Suggestion: Shut Down DC Travel for Dawntrails Launch.

[Heroman3003]

If anything, shutting down travel will result MORE congestion. Most people will flock to emptier DCs to try and get better connection while going through the story.

[Iscah]

Didn't the post about the regional travel test directly mention that this would be useful to spread people out during high-congestion periods?

I haven't checked it, but that's what I thought I remember reading.

[AmiableApkallu]

Didn't the post about the regional travel test directly mention that this would be useful to spread people out during high-congestion periods?

Yes, it did. Specifically, in relation to login queues. Original Lodestone post (emphasis mine):

On the other hand, many Worlds may experience login queues following the upcoming release of Dawntrail, especially during peak times. With this situation in mind, we are considering a temporary option in which a limited form of cross-region travel would allow players to play on a less-populated physical data center.

[Ravenblade1979]

If I remember. When endwalker came out, they suspended any travel for like 2 weeks to a month. So o suspect they would do the same here

[Jeeqbit]

If I remember. When endwalker came out, they suspended any travel for like 2 weeks to a month.

That was not the case. We only had World Visit then. Login queues are prioritised over World Visit queues. Therefore, it was impossible to visit other worlds except when everyone was sleeping.

But when people were sleeping, it was fine!