A system like this would work if they actually updated it based on player volume. We're almost at end of Endwalker player volume at least based on Steam activity, so there's really no need to have these restrictions. Makes it near impossible to raid if you're from a non-Aether DC and playing with friends is a nightmare. It's really unfair for anyone not from Aether in general since Aether players can still travel freely to other DCs and back to their own without issue. I'd rather just deal with a 5000 player queue on launch if it means I don't have to wait for the devs to catch up.