So has SE confirmed they don't want us playing the game?

[Krojack]

With the release of Pagos and how the only way to really get anywhere in it is to grind monsters till your hands fall off, and FATEs that take forever to spawn, so much grind content in one patch and with the release of the Rising and an instance that's never spawning, have they confirmed that they don't want us to even play the game?

Like I been here waiting for 8 hours in total and I still haven't even seen the Rising recruiter. I think SE is subtly pushing they don't want us here anymore. Great content SE 10/10, give whoever made this a promotion. Truly a great representation of 1.0 and possibly a second calamity. Will you release A Realm Re-Reborn next?

Sounds like your system was broken. I saw the NPC at 1am last night. Just checked and he's still there.