Physical/regional servers FINALLY confirmed ??! (Y)

[Xatsh]

If they remove global servers as other said it would be the end for me on this game. Global communities are one of the positive things about the FF mmos. better economy, more stable player base per server. The positive of 1/5th a sec less lag is not worth the losses.

[Raistlin]

i am interested in regional servers.

We all can be happy:

1. Keep actual servers as International servers located in Japan.
2. Add new servers for each region and allow people to transfer.
3. Merge servers if required.

[Ryuko]

I have some pretty noticeable lag as an EST player. I know I don't have it nearly as bad as the EU do, but it's still noticeable. Back when CC came out, one of our EU tanks could not tank Chimera because he was unable to move in time (despite moving exactly when the abilities went off). This issue would be fixed by regional servers.

HOWEVER, with this particular game... I am not a fan of regional servers. As much as I would love to never experience the sort of instance-ruining lag that I currently experience, I enjoy playing with people from around the world. That's part of what makes this game a 'Final Fantasy' to me. My linkshell currently has members from all regions of the world. Some of them left when Ragnarok was suggested as the "EU" server, but many of them stayed. If all servers were listed as 'regional', we might never get to see the international gameplay we currently have... or at least we would see a lot less of it. How many people do you think are on Ragnarok that are NOT EU?

Also... if they fix 'animation lock', I would never ever complain about lag again.

[Spy]

My linkshell would be destroyed if we weren't on a worldwide server. T_T We have people from Australia, Scotland, America, Canada, Japan, etc....I dont want to lose my friends. T_T

[Ingolf]

If they add regional servers, this game will be dead.

[Noir]

From massively interview:

"Moving on from strictly mechanical questions, the issues of several players regarding physical server locations was noted. While Yoshida could make no firm comment at the time, he stated that the team is well aware of the issues regarding time zones and lag most notable for European gamers. He also noted that gamers affected by these issues should look for some announcement regarding it within the next two months."

FINALLY an interview that talk about this...

They finally admitted that western players, expecially euro ppl, have notable lag (i'm italian, and i can confirm this ) .

They're still thinking about this anyway, but saying that we should look for some announcement within the next two months, is already good think...

I can't think about an announcement that says something like:

"We're sorry, we know that you western players have issues, but after we invested milions of $$$ in this project, we cannot help you anymore." So i'm positive about this..

What do you think? Let's cross the fingers btw...

This Crap engine is the cause. Wait till 2.0 and we will be lag free.

[Zumi]

I hate latency, bring on regional servers. For someone like me who did heroic modes in WoW, playing FFXIV just seems like it plays like crap in terms of responsiveness.

[indira]

hope this only means there adding server to each region of the world gonna suck if its usa only, japan only, etc servers. people who work nights might as well just cancel cuz its gonna be slim pickings.

[Chardrizard]

As long as V2.0 is fluid as FFXI, i dont think we need regional servers, server reccomendation for regionals is fine though like what they did with Ragnarok. Though, i guess regional also don't matter if they add cross-server content finder.

[Galliano]

I think physical servers on the east coast of the US would be great, that way it would cut the EU latency down and also be a good choice for US players. Most of my in game friends are either US or EU so that would be the sweet spot for me and my LS.