So I can't play and tell with EU/NA/JP friends in ARR...

[Momita]

Really SE.. Really?

[Elexia]

You can it's just a connection closer to you. However, if it is the way you say, no use complaining, NA players constantly stated they wanted their own safe haven and should "have the ability to play on an NA server because it makes sense."

[Majidah]

Yoshi already stated they arent changing the realms to avoid confusion, its pretty evident the regional servers are going to be mirrors that connect to who is closest while being global.

[JackDaniels]

Yoshi already stated they arent changing the realms to avoid confusion, its pretty evident the regional servers are going to be mirrors that connect to who is closest while being global.

I have no idea what you're talking about, so I will just smile and nod and go on my merry way. In retrospect though it wouldn't make sense to put so much work into auto-trans if they were planning on segregation. I would prefer segregation, as elexia pointed out it just makes sense. With the reduction of latency and the implementation of a better auto-translation function (which still needs much improvement), playing with Japanese won't be so bad.

[Majidah]

I have no idea what you're talking about, so I will just smile and nod and go on my merry way. In retrospect though it wouldn't make sense to put so much work into auto-trans if they were planning on segregation. I would prefer segregation, as elexia pointed out it just makes sense. With the reduction of latency and the implementation of a better auto-translation function (which still needs much improvement), playing with Japanese won't be so bad.

Uhmmm let me clarify.
Yoshi said they aren't changing the realms (balmung will stay balmung, masamune will stay masamune, etc).
So if the realms will be the same, and your client will connect to a data server that's closest to you, it just means that your character will be handled by that server, but they all get pooled together. So nothing changes, just that you get no latency.

[JackDaniels]

Uhmmm let me clarify.
Yoshi said they aren't changing the realms (balmung will stay balmung, masamune will stay masamune, etc).
So if the realms will be the same, and your client will connect to a data server that's closest to you, it just means that your character will be handled by that server, but they all get pooled together. So nothing changes, just that you get no latency.

So in other words.. there will be a slight delay for japanese PCs on my screen and there will be a slight delay for my PC on japanese screens?

[Renen]

Uhmmm let me clarify.
Yoshi said they aren't changing the realms (balmung will stay balmung, masamune will stay masamune, etc).
So if the realms will be the same, and your client will connect to a data server that's closest to you, it just means that your character will be handled by that server, but they all get pooled together. So nothing changes, just that you get no latency.

Im just slightly confused. Say im connecting to the NS server, and playing from NA.
Wouldn't the NA server still need to connect to the main server?
And wouldnt that give us lag?
Or is it going to be something in terms of ifrit's cracks being calculated by the NA server, and it only connecting to the main one to stay in synch?

[Delsus]

I have no idea what you're talking about, so I will just smile and nod and go on my merry way. In retrospect though it wouldn't make sense to put so much work into auto-trans if they were planning on segregation. I would prefer segregation, as elexia pointed out it just makes sense. With the reduction of latency and the implementation of a better auto-translation function (which still needs much improvement), playing with Japanese won't be so bad.

They force segregation the game will fail, end of story. A lot of people like FFXIV, and by extension FFXI because you can play with people all over the world. I have played in multi-national linkshells all my FFXIV and FFXI career, and I love it, I have made a lot of friends in NA from these, and if I have the chance there are people I would like to meet across the pond.

I paticularly have a friend from FFXI who lives in NA and she wants to play come PS3 release, if I cannot play with her come PS3 release I will quit, and I will no longer trust SE. You might say "well join a NA server then" so what do I do most of my free time when I am playing on a dead server?

If they give us the choice I will join an international server (and hope there are enough who aren't xenophobes) FFXI worked well as an international MMO, so will FFXIV. A mix of international and regional servers can become a disaster for SE, if one of them is dead.

Tell me who would quit right now if SE said "We are only having intentional servers".

Now tell me who would quit right now if SE said "We are only having regional server".

I bet the latter would get more attention.

[JackDaniels]

They force segregation the game will fail, end of story. A lot of people like FFXIV, and by extension FFXI because you can play with people all over the world. I have played in multi-national linkshells all my FFXIV and FFXI career, and I love it, I have made a lot of friends in NA from these, and if I have the chance there are people I would like to meet across the pond.

I paticularly have a friend from FFXI who lives in NA and she wants to play come PS3 release, if I cannot play with her come PS3 release I will quit, and I will no longer trust SE. You might say "well join a NA server then" so what do I do most of my free time when I am playing on a dead server?

If they give us the choice I will join an international server (and hope there are enough who aren't xenophobes) FFXI worked well as an international MMO, so will FFXIV. A mix of international and regional servers can become a disaster for SE, if one of them is dead.

Tell me who would quit right now if SE said "We are only having intentional servers".

Now tell me who would quit right now if SE said "We are only having regional server".

I bet the latter would get more attention.

You can't speak for the majority, but yes I can see where you are coming from. It is a selling point.

[Tahldon]

I don't understand what your concern is.

Please elaborate more as your topic is vague and it seems as though your are lacking proper information.

There is nothing that says that all servers won't be able to play together, if you're referring to the "Multiple Data Centers" comment via Yoshi-P in the special talk session, then he's not saying we won't all play together. He's just saying that we don't have to put up with so much lag because instead of NA or EU players pinging all the way to the servers in Japan, they can ping to the one in their own region, making things faster for them.

If that's what you're referring to, of course, but I can't tell.