Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
I'd even argue, anecdotally, that with the data center split, worlds seem like surely they must be smaller now. Maybe yes, we've had a big influx of new players or something and legit everywhere's pushing full at times. But part of me wonders if it isn't a sort of throttling issue on SE's end, deliberately restricting capacity so things don't break like they once did.
Not according to SE themselves. They even claim to have temporarily increased the number of characters allowed on each server, to help handle the large number of people.
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...dfb5e71be85623