Aether is always still locked - Raiding in Party Finder Sucks everywhere else.

[Conroy]

Since you can bring your own better buffs to other servers as well and repair from other teammates during a fight, we really need to move the raiding scene from Aether. I have no idea why the community does this to themselves, and the raiding buffs aren't worth it. If you think they do, you're completely insane. SE should take action to resolve this, but in all honesty, the problem is a community problem in NA.

[localareanetwork]

they made it even worse by- and i kid you not- artificially rate limiting the servers, in an absolutely baffling move, even though way less people are playing now than in endwalker when you could transfer anywhere whenever..