(11-02-2014, 08:32 AM)Sailsandaxes Wrote: I think the server locks are due to how many people are logged in at any one time. Which is awkward, as I think a lot of people stay logged in with the afk tab while they sleep. @_@'
I've never seen Balmung locked for so long. The recent release of 2.4 is likely the cause, as it's the first weekend post-patch. Still, for a server to be locked all around the clock is pretty crazy. It wasn't this severe at launch, there were still slots you could sneak in!
Fingers crossed it opens up for a brief spell for you to nab a character. I'm trying to get a new character made as well, have been for the past two days!Â
^Pretty much this, sadly. When the 2.4 patch hit, it pretty much made the entire server congested. Lots of people who would normally only login for a little bit are all going after the new content, and the people who would normally login to the server are likely  keeping their characters AFK logged in because we've been getting "the world is full" error messages. When those lovely things start coming up, it usually means there are so many people logged in to the server that it needs to queue additional players in because it's getting overloaded.
