The single biggest issue holding back FFXIV needs to be specifically addressed.

[Darrkness]

plus its simple logic that a signal being sent over seas vs being sent over land is going to take longer.. 1000 miles is much longer and takes more time than 500 miles it makes a HUGE difference

[Seo]

plus its simple logic that a signal being sent over seas vs being sent over land is going to take longer.. 1000 miles is much longer and takes more time than 500 miles it makes a HUGE difference

There wasn't a "MMO networking" class but i've had enough networking lessons to know that latency causes this. The circle thing anyway. NPCs are different, there may be some objects that they don't need to obey the physics on due to errors in scripting.

[Kowen]

plus its simple logic that a signal being sent over seas vs being sent over land is going to take longer.. 1000 miles is much longer and takes more time than 500 miles it makes a HUGE difference

Do you know how fast a signal travels...? That extra distance is almost negligible.

[LuxLex]

plus its simple logic that a signal being sent over seas vs being sent over land is going to take longer.. 1000 miles is much longer and takes more time than 500 miles it makes a HUGE difference

I am not sure if you understand what big distances are... a big distance is from here to Betelgeuse, not from here to Japan

Also some locations in NA are closer to Japan than to other parts of North America. There is no perfect place to host servers. Also they want to avoid having people segregated by region. Personally I like the fact that there are peaks at all different times in XI so I can play with people regardless of whether I am on at a weird time for NA players.