Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth View Post
No, not that server status.

They have 2 types. One based on characters logged in which varies during the day, and 1 that is a hard lock they add during maintenance.

This is where you get "congested" "standard" and "preferred" server status.
If he's referring to this status, then it does update multiple times per day

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

Congested servers don't allow for new characters to be created, which I've seen Faerie flip back and forth to allowing new characters and being flagged as congested multiple times a day.