And they should have moved a couple Japan servers to Materia.
Yeah, that would have gone down like a lead balloon, the idea WAS suggested, but as I am advised, it would NOT have been a good idea as I am told ( third hand only but I was on Kujata, a JP server before i moved to Materia), the jp community was very much against it.

I can understand and appreciate that , as it would have been a huge dislocation for many of them, the lack of inter regional DC travel would have made it worse. it would have split friends and FCs widely..so while it was considered, the reasons against were, IMO, sound.

In retrospect I am glad they didnt, as I would not have wanted to see an entire server community fragmented suddenly.

IMO not moving any of the jp servers across was the right call.