Quote Originally Posted by MistakeNot View Post
That only covers one reason why people play on the big servers. There are also a significant number of people who want to play there just because they like seeing lots of other people around.
True, that is definitely one of them. The big variety of issues players have with moving to new/lower pop servers is why SE has trouble to find a solution that works for everyone, I imagine. The challenge SE is facing right now (or should be facing) is to clear all of these problems in one shot and make a server transfer into something people understand as a positive thing for them. As long as this is not the case, everyone will want to stay packed on servers like Balmung and Gilgamesh like a can of sardines and always look for a way to bypass the login queue. I can already see people figuring out the server restart times and start afking as soon as they are up.