Naoki Yoshida's Comment in Regard to Jump Potions/Boost Potions

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*Greatly shortened to 1000 characters being 5212 too long.

As stated these 'Jump Potions' were added already to keep FFXIV relative in a highly competitive gaming community for Chinese and Korean players. While this may be answer for their demographic, where doing anything to get ahead or have an advantage over another is done, regardless of its ethical standing to the rest of the world. It should also be noted Chinese players have a limited availability window to play, which is way subscription based games that grant unlimited access are very much subsidized in China and may very well exist in Korea as well.

The NA and EU population tend to not be as competitive as we do not use our in-game standings as validation for our existence as we do not live in countries with oppressive governments. In general our fun is the social aspect, working towards a goal as a group/team and then once obtained we enjoy the 'high' granted by accomplishment.

Intended post:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/3174117/