Server Lockouts are limiting the growth of this game.

[Silvanoshi]

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Those are your times to check. Those are the times in which the lock hits.

As I mentioned above, this feature isn't really serving any purpose other than to inconvenience new players. If server population/overload is the issue, you upgrade the server hardware or offer free transfers. You dont add in an extra hoop and make NEW PLAYERS go to such lengths as this (checking at certain times to make a character) to play a game.