yea, frontline activity on aether (north america) is pretty low

with regards to gc restriction, it seems that fear of exploit (ie. fixed matches) is the dev team's "official" reason for keeping gc restriction*. i'm not sure if this is still their primary concern or if they have any other secret reasons they can't disclose for keeping the gc restriction.

*forum post from Bayohneh. (Aug. 21, 2015). http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3263865 [accessed june 9, 2016]