Regional Segregation

[Nikkita]

Well... in all honesty I can see why people are getting confused. They definately have said some very specific things about Severs and worlds. However the one thing they have NOT said or even answered is about transfering your EXISTING character between CURRENT EXISTING servers.

So... this is what I gather....

Posted 9/14/2012
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...495#post826495

In this post I read this as Data Centers are what are in the regions, not the servers. Servers = Worlds. So Servers in Japan (makes sense that's how they maintain them they would have to hire a lot more staff to maintain servers in all regions as they are on call 24/7 incase of issues) But Data Centers are located in the specific regions.
A little of my own personal view. The data centers are just there to assisst in real time game play but anything that is static and stored or saved is server side in Japan. Take the people out of the equation and the "World' is sitting in Japan is how it was explained to me.

9/24/2012
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...1#post840511"]

All that is clear here is that EXISTING users can NOT go to NEW servers. Users does mean existing characters in this case there is another link that will explain that. Also that at some point there will be a world transfer system similar to FFXI

9/25/2012
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...1#post841286"]

IF you desperatedly want to be on a brand new server you CAN!! You get to make a new character and start over to do so. New users can chose from any server new or old so they can join your existing character as long as the server doesn't get full.

10/23/2012
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...1#post864022"]

This just reiterates that existing characters can't move to brand new servers. Also it sounds like Bayohne is getting a little put off with people's blatant speculations. I dont blame him!!

10/23/2012
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...1#post864034"]

So this is the real question everyone is tryng to get at. Can existing characters choose a different existing world. Well guess what... Shut it... (I kidd I kidd) They don't know yet XD they'll get back to us lol from other information in other links it sounds like they won't know till after beta starts. They're trying to assess the situation.
However this post http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...1#post840646"] dated 9/24/2012 also posted by Bayohne is slightly contradictory to that statement. BUT I'd go with the newest information available which is... they don't know yet...

My personal opinion. There is no reason to allow existing characters to move AT launch. Not only for the sake of horribly scewing server populations and loads but for the fact that I highly doubt even currently all servers see the exact same economic situation so allowing people to move could hinder or hurt them.
Also you may find once 2.0 starts up that the latency and lag is so low to non existant there is no need to move. Everything about ARR is suppose to make the game more effcient that said test the waters before jumping sihp