As someone that tries to meet up with friends regularly to do maps, this change has made our lives very difficult. I (Balmung-peep), often go to Seraph to meet with my friends and queue up for stuff so they can keep their FC bonuses. Now, we all have to go to Cuchulainn just to meet up for maps, and we all lose our FC bonuses.

Hunts have been made much harder for me, as there's no guarantee I'll make it in on time (if at all).

Additionally, I help run a RP fighting venue. Not all of the staff is on Balmung, often coming to us from other places in Crystal. Obviously, not all of our visitors are from Balmung, either. We've just lost 3/4ths of our visitors from where we were prior to this change, as now only people on Balmung can swing by reliably.

This change isn't helpful. Prevent new characters if you want, but this is doing more harm than good for the average playerbase.