Quote Originally Posted by Mikita View Post
They are putting servers in different regions so you can choose to be on a server that is physically close to you in order to reduce lag.

But they are not separating by language nor placing region access restrictions on them, so if you are in NA you can still choose to play on a server in Japan and vice versa.
So they really were getting rid of global servers. Yay, another kind of nice and unique trait of XI and XIV going down the drain...