Quote Originally Posted by UkcsAlias View Post
They dont, even if the DC gets split, people will still flock towards a single one. Just because 1 has a better reputation. People dont care about ping that much as the game is gracefull enough to not make it matter.

The best solution is to make cross-dc PF possible, so those on an other DC are also revealed on the "main". No travel requirements for anyone anymore.
That is what they should aim for.
Other games with multiple server locations within a region don't have this issue. The only reason it's a problem here is because every NA data center is in the same physical location so if you're getting the same ping everywhere you might as well play on the one that's better for the content you're interested in. FFXIV might be playable up to a certain point but as proven by the cloud test it's still a noticeably better experience to play on a closer server and when node issues pop up it can very easily become unplayable for many people.