Had to check time hadn't regressed back to 1st April upon reading this.

I don't care which server you're on, this is unacceptable. Is it the fault of myself or friends that SE can't mitigate overpopulation issues ahead of time? I've been here since Balmung was formed. How do you fix this? Close us off to transfers sooner. Fix the loophole where you can make a character on here as soon as maintenance ends. Patch the "afk on retainer / craft" issue. Make a new "official RP server". Offer these incentives months ago instead of when the tension is highest. Do something proactive instead of reactive.

It already takes us four hours to log in at certain times of the day, and for a lot of us, it's peak EU times. Some of my friends just don't even bother any more. So you tell me: how is it fair that those who do manage to get online are forcibly removed a random amount of time later? How is it going to affect duties in progress if people just disappear? What if those are tanks or healers you've been waiting 40-50 minutes for in a DF queue, only to have the process slammed down upon you AGAIN?

Don't blame the playerbase for this problem. And most certainly do not hate people on Balmung. Do you think we find this acceptable either? No. We do not.