balmung has shrunk a little and other servers are bigger now but its not enough for Balmung to be in a healthy state at the SERVER level. Until it shrinks to where SE is comfortable with it Balmung will remain closed. If you don't like that its closed then move because you're part of the problem with the server. Its a simple choice: stay with a full server and not see new characters or move to a new server, both have their consequences.

Making an RP tag doesn't solve anything, it only recreates the problem. Players created the unofficial RP tag for Balmung and everyone flocked to it and now its locked. Players made Mateus a second RP server and players flocked to that and now its closed. If SE creates an official RP server what do you think is going to happen? People will flock to it until it gets full and closed and then you'll do what? Complain its closed just like you're doing with Balmung and demand another RP server? The problem is players trying to all consolidate on one server, you need to spread out and establish RP communities on multiple servers and put the effort into making them grow then you won't have this problem of stacking on a server and forcing SE to close it. SE can't force this fix, this needs to come from the people voluntarily spreading out.