Quote Originally Posted by MistakeNot View Post
Those two things are not directly connected.
If a world is declared Congested you cannot create characters on it. Period. If the character would contribute to the overall population or not doesn't matter.
No new characters are allowed on Congested worlds. No exceptions.
The problem is when I checked about an hour ago ALL NA worlds are not accepting new characters. Makes things rough for current players but much worse New NA Players just joining the game find an impossible situation. (Caveat being I have not checked the Euro servers or Japanese ones)