What Datacenters/worlds doesn't have insane queues?

[Sigiria]

This should also be a strong, STRONG, indicator of how SE just could not have anticipated these troubles. It wasn't that long ago that EU players were complaining about how the new worlds and data center split resulted in longer duty queues and the feeling that servers were just empty.

Somewhere in the last year or two, EU population has exploded, and that is not nearly enough time for them to react accordingly, even in the best of times.

Both are not mutually exclusive, we don't only have less data centers we also have less servers per data center. So we reach capacity more easily with high traffic and have less people around during lulls because we have only 6 servers as opposed to 8 for US data centers and 11 for Japan.

Our servers have been packed for a while, it was not a mystery this would happen. We didn't suddenly become a continent overnight.

[Hasrat]

Both are not mutually exclusive, we don't only have less data centers we also have less servers per data center. So we reach capacity more easily with high traffic and have less people around during lulls because we have only 6 servers as opposed to 8 for US data centers and 11 for Japan.

Our servers have been packed for a while, it was not a mystery this would happen. We didn't suddenly become a continent overnight.

While true, it remains that the active population has grown much faster than could've been predicted. You've got less data centers and servers, but, following previous trends, you shouldn't have hit this capacity so quickly. Chances are pretty good that, if your servers truly have been packed for a year or more, plans are already underway to increase capacity. It's just not something that will happen quickly. Setting aside shortages, they still can't just decide "need more servers, get 'em up by the end of the month."

I can empathize with the plight of burgeoning servers. But, folks can't just dismiss how quickly growth has exceeded expectations. Nothing in the history of the game could've prepared them for a region needing to upgrade capacity again so soon. Reiterate, again, because there's already been more servers added over time for EU than any other region.

Growing pains, yo. Fingers crossed, once they've got OCE up and running, you'll be slated for a few more, and, fingers crossed, the region can sustain that active population enough to justify more.