Congested Worlds Question

[Astronis]

Is anyone else having a hard time believing this is anything other than artificial congestion?

Our definition is different to the one SE is using. When we think congestion, we're probably thinking, "this place is getting too full to function correctly," while their definition is more along the lines of, "Aether and Crystal's populations are wildly out of balance with Primal and Dynamis's." So, relatively speaking, Aether and Crystal are congested, but in absolute terms, there's still plenty of room on all of the DCs. SE wants to even up the populations, and the harshest method they have to do so is to lock down Aether and Crystal. Then within Primal, Leviathan and Behemoth are overpopulated compared to the rest.

ETA: As far as I'm aware, the term has always been relative. When I started playing, "congested" meant, "this server is experiencing a lot of traffic right now, come back and try to make a new character at 3AM on a workday," which is a perfectly reasonable meaning for congested. It's just that now, the traffic controllers are saying the congestion isn't letting up for months, go make a character where there's less traffic.