Quote Originally Posted by Oldyfeller View Post
just because it's easier for SE?
1) You missed the Endwalker lodestone for congestion back then:
"In preparation for these predictions, we optimized our servers ahead of the expansion’s launch in order to increase login caps."
"Although we were unable to add new Worlds, we have implemented every other measure that was possible, such as replacing the matching servers with higher-performance machines, optimizing processes, increasing processing speeds, and raising the number of simultaneous logins."

2) "“Error 2002” may be displayed when selecting a character in the Character Selection menu. This error is displayed when the login server is experiencing high amounts of traffic or when the number of characters waiting in a login queue for a logical Data Center exceeds 17,000. This is a measure to prevent the server from crashing due to extreme traffic overloads."

Easier for SE is akin to the server not crashing and kicking off everyone including the people already logged in.