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[Millerna]

They're actually recommended for people who mainly play during EU prime time, not for EU residents. The problem is that they don't really make that clear during server selection, but they have mentioned that multiple times both on the forums and during live letters.

[Yshnal]

They're actually recommended for people who mainly play during EU prime time, not for EU residents. The problem is that they don't really make that clear during server selection, but they have mentioned that multiple times both on the forums and during live letters.

[Millerna]

Guess they changed it then. The EU tag used to be for EU primetime players. I think the change happened when they grouped the servers into the various datacenters.

[Yshnal]

Guess they changed it then. The EU tag used to be for EU primetime players. I think the change happened when they grouped the servers into the various datacenters.

Incorrect. In the world selection screen, and on the "Group NA/EU" list, it simply said: NA, EU, NA Legacy or EU Legacy between brackets next to each server's name. Nowhere did it mention anything about primetimes or anything like that.

Also, I want to provide you all with a quote from the Beginner's Guide:

About Worlds
The World that your character will inhabit can be chosen during the character creation process. Once selected, your World cannot be changed. Worlds are divided into six different data centers based on the location of their servers. To ensure you encounter the fewest number of latency issues, it is recommended, but not required, that you select the group that is closer to where you will be playing. Legacy Worlds (servers existing since the original launch) are indicated in parenthesis.

That's the same text (with a small and obvious change) that appeared upon selecting a server in-game, too.

You have videos on YouTube (with their upload dates) if you need proof of any of it.

[Millerna]

Incorrect. In the world selection screen, and on the "Group NA/EU" list, it simply said: NA, EU, NA Legacy or EU Legacy between brackets next to each server's name. Nowhere did it mention anything about primetimes or anything like that.

In-game it never mentioned anything about primetime or not, on the forum and in live letters they have mentioned it though. People have asked about why the EU tagged servers with physically in Canada many times before, and more than once (before they split everything into multiple datacenters) the mods have said the tags were mainly to determine which server would have the most people online during specific prime times.

However, that point is moot considering they now state 'recommended for EU residents' when selecting the datacenter in-game. And in that case it would actually make more sense to at some point move those servers to a location in the EU.

[Yshnal]

In-game it never mentioned anything about primetime or not, on the forum and in live letters they have mentioned it though. People have asked about why the EU tagged servers with physically in Canada many times before, and more than once (before they split everything into multiple datacenters) the mods have said the tags were mainly to determine which server would have the most people online during specific prime times.

However, that point is moot considering they now state 'recommended for EU residents' when selecting the datacenter in-game. And in that case it would actually make more sense to at some point move those servers to a location in the EU.

It still contradicted what was said in-game: "To ensure you encounter the fewest number of latency issues, it is recommended, but not required, that you select the group that is closer to where you will be playing.". That means that it was, in fact, recommended that EU residents selected the ones with the EU tag. It simply said the same it says now, but with a different wording. Otherwise it would have said something about play times, instead of talking about latency and the location where you would be playing.

Whatever they said in the forums, live letters, twitter, reddit, or anywhere else was moot, because that's what it said in-game since day one, with no changes being done. Not to mention that most people don't visit the forums, nor watch the live letters, so that's another reason why what has been said in game and in the official guides from day one until now technically invalidates what anyone could have said here. The new wording simply confirms that what was written back then, and that still is, was not a mistake.

So, can we give a rest to this whole discussion about the EU servers not being put with EU residents (and those around us) in mind, please? They never where international servers, period. They've always been like the NA and Japan servers, it's as simple as that.