Why not Dallas? Why one extreme to another?

[Ghastly]

It just feels like literally anywhere but pacific coast states would be better. Even Florida would be better (population is located mostly at the east coast) and probably has better routes. They had so many places to choose from..

[MOthe]

"North American" Data Center, AU, SA, and Pacific Islands are not a part of Continental North America

Thank you for this lesson Mr. Trump.

[Azurelos]

I guess the simplest answer is Square Enix North America is based in Cali so they wanted it close to home. Doesn't make it right or wrong, just the fact.

edit: Looking at NTT website found this image that might shed some more light.

That map hasn't been updated. http://www.ntt.com/en/services/data-...center/us.html

Although the Data Center in Texas was new, it was still definitely available on the table.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

That map hasn't been updated. http://www.ntt.com/en/services/data-...center/us.html

Although the Data Center in Texas was new, it was still definitely available on the table.

That would have been a much MUCH better place for the DC.

Minty Fresh and in a better location for everyone.

[Jetstream_Fox]

physical location doesn't matter as much if the infrastructure isn't there to support it. Cali has that which is why they moved there. for people in NA this should only improve things on the whole for pretty much everyone people playing outside of NA don't really matter as much.

But it didn't improve things for pretty much everyone. I asked one of my linkshells and my FC how they faired since the switch and only about 6 of them said they felt more responsive, there was about 30+ people online when I asked this and got a response from about 22 of them. The 16 that didn't favor it were mostly east coast and Midwest players, only 1 was from Washington and somehow pinged in the mid 100s though he suspected it was something on his end. SE overall goofed on this but really it should have been expected given their track record.

[cakesphere]

Oh wow, the fact that NTT has a datacenter in Texas makes the choice of Sacramento even more baffling.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

Oh wow, the fact that NTT has a datacenter in Texas makes the choice of Sacramento even more baffling.

You know they just can't go "lol, well it sucked here, lets just jump to texas"

Funny if they did though, and brilliant.

[Aethaeryn]

Oh wow, the fact that NTT has a datacenter in Texas makes the choice of Sacramento even more baffling.

I think that place just recently opened, and they've probably been moving hardware to the one in Cali and getting stuff ready for months.

[Hey123]

Thank you for this lesson Mr. Trump.

Everytime i have a oportunity to interact with a large group of american people , i understand why trump won

[Raikki]

I think that place just recently opened, and they've probably been moving hardware to the one in Cali and getting stuff ready for months.

Can confirm that this has most likely been in the works for several months, as the IP block was assigned at the end of last year:

network:IP-Network-Block:204.2.229.0 - 204.2.229.255
network:Created:2016-12-28 05:21:51.205854+00
network:Updated:2016-12-28 05:21:51.205854+00