When will the character restriction be lifted on balmung?

[EdeaNitsah]

This...sucks. Maybe after the hot fix the server will accept new players for a little, as no one will be on for a couple of minuets or so after the hotfix. We have to download the hot fix before we can play, right?

Yes, chances are it'll be around 10-20 MB. But the ending maintenance time looks to be in the wee hours of the morning, so you might lose some sleep trying to make a character.
Plus, they may change the ending time of the maintenance so who knows when the servers will be up.