Data Centers/World Locations Info from the LIVE Letter

[Belisaire]

don't forget "content finder" tool

you can play with other with that, all the time

We haven't heard anything about that in forever. I'm surprised Yoshida didn't bring it up in his post. He brings up a content finder that sounds 'within server,' not cross-server. That was also when we were under the impression that there weren't going to be region-preferenced servers. I doubt this feature is going to still be around as this seems to more or less stick with the traditional server architecture and isn't exactly breaking new ground like a cross-server content finder would need.

[Kiara]

So when one of my LSs decides to go to an NA server and the other wants to go to a EU server, I just have to willingly cut the amount of friends I have in half?

I play at all sorts of different hours of the day and speak several languages, because of both these things the non-regional system is absolutely perfect for me because I get to play with lots of different people and be active in several LSs.

What SE is doing will make this effectively impossible and it WILL destroy some communities.

Well said Colino.

So even if you have friends that all speak English, if some of them chose to go to an EU Server and others go to a North America Server, (and naturally your JP friends stay on the Japan Server), what then?

You'll inevitably lose friends and your various Linkshells will be split / broken.

This is a terrible decision Square.

[Reika]

I am sorry that is just stupid logic. It is not racist, just because it is easier and quicker to communicate without having to take the time to translate what someone said or what you must say to someone else. I am learning Japanese at my University in Japan, so I can communicate in it and possibly get a job here. Guess what though, when I play a game I want to take it easy and not think overly hard on getting languages right so I will play with people that speak my language because it takes less brain power. So by your logic that makes me a "closet racist"? gtfo with that logic, my girlfriend is Japanese and I love learning and trying to talk Japanese with her. But because I want to speak english in game and only deal with it makes me a "closet racist" I am offended.

Youre standing around in town, not doing anything, someone shouts but its in a language you do not know. How does this affect what you do in your same-language parties? I didn't say anything about playing with other language groups, I said see it on your screen, thats period. Just seeing it upsets some people, those are the closet racists I referre to. One was actually open about being upset by it.

But in any case. Some people wanted this option, they can now have their separation. They dont need to worry about seing another language shouted in town anymore if they dont want to, and enjoy their totally lagless environments.

[Alhanelem]

Don't be so small minded. Its not an issue of being surrounded by Japanese writings/sounds, its an issue for those of us who have friends all over the world.

1) I'm not being small minded, and your words offend me.

2)It is absolutely NOT an issue for people who have friends all over the world. Tell your friends to join the same server. BAM! problem solved.

In fact, based on the live letter answers, the current servers will remain as they are, so you're not going to lose any of your friends unless they personally choose to abandon you for a better ping.

So when one of my LSs decides to go to an NA server and the other wants to go to a EU server, I just have to willingly cut the amount of friends I have in half?

This isn't well said. If they're willing to leave you, then they aren't really your friends.

[Darshu]

you do realise that if you lose some friends becuase they changed servers its because they value lower latency over thier LS or you as a friend.

dont you think this kind of defeats your whole argument?

Again with the same argument from someone who clearly must have no social life. Have you not been reading (or thinking)?

This isn't about close friends, who you only really have 5. You can enjoy the company of a lot of people and in the end they can still choose a different server for obvious reasons. I'll state some so you can understand and hopefuly not bring this up again:

1- Their close friends, who are not YOUR close friends, will move to a different server.

2- Their community will move to a different server, making the difficult decision of "1 friend vs a world of possible friends that speak my language". If they choose to move to wherever their community goes, you have to understand.

On top of that you even have the latency argument, which for me means nothing but can have some weight when deciding where to move.

This isn't hard to understand. Some COUPLES will split up when deciding to move to an entirely different region because of work. Some people just can't live without their community, even if that means abandoning the person from that community they love the most. Life isn't a romantic fairy tail. XIV surely will follow that. People will get separated. That's a fact.

[Faiyez]

I wonder who Rokien would side with on this issue.

That way, we could surely know who's making sense and who isn't.

[tymora]

you do realise that if you lose some friends becuase they changed servers its because they value lower latency over thier LS or you as a friend.

dont you think this kind of defeats your whole argument?

You do know that people have multiple friends from multiple places? Some bonds are bound to be broken.

[Antipika]

We haven't heard anything about that in forever. I'm surprised Yoshida didn't bring it up in his post. He brings up a content finder that sounds 'within server,' not cross-server. That was also when we were under the impression that there weren't going to be region-preferenced servers. I doubt this feature is going to still be around as this seems to more or less stick with the traditional server architecture and isn't exactly breaking new ground like a cross-server content finder would need.

At best it will be cross-worlds within the same region yes. But never JP x EU x NA. Where would the instance be hosted? It makes no sense at all.

[Momita]

Regional Server... sad to say but i'm very sad of this.

[Alhanelem]

1- Their close friends, who are not YOUR close friends, will move to a different server.

This is an independent problem from labeled servers. We already had a server merge a while ago and many friends-of-friends chose to seperate. This is unavoidable, even just by adding / merging servers with no region label.

At best it will be cross-worlds within the same region yes.

It's not going to be "cross server within the same region." He didn't say that.