Anecdotal means presenting your personal experiences as fact not me accusing you of lying, the lucky surveys constantly show materia is stable in lulls and growing in active patch times
Kujata 243,308

as opposed to

Bismarck 52,282
Ravana 63,729
Sephirot 70,879
Sophia 79,431
Zurvan 45,940

SE had been banking on SEA moving over..but as their ping is worse to OCE than it is to JP...they didnt. And they wont. Very few moved their mains over to OCE................and it shows