Cross "Data Center" Grouping?

[Fensfield]

I think it was like that at launch and the inst
ance servers were constantly crapping out.

It would be nice though, I also have friends who decided to play on a different data center.

You're misreading what he said...

Nonetheless, it's really sad that was just disabled and forgotten. Fixing it would solve a lot of the wait time issues but that aside it's just fundamentally sad when an MMO doesn't bother to pursue an avenue better enables the whole 'meet new people from all over the world' dream. Lord knows v2.0's already undermined that more than it ought have.