Quote Originally Posted by Alien_Gamer View Post
Unfortunately the game states at several points that the islands are a very rare commodity. For better or worse almost every aspect of the game revolves around the story and its lore, I can't help but think they boxed themselves out of that idea when they made the story.
Yeah but Imagine this! You reach a certain number of points, seals, number of members what have you, a quest then unlocks for the FC leader where you join an expedition funded by your GC and discover more islands!

Just one of many ideas how lore can be changed. Unless they go with "server limitations" in which case we are screwed.