Where Is The Logic Banning New Characters For Existing Accounts on Congested Server?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

For years Balmung was designated as Congested. However, around 4am you could create a new character. Congestion is based on currently logged in characters. If your server is so busy that at all times there is a number of players logged in, then yes you can never create a character. However, the congested tag does disappear if the number of people logged in is below the predetermined log in amount. Best place to watch if it opens is https://arrstatus.com/
it auto refreshes and will let you use notifications when a server opens up.

No, big C Congested means it's completely locked from all characters until they remove that during maint. There were tons of posts here how Balmung being congested killed the server community cuz no new blood.


There are 2 types of server char locks.

Soft locks that update duri g the day, and hard locks that are applied during maint. Hard locks are always accompanied by a lodestone post.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...a5f0c567b12427