Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
No, they did not say that at all. They do not have the technology for cross-data center PF and DF. They have said they are aware of the suggestion but that it will take time to develop it. As someone that understands the subject, I understand why this is very complicated and will require a lot testing after it's done.
That was in reference to cross-region Data Center travel. We already have that. You can literally travel to the Oceania region right now and JP, EU and NA players can all play together there.

They were saying they were open to allowing JP, EU and NA to visit eachother directly if there was demand for it and the cultures wouldn't clash.

The culture clash isn't really an issue. I played with JP players on the cloud DC and it was fine - we just all figured out how to use auto-translate to communicate. I fought things with them, setup PFs to play with them, asked them for help with things in /shout and even invited them to linkshells. They aren't really so different like everyone thinks.

When 7.0 released, we had JP players rushing to Materia for S ranks and "clashing" with NA and EU players. This was also fine. I guarantee JP has people who pull too quickly sometimes as well.
Okay, uh, while I admitted I'm going off of memory of about a couple of live letters ago, do you also have any idea of when or where they mentioned being aware and needing the time to develop the system?

Because this post I was able to find from March 15th, 2024 on the lodestone seems to kind of coincide with my memory. "Market economy" and "social norms," lol.

Not that I think you're arguing in good faith, considering it's bizarre we can still only travel to Oceania, one-way, and you're using that as a decidedly good(???) example. Your personal anecdotes don't really mean anything in the eyes of the people who actually have the power to turn this on and off, either. I don't understand the point you're even trying to make by adding that, actually, since my implication was that I think grown adults would know how to handle themselves within different cultures.