Quote Originally Posted by Silvanoshi View Post
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.
People gravitate to full realms for various reasons and even Blizzard admitted free transfers off don't solve the problem because people don't want to leave for those same reasons.

Server hardware has outright limits to capacity. It's a fact. Took me two days to get a toon made on Excalibur. I was fine with this.

It's preferablecto the laggy crashfests and 3 hour waits to log in otherwise. Go play on say, Illidan or Stormrage andctry to log in during prime time after a patch and you'll see why I prefer it this way.