This has Aion's launch written all over it. Because of server restrictions, if you get in, you will probably never want to leave in case you get locked out again. So, people will add some scripts to their keyboard to make their character jump every 15 minutes so they stay logged in. This will just make the problem worse as people who are not playing are still logged in.

I understand having restrictions on character creation I do. But if some one has a character, they should be allowed to play on their server. They probably should have added a server or two. I don't think merging them will be a huge deal in this game, as we have first and last names which makes it harder for some one to have your character name.