Quote Originally Posted by EorzeaWanderer View Post
A bit off-topic for this thread, but I disagree that congregating on a single data center is a player-created problem. It is a player-discovered, optimal solution to the game environment as it is currently designed by SE.

Multiplayer content works better with more people together, and we can freely DC transfer to congregate. Therefore, a single place of congregation makes sense from the players’ perspective.

For NA, for better or for worse, this place of congregation has become Aether.

(I hate this situation, by the way, but let’s not fault the players for it.)
The outcome is Square's fault for sure. But it is still a player made issue. Everyone decided to start going to aether. We could stop as a collective at any time (but we all know it's near impossible to coordinate/convince that many people).

Blame still goes to square but to say it's not player made is false.
I just don't blame the players for it since it's the most logical for a better experience.