Are they really adding cross-data center visit?

[Moonlite]

I wonder if this will be only visit other DCs but just the open world areas, or the duties (dungeons, trials, raids) will select also people from other DCs in Duty Finder. If it is also the second, I think some cross-DC linkshells would be appreciated.

I hope duties are included. You go from having one pool of players to three. Some people that can't get certain things done due to shift work might be able to.

[Jeeqbit]

I wonder if this will be only visit other DCs but just the open world areas, or the duties (dungeons, trials, raids) will select also people from other DCs in Duty Finder. If it is also the second, I think some cross-DC linkshells would be appreciated.

It won't select people from other DCs in Duty Finder, because it would have to forcefully transfer their data center prior to you all experiencing the content together. For a feature like that it would have to decide what data center it is happening on and move everyone to it even if it harms their ping. That is not the feature they announced at all.

If you switch data center you will almost certainly be able to queue for duties though, just like you can if you do a paid data center transfer.

[Hanayumi]

Yeah, well see when they start testing it out, but wouldn't be surprised if they locked people out from using Data Center Travel by EW launch, if only for a couple days to a week to keep folks evenly distributed.

[marelooke]

I hope they consider the implication on the community when they start combining data centers. Watering down the community for convenience is arguably what started the problems with that other game whose players currently flood the FF XIV data centers. I can't speak for other servers, of course, but getting anything done has, so far, never been an impossibility in FF XIV so the need for the feature seems...questionable at this point, at least from my limited perspective.

And yes, I'll be the first to admit I wouldn't be able to play at the level I did back then (ooof, has it been really that long?) without the conveniences offered by the likes of automated cross-realm LFG, which I'm OK with if it means a healthier game overall.

[Imora]

Can't go outside your region which is balls.

My entire wow guild currently plays on tonberry and will be moving to the Aussie DC when it opens and I was hoping to play with them.

I'm on Phoenix EU.

[Katie_Kitty]

• Some data centers are known for RP and some data centers are known for raiding and being able to visit them will make it easier to do both things at once.

This is the big one imo. Imagine how DC travel will open up the raiding scene in this game. It'll be amazing having the ability to seek out members and statics from all datacenters in the region. Gone are the days when you have to choose between Primal, Aether, and Crystal. That's assuming you can join parties and run duties while DC visiting, which hopefully you can because otherwise there really is no point.

I hope they consider the implication on the community when they start combining data centers. Watering down the community for convenience is arguably what started the problems with that other game whose players currently flood the FF XIV data centers. I can't speak for other servers, of course, but getting anything done has, so far, never been an impossibility in FF XIV so the need for the feature seems...questionable at this point, at least from my limited perspective.

And yes, I'll be the first to admit I wouldn't be able to play at the level I did back then (ooof, has it been really that long?) without the conveniences offered by the likes of automated cross-realm LFG, which I'm OK with if it means a healthier game overall.

Huh? There's no downside really. And you don't seem to be considering the impact this change will have for the high-end raiding scene, which could be an immense positive impact. Restricting people in data centers has never been a good thing for the game, why would it be now?

[SnowVix]

Can't go outside your region which is balls.

My entire wow guild currently plays on tonberry and will be moving to the Aussie DC when it opens and I was hoping to play with them.

I'm on Phoenix EU.

when the new DC opens, there will be brand new servers, and world transfers to new servers are free

[TroySoFab]

I left crystal to get away from that vibe.

I mean, all data centers currently have "that vibe" because they all have world visit within data centers.

[ForteNightshade]

Seems it'll be limited to regions to start. Can only travel to other DC's in North American for example and to Japan or Europe. I suspect other regions will be added later.

They more or less confirmed this. I just sincerely hope DF and PF aren't mixed together for all regions because good god, NA and JP players will not get along.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

They more or less confirmed this. I just sincerely hope DF and PF aren't mixed together for all regions because good god, NA and JP players will not get along.

This is pretty much going to happen, if you are visiting another DC, you'll be on their PF/DF.

People have been able to make on JP servers anyway.

At first it'll be a bit chaotic for the first week or so as the mystique is being explored but it'll quickly wear off and people will only use it for proper purpose later (Kinda like when Balmung was visitable via world visit, server was caked at first due to it's rep, now everyone is just "Meh, so what?")