Quote Originally Posted by Jonnycbad View Post
Hard to get people to participate unless there's a juicy reward like a free Fantasia or limited time glamor. Like if they REALLY want to simulate stress (e.g. bottleneck with Raubahn at 4.0 release day), they need to give a reason for thousands of people to login and head to the FATE, otherwise people will just stay in town or do dungeons, etc and their data will be not be reflective of a true strain. Especially because MOST people have the Ixion mount by now.
Are smoother, more stable servers heading into a brand new expansion not enough? If this has even a chance at preventing another nightmare like the Raubahn and Pippin debacles from Stormblood, then I (as well as everyone...) should really be all hands on deck for this if possible.