Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
Wait...there are different instances of areas in this game? That knowledge right there has blown my mind. I've been playing since the launch of 2.0, and I have NEVER seen a different instance of any map in this game, there's never that many people in a zone unless there's an S rank hunt, other than that I've never seen any area outside of towns filled to the brim with people (and even then, only Limsa).
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[Important] Congestion Prevention for Heavensward Release (Updated Jun. 25 2:45 a.m. PDT)

Was added as a countermeasure just for HW (and therefore HW areas) and only for the specified worlds.