The Warhammer Herald has some interesting Badlands related news. Folks will no longer be able to transfer characters to Badlands as of 9/23. Additionally, it sounds like no more free trial play on Badlands.
Hopefully this will stabilize gameplay a bit, and lead to a healthier server. Meanwhile, if you have friends on other servers who might *ever* want to transfer returning characters to Badlands they have one week to do so.