There is a few things with this situation I do not think enough is talked about
1. PvP queues (and top 100)
2. PvP queues during dead times during patches (much more common then 2 weeks of congestion)
3. How dead would crystal feel during the dead times? Because I need be honest, the game feels slow and dead outside the 3 cities during the second and third month after a patch... in balmung, and this is reflected on MB activity too.

I really think SE did not think this though and just wants to prevent opening congestion of an expansion, that only last 2 weeks, and yet they are making a change that is detrimental for months and maybe years, just because SE is too stubborn to put a little more funding in the game. Maybe just maybe they would have a much bigger player base if the game was properly funded? what ground breaking logic.