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[Eidolon]

During 1.x, where we played mixed with the JP playerbase on servers in Tokyo, NA and EU players complained about latency (especially in primal fights like Ifrit).

Yea, FFXIV is definitely more latency-intensive than FFXI was (well, at least from when I played it) so I could see that being a general issue. Still, I miss playing with JP players. There was social differences. There was good genuine connections between some of us. There was nationalism. You took the good with the bad, but the good outweighed the bad. I always loved playing with them, because of the differences.

I might be in the minority on that though. I played a Bard - one of the classes notoriously sought after. JP players would likely avoid you if they could when they ran that "JP ONry" bit. But I wound up in so many "JP onry" parties because of my bard and reputation as a good bard.

[Alahra]

I might be in the minority on that though.

You probably are but I'm with you on it. I liked that FFXI servers were "melting pots." I made a lot of friends from different countries and the like and I always enjoyed that. Plus, it meant more opportunities to use the Auto-Translate Dictionary, which is still one of my favorite features in either game.