Quote Originally Posted by Mailstrum View Post
i guess you do not understand the term Artificial, you can search for the post that states they have an Artificial cap on the servers that the servers are not full but near full to prevent the duty finder and other systems from failiing.
"Each FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn World server has been designed to support a maximum of 5,000 concurrent connections."
directly from http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680

Try again. Looks like servers are at capacity. Artificial login restrictions are to keep them at max load which is, as stated, 5000.