So with all of these "please unlock my overcrowded server" threads, maybe instead of crushing servers by opening them up, how about giving actual incentives for people to leave them so those servers won't be crushed when they are able to be reopened? Heck, the same incentives for transferring to a preferred server could be used to get people off the bloated ones (maybe doubled ones for going from locked to preferred servers).

Now I know the most likely comeback of something along the lines of "this is my home" or "my friends are here", to which I say that as someone who has transferred more times than I can count, home is what you make it and what's stopping you from bringing your friends with you?

I'm sure it's not the most favorable idea, but I felt like this alternative need to be presented as well.