The reason for this is because in the original time before T10 was heavily revamped (http://ezserver.online/forums/index.php?topic=5309.0) - the zone was ridiculously resource intensive for many reasons. Also, we can't afford to have 15 of them open because one person decides to have one entire T10 instance to 1 toon each (this does happen). So yes the barrier to entry is by design, this isn't permanent however.
Since our server code has much improved after much slave labor and ridiculous amounts of time invested into providing a better Emulator platform for all servers, this would be much more plausible.
T10 being affected by DL/TL modifiers and allowing FWP instance creation won't be active until T11 is released. This allows bridge gapping for folks who have struggled getting through T10 to have a hand up and then T11 may have similar restrictions depending on what aspect of the content. These bridge gaps have come in the form of DL/TL mods and zone pull items acquired through special events.
Since Sleeper's Tomb has been created, is there any chance to allow FWP creation now?