US Servers at 2.0?

[Dragonheart]

Fair enough .. see Raistlin's post then.

I can't believe people are arguing that regional servers wouldn't be better, are you people crazy ?
Forget about playing with other nations for a moment, we are talking about whats best for the optimal gameplay experience.

And when I say gameplay I don't mean talking to and making friends with others.

THIS.

The problem is that the most of ppl that play XIV come from XI, aka they didn't play any other MMo outside XI (and XI itself wasn't a "speedy" game) .. So they are ok with this... :/

[Elexia]

Of course you have Elexia you are always the exception to the rule.

Why are there videos out there showing when people dualbox and one character runs in a circle with the other on follow the character on follow is running in a stuttered triangle shape.

Since you're not asking this for a serious response I'll give you one anyway, it's the way the client > Server > Client interaction is, if you spin your character around in a circle you'll notice your animation for spinning differs from how someone sees you, that isn't network delay, it's purposefully designed that way.

[Jynx]

Forget about playing with other nations for a moment, we are talking about whats best for the optimal gameplay experience.

Why should we forget about something that is integral to a large group of peoples "Optimal gameplay experience" being able to be "Primetime somewhere" is a massive advantage for people who don't play during their regions primetime hours.

So, I'd just have to say.

Community > A few MS ping.

[Jinko]

Why should we forget about something that is integral to a large group of peoples "Optimal gameplay experience" being able to be "Primetime somewhere" is a massive advantage for people who don't play during their regions primetime hours.

So, I'd just have to say.

Community > A few MS ping.

You obviously have selective comprehension, because there would still be International servers available to those who wanted it.

[Jynx]

You obviously have selective comprehension, because there would still be International servers available to those who wanted it.

With who to play them? Japanese players will undoubtetly retreat to their own servers as well would a large majority of others. The situation would be the same a bunch of empty servers with a single "primetime" and a few international servers that are sparesly populated 24/7...how fun.

I don't lack the foresight to see how easilly it would wreck the international community we currently have.

But...bu...teh .3ms!

[indira]

people just need to stop being cheapskates if they want optimal pay max for your ips, buy the SSD's, buy the best processor and OC it then you will still say something is wrong.

example: SE make regional servers you get put on night shift good luck doing anything other than soloing.

[Mireille]

Either way I'm against encouraging people to sequester themselves into NA / EU / JP servers. I play a MMO to play with people around the world. I play at odd hours for a "NA" player and enjoy being able to find people at any givin time of day.

I second that. I enjoy playing with Japanese and EU players. I have never had problems with people in either group. I'd hate it if SE made severs local specific.

[Mevrid]

So much SE nut hugging going on in this thread it is disgusting. Not having the a choice to play with people in your own time zone is ridiculous. It shouldn't be a crapshoot when a new player picks a server as to whether or not the majority of the populace is NA/EU/JP. This is the perfect way to turn away a customer after the free month of play.

[rickalk]

I live in Canary Islands, Spain and i have a 6Mb ADSL



don't tell me is not because they are on japan. Of course servers will improve, but for example i have no chances in pvp vs a Japanese player, and that is unfair.

I've seen this argument brought up so many times now. Always countered by Americans basically saying "I had almost no delay in FFXI so it must've been the same for EU!"
When SE community reps asked players to post their ping tests to SE servers we clearly saw the average EU ping time was 150ms higher than NA. So more or less 0.3 additional delay.
How about you try to actually play it from EU then we'll see what you truly think..

[rickalk]

With who to play them? Japanese players will undoubtetly retreat to their own servers as well would a large majority of others.

So you're saying you don't want the option between regional and international servers because others would prefer the regional servers more. Gotcha