I'm on the Balmung server, and we have been on character creation restricted for quite some time. We have always been heavily populated. If you had moved us to a different (less populated) or new data center months ago, when we all knew this would be an issue, then this would be a different conversation. Next time we get a new expansion or large content update, it would be wise to learn from this and prepare for next time. If this is a problem during early access, I don't know what's going to happen on the 23rd when it's open to everyone. I understand that overpopulation is the issue, but let's at least keep me logged in and waiting in a queue to log in to the lobby instead of kicking me out completely then constantly and waiting in a queue on the character screen that will never move if I eventually get in to the data center. I'm trying to be more reasonable about it, but it is just very frustrating that I have paid for something I will not have access to play.