Quote Originally Posted by Jaxxa View Post
I really hope they allow cross region travel. Even if they lock down the market and item trading to keep that separated into regions.
This. This is exactly what I want. I highly doubt that cross cultural issues will happen (the average English speaking player will likely be intimidated by JP party finder/duty finder, and the "heaven forbid" strat macros we use on JP. Hunt sniping is a minor concern, but it seems most data centers have a solid way they handle hunts, and going outside of that to visit another DC for hunts sounds extra painful since you'd need to literally log out. People speculating the effect on the market vastly underestimate just how different market prices on JP and NA are though (I have characters on both so that's the only experience I can draw from).

I will happily have cross region visits with marketboard and trading locked away from me. I just want to be able to play on my main character with my NA friends. And I do ask that anyone who does visit a different regions data center respect the culture of that data center, similarly to if you visit another country. People have a different background/way of thinking/doing things that isn't necessarily better or worse. Just different, and that's ok. Who knows, maybe you'll find some things you like.