I understand their has been a lot of issues with server stability during early access. As a result a good number of servers have been locked for new character creation so the server does not get over populated. I consider these issues part a game launch bugs just like all other MMO launches have.

As a result to server population limitations there are a lot of guilds that are separated across different servers. Beside players wanting to play a good game most players want to play with their friends and fellow guild members.

I know Square Enix is working hard to solve a lot of the game issues but ... I suggest having some new servers open up and allowing a brief period of "Free Server Transfers" so guilds & friends have to opportunity to transfer to a new server so they can play together due to the server populations limitations & stability issues during the early access.