Congested Worlds

[Chie_M]

There are two types of "congested" worlds. Those which are locked 24/7, and those which are only locked during high traffic.

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

If it says "Congested", you can't make a character there until the next time it's opened up (they're revised during maintenance periods).

However, if it says "Standard", "Preferred" or "New" BUT has the little red man next to it instead of the little green man, then it's only TEMPORARILY locked and will open up when some more people log out.

[Rongway]

There are two types of "congested" worlds.

There aren't though, and we shouldn't encourage incorrect use of the vocabulary.

A Congested world is one that is hard locked. There are no character creations or inbound transfers, period. Congested flags can only be lifted during a maintenance, and such flagging or deflagging of servers during maintenance is accompanied by a Lodestone Notice titled, "Regarding Changes in Congested/Preferred Worlds (MAINTENANCE DATE)".

For example: Regarding Changes in Congested/Preferred Worlds (Mar. 7)

Worlds that are not Congested will accept character transfers at any time, and will accept new characters whenever the server is not currently under heavy traffic. However, being under heavy traffic does not make the server "Congested". Character creation locks that are traffic-based release when the number of characters logged in to that server drops below some threshhold and may update several times a day.