Regional Segregation

[Nero]

No where has it explicitly been stated that current players will not be able to pick a different server at ARR launch; only that existing players will not be able to immediately transfer to servers designated for brand new players. How much sense does it make to introduce regional servers at the start of the game, yet not let people choose them?

Search Option is on top of the Page, you will find tons of similiar Topics, which include Dev Post's. Read them, not going to support lazyness.
It makes sense, since the Servers will remain International and less people will actually switch Server, when they are actually allowed to and/or have to pay for it. And by the way, where do you get "regional Servers" from? It will be Data Center's not Servers. 2 different pairs of shoes.

[Hiruke]

Search Option is on top of the Page, you will find tons of similiar Topics, which include Dev Post's. Read them, not going to support lazyness.
It makes sense, since the Servers will remain International and less people will actually switch Server, when they are actually allowed to and/or have to pay for it. And by the way, where do you get "regional Servers" from? It will be Data Center's not Servers. 2 different pairs of shoes.

You're the one who brought it up, so it's incumbent upon you to support your argument with a source. No link to the information you're presenting as fact equates to baseless rumor and speculation. Sort of like all those folks who were claiming that FOR A FACT all the primal weapons were being ejected from the universe... and hey, they're not. But apparently SE told us they were going to, amirite?

[Nero]

You're the one who brought it up, so it's incumbent upon you to support your argument with a source. No link to the information you're presenting as fact equates to baseless rumor and speculation. Sort of like all those folks who were claiming that FOR A FACT all the primal weapons were being ejected from the universe... and hey, they're not. But apparently SE told us they were going to, amirite?

I dont have to prove anything. If people are to lazy to research before they go to post Stuff, how does that makes me bringing something up? You are right, cause you say so? If people want clarification, go use the Dev Tracker, go use the search option.

Logic dictates that this is correct, but we all know what most forum posters do with logic; they throw it out the window to conclude the most illogical scenario they possibly can, and spread that misinformation as certain truth until patch notes prove otherwise.

Welcome to the NA-Forums.

To clarify this again:

- Existing Players will not be able to move to the new Servers.
- Existing Players will have an initial choice of switching to a different ( currently existing ) Server.
- NEW Servers will be the ones which are located in regional Data-Center ( Japan, Europe or North America ).
- OLD Servers will be still in Japan, they are not going anywhere.

People ask if you can switch as a current Player to a "regional server", the answer is: No you can not, since the old Servers will be still in Japan. So you are not able to switch to a regional Server and the OLD Servers will remain International. SE will introduce a World Transfer similiar to FFXI at a certain Time ( Which will be most likely based on stability on the Economy on the new Server ). What's so hard to understand about this?

Of course SE could go and bring some of the Current Servers to the Data-Centers around the Globe, but that we dont know.

[Molly_Millions]

- NEW Servers will be the ones which are located in regional Data-Center ( Japan, Europe or North America ).
- OLD Servers will be still in Japan, they are not going anywhere.

where did you read this? (link please)

[Orophin]

Search Option is on top of the Page, you will find tons of similiar Topics, which include Dev Post's. Read them, not going to support lazyness.
It makes sense, since the Servers will remain International and less people will actually switch Server, when they are actually allowed to and/or have to pay for it.

Yoshi-P stated that regional servers would be available at launch. As you so eloquently put it in your reply, go find that information yourself, I'm not going to link to it.

And by the way, where do you get "regional Servers" from? It will be Data Center's not Servers. 2 different pairs of shoes.

What the hell do you think is housed in a data center?

To clarify this again:

- Existing Players will not be able to move to the new Servers. - True

- Existing Players will have an initial choice of switching to a different ( currently existing ) Server.
- NEW Servers will be the ones which are located in regional Data-Center ( Japan, Europe or North America ).
- OLD Servers will be still in Japan, they are not going anywhere.

There is nothing to support your claims that none of the currently existing servers will not be moved to the regional data centers or that the regional servers will only be available for only new players at the beginning. Nothing has been said that the current servers are staying in Japan. For all we know, the current server hardware could be decommissioned and brand new servers could be labeled with the old names or are loaded with the 1.0 character data.

This is all speculation. I'm not saying this isn't what will happen, but a community rep hasn't specifically stated the above quote block is true either.

[Nero]

where did you read this? (link please)

You mean that Data-Center's will be place around the World? Here:

(i.e. this world and this world is tied to the data center in Japan, this world and this world is tied to the data center in North America or Europe).

[Molly_Millions]

You mean that Data-Center's will be place around the World? Here:

context please? I can't read Japanese...

that post seems to state that certain worlds will be located in the Japanese data centers and some elsewhere. It doesn't say anything about existing worlds being only in the Japanese data center. I want to know where you got that info.

[Nero]

context please? I can't read Japanese...

Learn it? <_<

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...495#post826495

We are curious where it is stated that current servers will be in Japan datacenter. as far as I know we do not know where the current servers will go, with "best guess" being based on region influence.

Where are the current Servers? Correct, in Japan. Did anyone say they would move it? Noone did. So as long as SE dont say, that servers will be moved, we can assume they will stay there. And i also said above:

Of course SE could go and bring some of the Current Servers to the Data-Centers around the Globe, but that we dont know.

It doesn't say anything about existing worlds being only in the Japanese data center. I want to know where you got that info.

It does not say, that they will be moved either. What did you say again earlier? " but we all know what most forum posters do with logic; they throw it out the window to conclude the most illogical scenario they possibly can,"

I said, it is possible that SE could bring current Servers to the Data-Centers ( see above ), but we dont know that. And nothing even close to assume that they actually would, have been ever posted. So the logical way is to assume that it stays the way it is, until SE says otherwise.

[Molly_Millions]

Learn it? <_<

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...495#post826495



Where are the current Servers? Correct, in Japan. Did anyone say they would move it? Noone did. So as long as SE dont say, that servers will be moved, we can assume they will stay there. And i also said above:

You know what assumptions do? They make an ass out of you and me. Make no assumptions, especially when dealing with technical details.

[Nero]

You know what assumptions do? They make an ass out of you and me. Make no assumptions, especially when dealing with technical details.

Not that SE would explain every single Detail on their technical Plans to us, but i also think they would tell us if they plan to move the current existing server.

Assuming is bad and isn't a valid source of information. Did anyone say they AREN'T moving?

Speaking of deductive reasoning. Using Theories about Servers will be regional or segrated, without knowing if they are moving or not, is the same no? Why would you assume they would move in first place? But yeah, it is an assumption. Like it or not, assuming SE will move them is actually an assumption too, which is actually more expensive for the Company. So SE would need a good reason to do it.

Something i would like to add:

Most people obviously dont think about the cost of moving a Server. So why would SE move the Server, if they could save the Money and buy them in the Region of the Data-Center? It is not like a Game-Server is something you could carry around like a PC.



To give People an Idea. So it is more reasonable to let the current Server's stay in Japan instead of moving them, since the cost-factor would be hilarious to move the around the whole Globe. Like it or not, guessing around that SE would actually move them in first place is an assumption too. And also, since it would be expensive to do it, SE would need a really good reason to do it.