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2. Argument in Support 2: There Is No Evidence That Balmung’s Current Server Population is Excessive or Detrimental.

There has been no evidence that Balmung’s population has caused server instability, or that the extraordinary act of barring all character creation and transfer to the server is necessary to abate any harms.
I mean, you don't really have access to such information. SE does, and there's probably a good reason for the limitations.