I feel your pain, I'm on leviathan also and will be transferring off as soon as I can (friends started here, but no longe)

However, I just wanted to point out that you should always expect a 2-4 wk "buffer" with new MMO's. I'm not defending SE, I've just been through this so many times and also worked in the gaming industry for years.

The good news is that I believe the server problem(s) will fix themselves before the end of that "buffer zone". They are introducing new servers this week, giving those frustrated enough a new place to go, and server transfers coming hopefully within 2 weeks, causing people like me to flee the server and not look back. If they do give a free transfer as compensation, this will help it even more, and even faster.

so while I feel your pain, I have yet to play with friends (or get on during a relativity "normal" hour), I don't think we'll be worrying about this come a month from now.