Suspension of character creation: how long?

[Nilheim]

In addition to balancing out the zones, SE would be wise to implement a force quit mechanism of roughly an hour. There is no reason why AFK people should be standing in Ul'Dah if this is causing game breaking/interfering issues. They aren't serving any purpose AFKing except apparently taking up valuable memory/resources for the server.

I think one hour is too short, but I agree with you. A lot of people just AFK all night posing alongside their LS mates. I wouldn't mind if it didn't cause server problems, but apparently it does. According to Yoshida, this saturation problem will be a lot more manageable with the 2.0 servers, so they could even make it a temporary measure. Those people are indeed serving no purpose, they're just interfering with the server's capacity.

[Davorok]

I think one hour is too short, but I agree with you. A lot of people just AFK all night posing alongside their LS mates. I wouldn't mind if it didn't cause server problems, but apparently it does. According to Yoshida, this saturation problem will be a lot more manageable with the 2.0 servers, so they could even make it a temporary measure. Those people are indeed serving no purpose, they're just interfering with the server's capacity.

Perhaps a compromise?: Just display the NamePlates of AFK characters. Do not render the bodies until they move or reset their Status.