Not a single server on primal is available for new characters right now

[Vespar]

Jeez! If its this congested then that kind of proves that NA needs more servers! At this pace maybe even a whole new data center of worlds....
Half of Crystal too is already locked to creation... What do they think will happen @ launch!!??

[LaylaTsarra]

Jeez! If its this congested then that kind of proves that NA needs more servers! At this pace maybe even a whole new data center of worlds....

But remember all those people quitting because they didn't get what they wanted and threatened to unsub? Humm guess that didn't work out as intended with their little protests now did it. :P

And seriously I do think there are other servers sitting there and ready to go. I wouldn't be surprised to see an announcement soon at this rate. Hey Crystal has some servers locked besides Balmung and that's a real new flash.

[SturmChurro]

But remember all those people quitting because they didn't get what they wanted and threatened to unsub? Humm guess that didn't work out as intended with their little protests now did it. :P

And seriously I do think there are other servers sitting there and ready to go. I wouldn't be surprised to see an announcement soon at this rate. Hey Crystal has some servers locked besides Balmung and that's a real new flash.

Yeah, people saying the MMORPG genre is dead or people have outgrown it. No, people were just waiting, or wanting a quality game in the genre. FFXIV is starting to fill that role.

[DevilsDontFly]

Jeez! If its this congested then that kind of proves that NA needs more servers! At this pace maybe even a whole new data center of worlds....
Half of Crystal too is already locked to creation... What do they think will happen @ launch!!??

That's something I was thinking as well. Usually around this time (within the last months) is when the game is supposed to be "dead" because it's the end of an expansion, but it's the complete opposite with many more people yet to come back or start playing. I guess all the advertising is working, but it kinda seems like there's not enough space for the people.
However I'd also like to point out that a good chunk of that "congestion" is also because of bots. There are moments in which I use the player search just for fun while lurking on other servers and a good 30 to 50 "players" are obviously bots because of their names. That's 30 to 50 spots that could haven been occupied by actual people on that area/zone/map alone, being taken by bots.