For everyone who seems to think this is about them being too cheap to buy good servers....I doubt it. There is so much more to it than that. Throwing hardware at a problem with the hopes of alleviating real issues IS the quick and easy solution....just rarely the best solution. Hardware is relatively cheap.... in the short run. Last thing I want to see though is ffxiv throw hardware at real problems and end up a couple years down the line with a cost structure that requires 2 million subscribers to break even.

I am not a fan of open world intanced zones either. I am however pleased to see they are not sweeping these type of issues under the rug and really trying to address them.