Data Centers/World Locations Info from the LIVE Letter

[Munba]

Worst news ever.. really. It's very sad thing for me.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Worst news ever.. really. It's very sad thing for me.

Correction. Best news ever.

[Dragonheart]

I am really hoping this is a mis-communication in translations. Because if this is true, I won't quite but I would not be surprised if I start to lose interest in the game.
1. I hate using a content finder to do everything, I prefer to either do it with friends (which btw are in Europe, Japan and the US) or shouts (which are also in Europe, Japan and the US). A content finder just segregates things more and shows that the game will be a collection of lonely instances with a hint of other stuff.
2. This (while not intended) will segregate the world communities, making this 3 games for 3 different regions. Just by the sheer fact that most people are impulse and join groups based on shouts or communications. It was even stated by Yoshi-P in the past that non-JP typically do not use the content search features. So now we are forced to use the feature (and select a language) or stick with the current system and cause a wider rift among the world servers.

While I know it is quite feasible, and I assumed (apparently incorrectly) that the Data Centers would act as hubs to mirror content (much like Final Fantasy XI)
Seems like the more we advance the more we go backwards.

If that happens while I don't plan to quite I would not be surprised due to all of the lost connections to other players across the world I know I would find myself playing less and less until I move on to other things. This is probably the biggest and most devastating announcement of the game, and has really caused me to rethink my future with this game. I will wait until final release to make a final judgement, but lets just hope this is a translation mistake.
2.

1. Don't use content finder.
(and even if you use it, you can still communicate once the group is made, and yes, the group can be international).
And again what comunication we will miss? The shouts spamm? C'mon...

2. Don't change server, and stay on jp/international ones (i'm sure that the old player base will select these ones, while new player and ppl like me that prefers perfomance on all will move on regionals).

Correction. Best news ever.

Yeah, me and expecially old friends that have quitted were waiting for this
(we are hardcore mmo players group, so we know how latency is important)

[Alhanelem]

They're separating the servers into regions, there's no international servers,

Incorrect. All servers are STILL INTERNATIONAL. The effect causing regionality is servers will have regions associated with them, based on their physical location. *ANY* player can still choose to be on *ANY* server.

Where did you read that?

Right here:

Players will have the freedom of selecting any world they prefer.

I swear, did you people in the thread now not read the original post. ANYONE CAN STILL CHOOSE ANY SERVER.

[Antanias]

Incorrect. All servers are STILL INTERNATIONAL. The effect causing regionality is servers will have regions associated with them, based on their physical location. *ANY* player can still choose to be on *ANY* server.



Right here:


I swear, did you people in the thread now not read the original post. ANYONE CAN STILL CHOOSE ANY SERVER.

You sir get all the likes

[Reika]

Incorrect. All servers are STILL INTERNATIONAL. The effect causing regionality is servers will have regions associated with them, based on their physical location. *ANY* player can still choose to be on *ANY* server.



Right here:


I swear, did you people in the thread now not read the original post. ANYONE CAN STILL CHOOSE ANY SERVER.

I mean the 'threatening to quit'. I didn't see any of that here.

[Elexia]

Incorrect. All servers are STILL INTERNATIONAL. The effect causing regionality is servers will have regions associated with them, based on their physical location. *ANY* player can still choose to be on *ANY* server.



Right here:


I swear, did you people in the thread now not read the original post. ANYONE CAN STILL CHOOSE ANY SERVER.

Yes, which are being separated..therefore people will choose the one closest to them. The way he said it didn't sound at all like the XI setup (which connects you to Japan but through the server closest to you.)

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Japanese players have the best parties. I had such an awesome time playing with them on FFXI