I don't understand why they need to do this when they've had a regionless structure for FFXI for 10 years now.

Shit I barely played that game but I still loved the fact that you can play with everyone and anybody from all over the world, just like we've been doing for the past 2 years.

I live in the EU but move back and forth quite a bit, I have a lot of friends who live here but just as many that live in NA regions. The amazing and wonderful thing is that I can play with ALL of them, whenever I like!

Now my community is effectively being forced to break up and I'm forced to choose a side even though one of the main reasons I play this game is precisely because I never had to choose a side.

This is a load of crap.