I was on Balmung since 2.1, when the server was a high population, but still wasn't locked. I moved off of it a month ago, before the incentives to move took place, as I knew what fresh hell it will be (and the server move causing serious lag didn't help either). I remember the queues at HW launch, and SB brought in even more people, and seeing as the server got closed off completely, I saw the signs. I paid to transfer off, established myself on a fairly smaller server. Now I don't even have a queue and am enjoying the game to the fullest. I left some friends there, sure. But my best friend followed me, so I have a buddy to play with. We're further in clearing stuff now than anyone we know as they have to fight a 3-4 hour queue each day to even get on and then if they disconnect, they can forget about playing that day. And I do feel for them, but we did offer them an opportunity to move with us, maybe even follow after the new incentives are up. A few days after early access launched, some of those people who were telling us to not move, that it's not gonna be an issue... moved. They couldn't take it anymore.

In all honesty, I didn't want to move either at first. Now I'm glad I did. It was the best decision in hindsight because I want to play the game, and not pay monthly to stare at the login screen for hours a day. All of the talk about long duty queues on smaller servers are moot with the new cross world DF, so there's nothing stopping you.