When will NA get more shards?

[Hasrat]

It is definitely a bad thing for new players that characters cannot be created during peak hours on the NA data centers, but it would also not be great for SE to add new worlds right now that would end up being almost deserted once the new expansion hype dies down.

In fairness, how long were servers like Mateus allowed to remain "almost deserted" before the Balmung lock and transfer incentives?

It may not be financially ideal, but, some players such as myself might find their own enjoyment in being in the low pop crowd. And as long as you've got that one empty world that really nobody wants to be on, you've at least got somewhere for new players to start.

But. Quite honestly. I'm not sure if they can even end up with that result anymore. With the New World bonuses and incentives, they'll always have that initial surge, and as long as they stay Preferred, it'd continue to have folks trickling in until it doesn't really feel like a low pop server anymore. But, that's just a personal disappointment.

[Celestene]

This, try non-peak hours tomorrow and it'll be fine. It's the weekend with an expansion just released, the servers are going to be packed no matter how you look at it.

Love how many people act like a jerk because it isn't their problem. Some people can only play at certain times so to tell him he should get up early just to make a character on an account he pays for is ridiculous. He is allowed his opinion and from what I see it is a valid one. Aether has had no creation at all for about a week.

[Gula]

Golly I love ground zero complaining. If masses of people want to play a game, no hot fix in the universe that I know of will magically fit them all.

Went to a parade and (lol) it rained. Target, a very large store with multiple floors in some areas, had to close because literally thousands of people were trying to get in to either buy umbrellas, rain gear or just get out the rain. They just can't poof 10 floors and space out of nothing. The parade is over, the rain is gone and I bet you that Target is up and running just fine now.

[xxvaynxx]

I actually don't get why their are more Japanese servers than na as well ,seeing as there are more na players than jp.
Probably because Yoshi did say na players tend to new patch log/ presumably raid log while jp players log on more overall.

[Arixtotle]

Golly I love ground zero complaining. If masses of people want to play a game, no hot fix in the universe that I know of will magically fit them all.

Went to a parade and (lol) it rained. Target, a very large store with multiple floors in some areas, had to close because literally thousands of people were trying to get in to either buy umbrellas, rain gear or just get out the rain. They just can't poof 10 floors and space out of nothing. The parade is over, the rain is gone and I bet you that Target is up and running just fine now.

To be honest, I wanted to make this a few weeks ago when the last unoffical census came out and I did the math to see that NA servers have almost twice as many active players per capita verses JP. This is not "ground zero complaining". This is "Hey this is a problem that has just gotten worse. Why did EU get servers but not NA?".