Quote Originally Posted by Zigabar View Post
Yet, their solution was developed by our dev team, meaning it is not entirely out of the realm of possibilities. But hey, if you don't want to worry about it, or feel bad for those playing on the Korean server, then don't.
With the ultimate decision made by NEXON, the publishers [AKA the company providing funding and resourcing for the servers in that region] in Korea. The suggestion may have come from SE, but ultimately, it's on NEXON for that decision.

Evidently, whoever is in charge of the KR version feels that they cannot wait until a future patch to try to resolve server population issues and this proposed solution must be done now and not later. You have to remember that the KR version (and the CH one) are basically owned by a different publisher, and they probably have a good say over what they do with their versions as per contract agreements.
Excuse you for assuming I don't feel bad for the Korean players while stating facts.