Making a brand new character on a congested server

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However, what generally works for playing on congested servers is trying to make a new character either early morning or late at night when most players have logged off.
It doesn't always work as such, but it's worth a shot.

For servers labeled as congested, you cannot make a character at all until their status is returned to standard. There are three status for each world: Congested, Standard, and Preferred. Congested are closed to all character creation until a Lodestone announcement says otherwise.