I'm not sure what in my post made you think I found any of this at all humorous, but no. That wasn't a joke. I watched Siren catch up to Cactuar (ETA: Not surpass, but pulled about even with from the numbers I saw before bed) last night. The call went out that they were lagging behind (people FROM the server asked wanderers to come help), and folks answered.

There was still definitely an influx of Wanderers when the Fate rolled around, but the progress didn't take a major hit until this change was rolled out. I still think that there was a better way to handle it, since the players from there that I've personally spoken to seem pretty bummed, but that's my experience, and we can agree to disagree.