It's not even fixing the "problem" with people flocking to Aether to raid.

Now people try to get into Aether and stay there because they don't want to have to fight to get back in.

I miss just being able to invite my friends to hang out at my large FC house like I used to on Aether. When I initially made my first character, I didn't know anything about which servers were "the raid server, the RP server, the PvP server," etc., I just went to Cactuar because that's where the friend who invited me played. So now it feels like I'm being punished for a decision I made years ago, and the friends I made across other DCs can't even come to hang out like we used to anymore.
(Yes, I still go and visit them at their houses and FCs, but they can no longer easily return the favor to visit me at my home.)