Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
Because you can turn it on when you're in a city and looking for things that might be in another city. That's why every big name MMO, aside from FFXI and FFXIV, have a Trade Chat (available only in cities), a LFG chat (available only when looking for a group), and any other situational global chat channels. And believe me, almost every person will make use of these when they're available.

People gather in Ul'dah now because it's the closest thing to a global LFG chat that's available. If you're in Gridania and Limsa Lominsa, you miss out on so many possible levelup, dungeon, and Ifrit/Moogle parties, the game feels like a solo game. The global chat channels will not forcibly spread people out to the other cities, but it will alleviate a lot of the congestion and make the other cities NOT be ghost towns.
That still wont stop folks from gathering in one spot tho, and if people actually used the search function they would not have to gather there, like was said in another post this is just a community problem.