Thread: US Servers at 2.0?

Originally Posted by SirEdeonX

Because there is no reason to want separate NA servers now, except for pure elitism.

This is one feature that sets the FF MMOs apart from all the others, the way we have global servers, where you can meet and interact with as many different people as there are. Isn't that why there are MMOs? To play with other people?

I can give you the best reason of all. I want to TALK to the other people playing the MMO I want to enjoy, and I want to play with people in relatively the same time zone as me. Being CST, even PST time zone is horribly inconvenient for me.

Originally Posted by Jynx

Developers have stated multiple times that the largest latency issues isn't the servers location.

Either way I'm against encouraging people to sequester themselves into NA / EU / JP servers. I play a MMO to play with people around the world. I play at odd hours for a "NA" player and enjoy being able to find people at any givin time of day.

I'd be all for the "Give em a choice of local or global" servers but it would probably just spiral into everyone cloistering themselves in the regional servers.

I am glad you're willing to compromise. I don't want to take away the experience from people who do speak Japanese, French, German, and/or other languages from playing with their friends on international servers. I do vehemently want my own regional/localized/time zone based server where I can play and enjoy my time on the game with people who I can understand.

The auto translate is not an acceptable communication device, and having a "nighttime" economy is an invalid excuse because every other MMO that has regional servers manages without this fabled "nighttime" economy.

Originally Posted by BeePee

For those saying that they could keep some servers international making some regional...

A majority seem to prefer international. So those servers would fill up, and leave your precious NA servers with rather low populations.

So very very wrong. In every other modern MMO (even Starcraft II), people play on their own regions due to a simple choice of being able to communicate and play with people whom they understand.

Ultimately, I am all for giving players a choice of server type (international and region based) to play on. You won't see me on an international server though.

I fully support region/time zone based servers.