I think SE should reevaluate it's PS2 userbase and think about moving them to their own dedicated servers then. It seems IMHO, XI is doing better than XIV atm. I logged into XIV yesterday during XI maintenance to find 3ppl in Gridana. I understand they are working on a new battle system for Spring. However if XIV continues the way it is, they might be better off using its resources for a XI 2.0 while keeping a XI 1.0 server(s) for PS2 userbase.

Doing this can break these so called limitations and keep it's stronger userbase going with new content and jobs while keeping the PS2 userbase happy.