Quote Originally Posted by DeNada View Post
Given that 6.1 is a major patch, it is anticipated that there will be many players returning to the game which will definitely cause a congestion similar to the queues experienced during endwalker release.
Again, why does a player on Balmung care what happens in Materia?

We won't have many (if any) returners, being a month old, we came after End Walker. Those who zoomed to the end and then unsubscribed are not here. Most players are sprouts, and there are a lot of us.

Releasing Materia Mist, Materia Lavender Beds, Materia Goblet, and Materia Shirogane (the old cities) before 6.1 as FCFS stops any congestion come 6.1

Come 6.1 whatever for Emperyum, all lottery, partial lottery, some personal, some fc only - whatever - same as every other region.

But we have no housing for 2 more months, when plots in the 4 current cities that are empty right now could be put to use immediately.

Materia is in a unique situation right now that needs special consideration outside of NA/EU/JP.