[Feedback] Data Center Travel Changes

[KitaiAryik]

Chiming in on this thread once again after seeing other threads have popped up about the frustration over DC travel restrictions. This whole ordeal has had such a chilling effect on the roleplaying community over the last ten months, as we predicted. Venues run by the most thoughtful and forward-planning people in the community have shuttered, events have moved back and forth from server to server to get out ahead of this artificial scarcity brought on by CBU3's decisions, activities in general are very subdued. There was a brief period just before 7.2 dropped where travel seemed possible again, only for that to be killed as soon as the patch emerged.

Your community is tired, Square Enix. What was once a fun hobby for stress relief has become a slog through bureaucracy and lack of transparency. It's really disheartening.

and my current friend group is one of the many affected by the constant DC travel restrictions for the past 10 or so months since DT launch. each and every one of us is fed up to the point that if it doesn't open up by the end of the month, we'll be unsubbing and taking our money elsewhere. FFXIV is the only game i have EVER played that restricts its servers this much for THIS long. its ridiculous that i have to pay for the game every 2 or so years on top of a monthly sub no less not to be able to play with my close friend group. know in my immediate group we've been more than patient enough for things to settle down and open up but the fact that CBU3 and SE wants to continue to pretend that things are "congested" when its clearly not. its at a point where enough is damn well enough and will be playing better games that doesn't lock its playerbase off from each other