Pools Closed (Asura Is Full!)

Oh! That was absolutely not my impression. All right then. Time to figure out if I'm following the crowd to Phoenix or not once and for all.

I do believe that people trying to get into XI out of curiosity in 2026 are going to look up some third party information on places like here or (more likely) the subreddit or Discords, where the narrative for about the past month or two was indeed "go to Phoenix". I imagine the situation was that Phoenix gained that early lead before any big new player influx, just enough of one to make it the default suggestion for people wanting the next Bahamut/Odin.