Data Centers/World Locations Info from the LIVE Letter

[Mijin]

does anyone know the Japanese response to the news? How about Germany and French?

The Japanese seem either happy, or upset by the fact that non-jp players will still be allowed to access their servers. A couple of them are calling for total segregation. Here's their thread

[Zumi]

The Japanese seem either happy, or upset by the fact that non-jp players will still be allowed to access their servers. A couple of them are calling for total segregation. Here's their thread

I am pretty sick of the JP only stuff myself, I been kicked out of a couple exp parties by JP players when all I said was hi, "sorry JP only." Oh here is the funny part I actually am Japanese, but I am just Japanese American born and live in the US, don't know the language since I am 3rd generation. So basically they kicking out me who is the same race as them because I don't know the language. That is pretty frustrating in my opinion.

Which is why I welcome playing on NA region servers.

[zergasaur]

I agree with Zumi. I recently met a group where they would rather yell 3 hours for a JP player rather than accepting a English Speaking player. Blows my mind. But dont get me wrong, there are the few that have been super helpful. One particular JP player literally helped us for 8 hours just because. They didint even need any of the items.

I am pretty sick of the JP only stuff myself, I been kicked out of a couple exp parties by JP players when all I said was hi, "sorry JP only." Oh here is the funny part I actually am Japanese, but I am just Japanese American born and live in the US, don't know the language since I am 3rd generation. So basically they kicking out me who is the same race as them because I don't know the language. That is pretty frustrating in my opinion.

Which is why I welcome playing on NA region servers.

[Rau]

I agree with Zumi. I recently met a group where they would rather yell 3 hours for a JP player rather than accepting a English Speaking player. Blows my mind. But dont get me wrong, there are the few that have been super helpful. One particular JP player literally helped us for 8 hours just because. They didint even need any of the items.

This is actually more or less what's happening on Durandal right now. US prime time, I see more JP shouts in hiragana(i think?) than english or Autotranslate shouts, that last for HOURS at a time. They won't even bother with english speakers.

And what if all of my friend quit the game and I'm left alone again? What if I'm left alone on a mostly JP server? I like the JP, but I can't speak nearly enough Japanese to get anything done. I do have bilingual friends, and honestly this is going to be a pretty depressing choice for them. In the long run I know I'll still be with the game because I'm too stubborn to leave even without friends, which is why I came back after half a year. If the EN-EU-JP ratio changes too dramatically in that time, I'll be screwed!

The only way to fix this is to let us change servers. In XI it cost a fee, which was fine to keep between-server smuggling to a minimum.

Apparently switching servers will be easier? and why you choose an alleged JP server in the first place?