NA and EU data centers confirmed.

[Zumi]

According to the talk session video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_737hYbSCEs&feature=youtu.be

So what does everyone think? For ARR will you move to your respective region servers be it NA or EU or stick with the old data center continue to play on the JP international servers?

Personally I probably would want to play on the NA ones because I didn't like the lag.

[Dannythm]

I think they mean they'll have servers all over the world, so you will connect to the server you are nearest, but the "realms" will still be global, so for example in the same ifrit encounter if you are int he US and other player is int he EU, they'll receive he info about cracks and shit depending on the server who is nearest to them, and the latency issues will dissapear.

At least I hope it's something like that.

[Haibel]

I think they mean they'll have servers all over the world, so you will connect to the server you are nearest, but the "realms" will still be global, so for example in the same ifrit encounter if you are int he US and other player is int he EU, they'll receive he info about cracks and shit depending on the server who is nearest to them, and the latency issues will dissapear.

At least I hope it's something like that.

That's exactley right. Basically the regional data centers are nothing more then mirrors.

[Ruisu]

It was also mentioned that people who want those regional servers will get them, I believe.

[Haibel]

It was also mentioned that people who want those regional servers will get them, I believe.

The two are tottaly different concepts. Regional Severs and Regional Data Center.




They have already said they want to work torward a worldless design. And yes they did say
they would give us the option to play on a regional server. The majority of the people that
want regional hubs want them for performance. This is the best method to keep this a worldwide
game and boost performance to regions outside japan.

[Ruisu]

-snip-

My mistake. The wording in the presentation was a bit strange, so I interpreted it as regional servers. However, I do recall them toying with the idea to begin with.

[Tonkra]

According to the talk session video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_737h...ature=youtu.be

So what does everyone think? For ARR will you move to your respective region servers be it NA or EU or stick with the old data center continue to play on the JP international servers?

Personally I probably would want to play on the NA ones because I didn't like the lag.

the biggest reason for delays and not the server connection.

as you can saw at the gamescom where he played on jp server without any delay.

[Griss]

the biggest reason for delays and not the server connection.

as you can saw at the gamescom where he played on jp server without any delay.

Just a minor correction. for the gamescom footage, the server he was connected to was set up back stage.

[Hulan]

Just a minor correction. for the gamescom footage, the server he was connected to was set up back stage.

Actually, he claimed in an interview that they were all using terminals connected to a server back in Japan. Could have been a mistranslation, but as far as we know, they were in fact playing on servers in Japan.

[Soukyuu]

What confirmation? Watch the special event video, they state it clearly.

that's the thing, they left out half of what he said. There will be multiple datacenters, but whether that means regional servers or something else is unclear. How do they want to decide which server to place unto which datacenter? He also said to not think of this as him "building a wall", so there should be more to it imho

Actually, he claimed in an interview that they were all using terminals connected to a server back in Japan. Could have been a mistranslation, but as far as we know, they were in fact playing on servers in Japan.

he even said it in the session, too, so it shouldn't end up with simple regional servers.