Quote Originally Posted by Oscura View Post
I'm saying servers have "hardly changed," because Mateus is one of the, if not the only server that has been impacted by this whole change. I've yet to see anyone mention another server by name at all. It's all well and good that Mateus is doing well and things have improved there, but it's the only server I ever hear about. "Mateus is being ruined by Balmungians!" "Wow Mateus is so active now!" etc, I never see anyone mention Zalera, Jenova, Adamontoise, Siren, etc. Mateus seems to be the only one who had a "big boom." Instead of just a "mild increase."
I checked the housing situations on several other Aether servers before deciding on Mateus, and there are far fewer (if any) houses available even on current preferred servers. I can't speak with any authority to the market situation, but Mateus is definitely not the only server that has benefitted here. (Also, as a non-RPer, I am pretty chagrined that every server I've ever been on has become an "official RP server" after I got there.)

Of course, maybe housing is a terrible metric and there are still plenty of dead servers on Aether. That would be a pretty good argument on why Gilgamesh should not be unlocked yet, would it not?