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[DJaySaint]

Why would the servers be moved to California and not a central US location to benefit everyone? The fact that the new data center location is WORSE for me in my own region than playing in a different region is honestly pretty stupid and a decision clearly made without any real thought.

For reference on a data center relocation done right, look at Riot's League of Legends server move. It might have given the West Coast slightly higher ping, but it benefited EVERYONE in the US. XIV's relocation screws everyone in the North US and East Coast.

I'm going to sound selfish here, but I don't care about complaints from EU players. They CHOSE to play outside of their region even though they have their own data center. NA data center should be about what is convenient for NA players, not EU players. You have your own data center for a reason.

I am a NA player who chose to play within my region. I am now being screwed for doing so. Now, playing on the NA region data center my ping is worse in MY OWN REGION than elsewhere.

Why?

According to this post on Lodestone: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2360440abe9651

With the release of Stormblood, there will be new worlds on the EU data center that will open up and transfer will be free. Does this apply to the entire North and East Coast of the US you just collectively screwed with the data center relocation? It's sad when I get a better connection to a different region than my own.