There are servers that are full to Bursting. Balmung's pretty much closed all regular server registration windows, reserving them to post-maintenance hours. Players complaining that they can't get their friends into more populated servers because of this. It's all a matter of players wanting to condense where it is popular to do so.

I wish SE would encourage players to go into lesser populated servers to relieve congestion. There are still lots of disconnects whenever Odin and Behemoth spawn and A and S rank hunts are a madhouse. As much as I would like to welcome everyone onto Balmung as I could, I feel as if we're now hurting players on other servers as well as potential players by frustrating them.

OP, I feel your plight on the other end of the bridge. Hopefully players will return and distribute better when Heavensward a comes out, along with the burst of activity we normally get with each numeral patch.