I agree with the OP.

Considering the number of threads that are on official forums asking for more admin rights (and considering most players belong in a LS (so it's not like this issue doesn't directly/indirectly affect most players), it surprising that this has been shunted to the back burner.

I understand that big things like changing the battle system and bringing in advanced jobs and the materia system are huge changes and need a lot of time and people, but considering that Square-Enix is pushing the "community" and "group play" angles, having the only official comment as little more than "we know, we're working on it" is not good enough.

The inability of LS communities in-game to regulate themselves is putting people off from running LS's. Either that, or every time you switch LS, you lose players as not all members are always online to make a smooth transition. People shouldn't have chase each other to get back into a LS they are already a member of.

Dev's: Can you please make it clear to whoever is in charge (and show them the multiple threads in existence here already), that this is a feature we have been requesting since launch, and that this should be implemented with 1.18 or the patch after ideally, not discarded for another year before being fixed as an afterthought.