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    It is a personal preference.. I don't (and YOU don't believe it or not) need the entire population to speak the same language to progress effectively and enjoyably..
    It is NOT a personal preference. Ease of communication is always a benefit. it's not an absolute necessity, no. But it is unequivocally a pro and not a con. Nobody does not benefit from being able to communicate effectively with their parties. Unless you can explain to me the benefit of a language barrier on your gameplay.

    It's kind of like voice chat. It's always beneficial to have, but some people say "I don't need that." That doesn't mean it's not a benefit to have, they simply choose not to utilize that benefit.

    Again, I never said I didn't have lag.. But I appreciate you demonstrating that you clearly aren't reading.. so whatever..
    I read the whole thing. But I appreciate you insulting me nonetheless. I didn't say you didn't have lag. But you're claiming it doesn't affect you, when it does affect everyone. the principal reason for the lag is not specifically tied to regional servers, but that doesn't mean you should be making dubious claims. have you ever done ifrit? You can be off of a crack for like a whole second or more and still get hit by it. If that's never happened to you, then the only explanation is you've never done content where it is a serious issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
    It is NOT a personal preference. Ease of communication is always a benefit. it's not an absolute necessity, no. But it is unequivocally a pro and not a con. Nobody does not benefit from being able to communicate effectively with their parties.
    Who said it was a con?

    In response to your edit:
    I agree with the problem you listed about regional servers and in fact already said the same thing in my previous post. As I said, a NA server is the obvious only viable option for me unless I want to be drastically outnumbered or immersed (I used 90%+ as the general figure) by the predominant culture's language/timezone.

    There is a definite difference between "less busy" and "dead", but that is all relative to whatever that gamer is looking for. The point was that there will be a much more distinct peak and valley of the population on a regional vs. global server. If playing during high pop times is a preference of yours, hopefully your schedule will allow you to avoid the much larger valley created on a regional server. However, you could argue the same for a global server if you choose to exclude those outside your region (or are being excluded by them).

    I do not have the same issues you experience with global players. I've pug'd alot with JP/EU, possibly just because I had a crazy schedule and had the opportunity to. There's obviously a language issue sometimes but you've already weeded out the players who don't want to be bothered with it by joining a multi-lingual pt in the first place. I've got alot of stuff done.. moreso in XI actually. I may be a little more proactive than you and actually request an invite to a pt shout in JP, but it doesn't bother me if they aint interested. I get it, to each his own. I'd get it done w/ the next group, as we always do..

    I prefer global servers, but I get that they going to change that. Both work, I just had my preference and made my vote... I'll play on the NA regional data center with ARR because I want to play during a high pop time, and the only time I can play is when I'm off work and not sleeping.. I work typical govt hours and therefore sleep typical hours for NA EST.. my best shot at even being able to hit primetime is obviously the NA regional data center.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
    But I appreciate you insulting me nonetheless. I didn't say you didn't have lag.
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    I want your magical conneciton of lag-free-ness.
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    The current lag in the game isnt caused by latency and effects everyone. If you don't have it, you have some kind of magical power.
    I didn't insult you.. I'm just not sure how else to possibly interpret that..

    And now your claiming I must not have even done Ifrit...? K. I'm done.
    (For the record that was 'NO' again to the vote.)
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