The way i read it is the current servers are all in japan and currently an amalgamation of all regions and this will stay this way. what they will be doing is adding in new servers to each region and allowing players the freedom to transfer between servers by their choice. furthermore, they are completely re-creating the client to reduce server latency which should make playing in japanese servers more efficient then the current model. They also will not be forcing any server tranfers (to the best of my knowledge) so any transfers will be personal preference.

if that information is correct then i fail to see why such an outrage in this thread. i do understand some people will make the personal choice to change to a local server and this might change the dynamic of some existing groups. i'm sure those who are outraged will maintain the current server as they have built a community on there that they cherish thereby keeping things the way they were.

if your community is strong, as you claim, then this addition to servers should not change anything for you. if people leave your server for one closer to them, let them, obviously their sense of community was not as strong as yours. this by no means prevents new english players from starting on the japanese servers, only provides them with options.

Why are so many people wanting to remove the choice from those who might want it? i support SE's decision and the players freedom of choice.