New character creation restrictions

[RealReal]

It is extremly restrictive. Not only can't you create characters in most servers, but you also cannot play with friends. If you happen to create a character on a Preferred server, either without realizing or because you were attracted by the "PREFERRED" naming, you essentially lock yourself in that world for 90 days. So even if transfers/new characters are enabled on your friend's servers are available, you can't even transfer there because of this extreme restriction.

"Oh but if your buddies are on a Congested world and you on a Preferred world, they can switch to come to you!" Not necessarily. Maybe your friends created their characters recently, while their congested world was considered PREFERRED, meaning they fall under the same aggressive restriction.

There were even times where absolutely NO characters could be created on any servers, which is downright ridiculous. Imagine buying an MMORPG, log in for the first time excited and realize that you can't play because you cannot create any new character. MMOs have a history of bad launches, I'm not saying this never happens. But it currently only affects new players trying to create their first character ever. Their first interaction witht he game is this.

New Players are an afterthought.