Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
(I've heard that Balmung is so overcrowded that this doesn't work there anymore. It's basically always full at any hour of the day or night. But I think any other server should still open up periodically. So a bit of persistence should be able to get you a character on Cerberus.)
That's true on weekends and reset day (monday night/tuesday mornings without maintenance) but other than that, you can mostly create a character on balmung between 2:30 - 5 am PDT during the week without any problems.