Data Centers/World Locations Info from the LIVE Letter

[Mijin]

Stop being dense --- Data Centers are rally points however SE as usual were using a term to describe something different they had in mind. So you're happy you'll play with only people in your area, but you better not be complaining when you don't have "30 ms latency" even on a local connection.

Actually Data Centers are buildings that house servers.

[Reika]

You guys are overreacting..

Yoshi was connected to a JP-Server when he played at Gamescom and he was surprised how smooth it was running with almost no lag. I will choose whatever Server are the people on i play with currently.. so most likely NA. As no i dont really have probs with i.e. Ifrit cracks, even if im EU.

But anyways.. i prefer playing with friends, so idc much if i have 0.1 secs lag compared to everyone else <.<.

But how many of the NA/EU people you play with do you expect to chose a server in Japan, when they have the option to not do that?

[Jennestia]

Actually Data Centers are buildings that house servers.

Which are used as a rally point by a lot of companies. The company I work for has Data Centers in Japan, LA, I believe Dallas, New York and Orlando which are used essentially as rally points for it's JP/NA support.

[Rane]

This is disappointing news for me as well. I have a Japanese linkshell and an English linkshell with members from around the world. Global servers are one of my favorite aspects of FF XIV and FF XI. I've met so many great people from all over the place. I'm really, really sad that that is going to come to an end.

I appreciate that they won't be creating any barriers to which servers you can join--at least we have that much. But the people in this thread are absolutely right in assuming that the system they are currently planning for 2.0 will lead to de facto segregation based on region.

Regardless of the justification of the system, and regardless of the fact that people will not be forced into any one server region, this is absolutely a decision to segregate the community. I hope the development team realizes that.

[Elexia]

No, you're right. There's not much that I can say about that. They'll make the gameplay experience better, but it will damage the community. As I said though, the community wanted better servers, they kinda got it. It's pretty shitty but there's not a whole lot that can be done at this point.

Yep, it's the give take, but MMORPGs aren't about the community these days anyway >.>...

[Antipika]

Stop being dense --- Data Centers are rally points however SE as usual were using a term to describe something different they had in mind. So you're happy you'll play with only people in your area, but you better not be complaining when you don't have "30 ms latency" even on a local connection.

I don't care from where players are coming from. People in Europe aren't worse than the one in NA or Japan. 1 player = 1 player.

So yes, if I can choose between low latency and players from same region or 300ms and international, I'll pick the first one anytime.
(I said 30ms, supposing the servers would be in the UK but it could be a bit more if it's in Germany or France...)

Data Centers are rally points => you don't know what you are talking about...

[Wynn]

Will current players in regions other than Japan have the option to switch to a more local region in 2.0?

[vax]

I don't like this.

[Darshu]

Wait, so If I choose to play in a server/world that's not in Japan, and all Japanese players decide they want to play on servers in Japan, I will not be able to play with Japanese players at all?

Edit: Of all the things I've complained about in this game, this has to be their worst decision yet. I really cannot believe this is happening.

It's impossible to force players to stay on a server when they have multiple friends across all regions. EU players on our linkshell will most definitely move to an EU server, NA players to NA servers and all JP players that I loved to play with will remain in JP. And since I don't belong to any, I have no idea where I'm going to go to. I'll probably end up outside of XIV.

[Ruisu]

Yep, it's the give take, but MMORPGs aren't about the community these days anyway >.>...

Actually, they are. But not very many MMOs emphasize on an international community. Which is one of the things I like about this game. The international communities will still be there, but they will be severed.