Data Centers/World Locations Info from the LIVE Letter

[Alhanelem]

No one said a damn thing about region locking.

Actually, a lot of people did say a damn thing about region locking. A LOT of people on this thread seem to think "regional servers" means "Not allowed to play with people from other regions" Even though yoshi P said this wasn't the case in the original goddanged post.

[Rogue]

lol at all the people talking about data centers being relays or some crap.

latency issue = solved (hopefully) - i couldnt ask for more. thank you SE

i dont want to play with people from japan, and apparently they dont want to play with me; no problem there. if people are commited to their LS then they will have to all choose the same world and some people will have to deal with higher latency, ie no different to the current situation.

how can you people whine about lag and then when they fix it you still complain about something, you were never going to get the lowest latency without regional servers, if you had any common sense you would have known that.

i seriously dont understand all the complaints.

[Antipika]

If you "dont want to have to read other langauges on your screen" you probably have some kind of racist veiws you might not even know you have. which is why I used 'Closet Racist'. And is why I used that comment as an example of that term.

I want low latency. If that mean having no different language on my screen, so be it (will never be the case anyway, since I'm in EU). That's how things works, not the other way around.

As for other languages, I think I'm fine thanks, being fluent in EN and French and understanding German decently. Just stop assuming that players who doesn't want to see another languages on their screen are a majority.

However players who want a lower latency...

[Reika]

I want low latency. If that mean having no different language on my screen, so be it (will never be the case anyway, since I'm in EU). That's how things works, not the other way around.

As for other languages, I think I'm fine thanks, being fluent in EN and French and understanding German decently. Just stop assuming that players who doesn't want to see another languages on their screen are a majority.

However players who want a lower latency...

Then that didnt apply to you, as much.

[Alhanelem]

If you want to be surrounded by the sights and sounds of Japanese, just make a character on a JP server. Everyone, no matter which kind of susbcription/type of account they have, has the ability to create at least one character on every server.

I actually don't think they would have done this if it was still the buy each character system.

[Kiara]

To: Yoshida-san, Bayohne and the FF XIV Dev Team,

By officially designating various Servers as "U.S." or "EU" or "Japan", even if you're only talking about the Data and not Language,

You WILL be indirectly causing Segregation of the Final Fantasy Community!

One of the greatest appeals of Final Fantasy XIV (and in XI) is the diverse, multicultural player base.

Playing with players around the world! I've met wonderful players from around the world, from Japan, Australia, Europe and North and South America.

It's one of the things that makes Final Fantasy XIV (and XI) *unique* from all the other MMOs out there.
As limited as your Auto-Translator is, people were still able to communicate, and you had players ONLINE at all times of the day and night (because of the World Servers).

By officially listing Servers in 2.0 as being "North America" or "Europe" or "Japan" etc., you're basically going to cause SEGREGATION.

Of course we can just choose a server in another region to try and retain some international feel, but there will be a good portion of the player base that will choose Lag Free over Community.

So you'll end up with Servers with High Activity during "Prime Time" hours in their region only, and it'll be DEAD at all other times of the day.

So for anyone wanting to play during odd hours (mornings, late at night, etc.), with your Regional Servers, you're indirectly highlighting how EMPTY a server can be as well.

It's fantastic to have Global Servers (No Designation of Country) to have activity at all times of the day and have a diverse player base on the Server.

I hope Yoshida-san reconsiders the Designation / Setup for this.

This is very disappointing news if you let it continue this way into 2.0.

[Dragonheart]

lol at all the people talking about data centers being relays or some crap.

latency issue = solved (hopefully) - i couldnt ask for more. thank you SE

i dont want to play with people from japan, and apparently they dont want to play with me; no problem there. if people are commited to their LS then they will have to all choose the same world and some people will have to deal with higher latency, ie no different to the current situation.

how can you people whine about lag and then when they fix it you still complain about something, you were never going to get the lowest latency without regional servers, if you had any common sense you would have known that.

i seriously dont understand all the complaints.

This.

I want low latency. If that mean having no different language on my screen, so be it (will never be the case anyway, since I'm in EU). That's how things works, not the other way around.

As for other languages, I think I'm fine thanks, being fluent in EN and French and understanding German decently. Just stop assuming that players who doesn't want to see another languages on their screen are a majority.

However players who want a lower latency...

This.

If you want to be surrounded by the sights and sounds of Japanese, just make a character on a JP server. Everyone, no matter which kind of susbcription/type of account they have, has the ability to create at least one character on every server.

I actually don't think they would have done this if it was still the buy each character system.

And even this. We are going to have standard of every MMO plus you can still choose JP server. Stop crying

[Darshu]

It's no use, they only like to scream and shout, and not listen. You can bold letters all you fucking want, but you're the one that's not paying enough attention. "Just tell your friends to join the same server" does not and will not work, shut up and stop proposing that as an easy solution to this.

If after everything people have said here you still cannot see how people WILL lose friends when you have to pick servers, then you're an idiot. Hurray for all of you that will have your lag free server to play on. Now allow us to cry when it isn't that much of an issue for us, but losing players from other regions is.

[Xmbei]

No one said a damn thing about region locking. People will choose the server closest to them, which means logically why the would NA or JP or AU players randomly be plopped onto an EU data center?

I disagree, I am in Japan right now but all my friends will be either on a EU or a NA server. We haven't chosen yet, but once we do I know I am not choosing the data center near me because I would rather sacrifice a few ms of lag so I can play with them. It is more important to me, just because you will choose that local Data center don't assume EVERYONE is.... I know I am not the exception to the rule, because enjoyment of playing with friends is usually enough for someone to sacrifice to play with friends.

[Dragonheart]

To: Yoshida-san, Bayohne and the FF XIV Dev Team,

*cut*

I hope Yoshida-san reconsiders the Designation / Setup for this.

This is very disappointing news if you let it continue this way into 2.0.

I hope that Yoshi P. Will not hear ppl that are stuck on XI and want XIV to be still in stone age.