it's amazing how the OP's main point has been overlooked...

Quote Originally Posted by YuriRamona View Post
[*]Alternatively, the game can't feasibly/easily support larger, faster, and more complex servers.
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Let that sink in for a second.
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In my opinion, SE is basically telling us that they've reached their limit when it comes to multiplayer interactivity as it relates to their server capabilities.
The idea here isn't that they need to add more servers, it's that they can't simply add more servers because the way the game was coded/ the game's infrastructure does not support this.

The idea is that the game has reached (or is nearing) it's infrastructure limit, and in order to expand it further, a complete re-structuring/ re-coding of the entire/majority game would be required.

This is a much more crippling, worrisome issue that just lack of servers. It's a complete roadblock for future expansion.

Instead of yelling at SE to "Get Moar Servers!!!!", you should be yelling at them to be up front about the root of the problem and their plan to solve it. As the updates go on, I grow more and more convinced that the OP's hypothesis is fact, and grow more worried that there is a serious issue looming over the horizon for us Eorzeans.

I already lived through the incompetency that was 1.0, and I do not want to relive that.