I am a NA player that had a character on Elemental to play with a friend. When Materia opened he moved there and so did I. I loved the people there. I'd still be there except I couldn't cope with the lag. When I jumped to my death off the platform because to me it looked like the whale had just come along side when in reality it had already left, I realized I was a detriment to everyone I played with. Then Dynamis opened and I was able to free transfer to there so I moved. I can at least play there even if waits are long or I have to DC travel.

Materia not having the option to DC travel is the single thing holding it back. Too many people didn't want to give up friends or houses to move to Materia in the first place. Others couldn't get done the things they play the game for.

I am generally one who thinks cross DC anything is not a good thing but in Materia's case its desperately needed.