Data Centers/World Locations Info from the LIVE Letter

[Dragonheart]

Why ppl are crying so much O.o ? You can always stay on an international server.

Personally i will go on an european server (Finally).

[Shura]

Well, I genuinely didn't mean it to be sarcastic. It is the truth. That is exactly what is going to happen from the viewpoint of people who choose to stay behind on the old servers. I'm sure anyone that thinks like you do is simply going to stay put on whatever server they are on.

But you are wrong about something. This change is beneficial to people who care about their own gameplay experience. It has nothing to do with community.

If your friends are really genuine, you are all going to stay together anyway. And if not, perhaps they weren't really your friends to begin with since they care more about server ping time than playing with you. Just food for thought.

You must not have any true friends or your the type who has never thought about others. So if a friend from another region chooses to stay on a different server they must not have been a true friend? lol i don't even know what to say to that

Sure this change might be beneficial to ones own game-play experience but this is not a single player game, its a MMO a game built on the community that plays it so i think community is really important.

[Shougun]

There goes half the LS, blown to the four corners of the data centers..

I'll keep my bitching held until I can see how responsive it is, or isn't.

Also I hope they are prepared to fully support these data centers outside of Japan - each with their own at least on call support team.

[Elexia]

Why ppl are crying so much O.o ? You can always stay on an international server.

Personally i will go on an european server (Finally).

..What International server? lol

[Leoheart]

...I hate to be the one to say this... but "latency and lag" are an excuse.

I'm partial to this.

Do you really believe this change will improve upon the gameplay that much? I don't experience much lag at all, besides with the UI and menus. I'm used to playing competitive games with 180ms latency, and it isn't noticeable. They're not tournaments, nor am I a professional, but FFXIV also isn't an E-sport nor does it need lag free gameplay only a professional player would notice.

I personally think the benefit will be greatly outweighed by the separation of players.

and this.


It isn't an issue of latency/lag, it's left me torn that I have too choose between friends, and I personally think it's a disgrace that it's come too this.

In retrospect, the only place I experience latency is Ifrit, and that's only when many people are stood outside the entrance to the instance and I can't say I've seen, heard or experienced any other lag other than the obvious.
Call me ignorant, but this has become nothing but bad news for me.

[Darshu]

Yeah, Wynn, keep on with your delusion and magical insight into S-Es motives. You'll hear countless people saying they have no issue with lag, and you will not give a damn.

[Colino]

This probably would have turned out better if the vast majority of us didn't come from FFXI where everyone was already mixed.

Or if, you know, they hadn't made us play with other regions for 2 years and form relationships and bonds that we will now have to destroy because they can't take a hint from their own MMO that has been running for TEN YEARS.

[Alhanelem]

I'm sure we will test the JP servers and if its worth staying on a JP server, then we can tell them that we don't really "need" the other data centers. That's just a thought though

Well one problem is they've already spent money on this (They already have the other data centers). Honestly kinda sucks to be them if they're forced to change it because of the outcry.

[Elexia]

The one good thing about this is people will finally realize the client design was the biggest culprit in most problems.

[cloverkitty]

A ray of hope is still out there to not implement segregated servers.
The Jp don't seem so impressed with the idea in general (with the same complaint as us), the segregation of the communities, odd hours people play and the language searches.
They are open to feedback though. So maybe it can change.