Quote Originally Posted by littlehobbit13 View Post
This continues to be my biggest complaint about the unintended consequences of DC travel. Not all player experiences are now equal. I'm paying the same sub as someone on Aether, but because I'm from Crystal I'm now forced to choose between content I want to enjoy and basic game functions. Whole game features -- retainers, timed nodes, island sanctuary -- are inaccessible to me if I decide I need to use PF to prog a fight, but players on Aether don't have to give up a single damn thing to get a working PF.
Exactly this. Being isolated from FC + not being able to access retainers I pay for is horrible. It's kind of ruined our FC dynamic and we've had to move everything to Discord because we're fragmented constantly. Our house is also empty because no one has time to redecorate because we're on Aether all the time.

We have an objectively lesser experience than Aether players.