I am once again asking for cross-DC travel

[Ranaku]

It's not JP, it's NA. 'Cultural differences' basically translates as "We don't want NA players demanding EU and JP players ditch their long-established macros for whatever jank method NA decided would work this week"

It is not only that tho, NA players are way more rude and entitled. I played for example when Eureka was still fresh on both NA and EU and well on NA NM were instantly pulled without waiting a second, on EU on the other hand people even nowdays wait for 5 sometimes even 10 minutes. On NA that kind of behavior is unthinkable. Also the shout and yell chat on NA is always used for...well random people talking about random crap. While on JP and EU literally nobody uses these two chat functions besides from the really rare advertisement for a venue or an fc. Raiding would be just the icing on top and probably really funny to watch when NA players get presented with macros...

[Absimiliard]

It is not only that tho, NA players are way more rude and entitled. I played for example when Eureka was still fresh on both NA and EU and well on NA NM were instantly pulled without waiting a second, on EU on the other hand people even nowdays wait for 5 sometimes even 10 minutes. On NA that kind of behavior is unthinkable. Also the shout and yell chat on NA is always used for...well random people talking about random crap. While on JP and EU literally nobody uses these two chat functions besides from the really rare advertisement for a venue or an fc. Raiding would be just the icing on top and probably really funny to watch when NA players get presented with macros...

Sounds to me like you're letting your own biases cloud the facts. NA and EU players behave almost identically. The venue spam, the habit of shouting random dumb crap, and even preferring faster, more aggressive jank tactics over the use of the "safe" strategies typically employed by the JP player-base are all shared characteristics. There is almost no difference between these two demographics other than NA players having a tendency to be a bit more competitive.

You mean you haven't discovered yet that EU uses macros and NA doesn't? Or that the NA yell/shout chat is used as a public chat channel while these on EU are not used? Or the differences when it comes to hunt trains and content like bozja/eureka etc.?

NA players frequently employ macros to streamline their PF runs. EU players use shout for public chat on just about every server with any real activity. I've yet to see any difference in how they approach hunts, Eureka, or Bozja either, save perhaps that the NA guys tend to move more quickly. They expect you to respond to callouts quickly, generally providing a 2-3 minute window to get from one NM or event to the next. This is a reasonable time frame.

[Nav_Fae]

It's not JP, it's NA. 'Cultural differences' basically translates as "We don't want NA players demanding EU and JP players ditch their long-established macros for whatever jank method NA decided would work this week"

JP players don't even know what JP braindead means for most our fights. The strats have names that NA omits. But yes, NA would dominate the strats and discords. You'll have people trying to make universal DC strats but then forget about the language barriers on discord.

[Duskane]

people really gotta put the tinfoil hats away,its nothing about cultural differences
they just wanna let the system we have now settle in and when they are ready to add cross physical DC they will.

[Bukachu]

I'd prefer not having to ever play or interact with NA tbh.

[Atelier-Bagur]

people really gotta put the tinfoil hats away,its nothing about cultural differences
they just wanna let the system we have now settle in and when they are ready to add cross physical DC they will.

Exactly this, we've already know cross-World DC travel will be a thing since its something they've talked about wanting to implement. Stop acting like it's not coming, they just chose regional DC travel first because it was probably the easier feature to implement

[Ranaku]

Exactly this, we've already know cross-World DC travel will be a thing since its something they've talked about wanting to implement. Stop acting like it's not coming, they just chose regional DC travel first because it was probably the easier feature to implement

Considering that SE listens mostly to their JP playerbase and them being REALLY against this i highly doubt this ever coming out. Ask people on JP, they really don't want either of us there and well that is their right. Or do you really think SE would go against their "core" playerbase just cause...dunno...reasons cause some random dudes on the forums wish for it?

We will rather see instanced housing for everyone and viera/hrothgar being able to wear old hats getting implemented before SE goes against their JP fans wishes.

[Nav_Fae]

I feel like I meet more EU people in Balmung thanI do NA players. At least im terms of natives. I know "the bench" is mostly EU players at the very least. So the only cultural thing I know of with EU players is they are h***ier and bolder about it.

[Jeeqbit]

I feel like I meet more EU people in Balmung thanI do NA players. At least im terms of natives. I know "the bench" is mostly EU players at the very least. So the only cultural thing I know of with EU players is they are h***ier and bolder about it.

That could be because Balmung was the most famous RP server back when the EU community was very small with hardly any servers. It made more sense to go to Balmung. For a lot of reasons it has attracted people like a tourist destination throughout the game's history.

[Rehayem]

We all know the differences between things mentioned above (EU/JP uses macro, NA wants to freeball everything, etc).

However, how many players from NA would actually travel to EU for raiding? Or vice versa? Such people would need to compromise to the changes and accept how it's done on EU or how it's done on NA. People want cross DC travel because they want to do stuff with friends, not particularly PF raiding.

I'm not mentioning JP here because JP peeps love to keep to themselves, it's just how they are. But JP DC travel with OCE would help, since lots of OCE people already played JP servers. Differences are minimal. My main focus is NA/EU really.