Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Yes it is. It's copying your data and they need to prevent you from modifying your data while it is being copied. That means rendering you unable to move or do anything, and transfering the session over to the new data center and world. Needless to say, it's a lot simpler to just log you out.
It takes me less time to hop worlds in OSRS than in FFXIV. think about that for a moment. Even ACROSS THE WORLD.

Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Yes? We have cross-world and world visit and it is fully functional. Exact same thing.
? It's absolutely not. It is seamless in WoW and realms are connected, if I join another persons party from another realm it seamlessly phases me into that realm without any loading time or nothing

Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
The discussion is about cross-data center, which can mean moving your data over to Oceania (aka the other side of the world). WoW does not even support that (according to a quick google search).
Moving from Chaos to Light or vice versa is not the other side of the world. Same applies to DC inside North America.

Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
A lot of people don't like that and think it destroyed server communities, and were glad it was not a thing in FFXIV. So, there are downsides to it.
FFXIV doesn't have server communities outside of ERP venues, not like WoW did. FFXIV already has cross-server duty finder which fragments the communities and then there is the fact that if u want to do any content you have to go to Light (in EU).