My heart just fell totally...

[Jynx]

Personally it's not my cup of tea, not because of the people but because of how content needs to revolve around the concept. Leaving out open world content in favor of cross-server friendly dungeons makes me dislike the system.

I want to play in a world not line up at the theme park.

[TomCarroll]

I think the one thing I'll be looking forward to with FFXIV is it's Japanese playerbase.

The real question would be, "Are they looking forward to playing with you?"

From what I understand, the majority of Japanese players hated the idea of international servers in XI. Square-Enix, played it off and gushed about how amazingly well the servers brought people together. One surefire way to help bring people together without a content-finder would just be to separate servers by time-zone, that way peak times become irrelevant and more people can enjoy content.

[Niqote]

I do not really understand your woes. It is a Meme that WoW players do not exactly set the standard in manners... and while I am usually apposed to stereotyping and bashing my fellow gamers... my personal experience (I have never ever played WoW) can not let me... I have met a few players IRL, worked with one closely for a year... the stories I was told, the total disregard they have for their fellow gamers is something I have not seen before...

My point... our communities are far different.

Careless, crass and ignorant of basic decency ... I can count those I have met on my server on one hand. They have a rep and several LSs know to group with them means a fail or a carry.

Not to mention we have a high JP population... and while I have been in a unskilled JP party or two, they are generally always skilled players.

I think it will be a fitting system for us, and look forward to it's implementation

[Hanemakikaze]

You know, the funny thing is they are trying to mainstream this game. So if 2.0 is actually successful, their pvp system is not a total crappy joke like XI and does not totally bomb like the first release you will be sure to be counting those people on far more than one hand, perhaps two, and maybe your feet too?

[Nuru]

To my understanding, is that this is optional, meaning, that you are given the option to use this function or not. You are still allowed to limit yourself to just people on the same server, but, to those that need to complete content, they will have a better chance at progressing seeing that there is a wider range of people in other worlds to help out, perhaps even from friends that ended up on a different server can still play together.

I cannot praise or knock on this idea until I can see first-hand what it can do and how useful it proves to be. Though, I just don't see a problem in something that exists in modern day MMORPGs.

[Aenarion]

From what I understand, the majority of Japanese players hated the idea of international servers in XI.

I would love to see the data you used to come to this conclusion.

Otherwise from what I understand, you're just being a DB

[-S-a-g-e]

Played MOP? Seen what CRZ has done to the game?

No, then you don't know, yes, then you're the deluded one.

Actually I have played MoP and majority of the people that are playing love this new feature. It is the best thing to happen to WoW ever. I admit that it is slightly flawed for PvP servers but that would be a non-issue for this game.

[Zumi]

I would love to see the data you used to come to this conclusion.

Otherwise from what I understand, you're just being a DB

Read the JP amazon reviews about FFXI, there were tons of complains how they hated playing with foreigners. Some JP players felt deceived because they thought the servers would be JP only and they wouldn't have to deal with foreigners and that they would get their own servers. SE was cheap and didn't want to set up regional servers.

[Niqote]

I would love to see the data you used to come to this conclusion.

Otherwise from what I understand, you're just being a DB

We are talking about the JP player base from 10 years ago right?

Nihonjinron, terrible translation technology and general human instinct (stay in your group for safety)... I can see it happening.

[Aenarion]

Read the JP amazon reviews about FFXI, there were tons of complains how they hated playing with foreigners. Some JP players felt deceived because they thought the servers would be JP only and they wouldn't have to deal with foreigners and that they would get their own servers. SE was cheap and didn't want to set up regional servers.

Yes, because amazon reviews section is such an unbiased and authoritative source to use in determining the mindset of the entire JP playerbase It's about as good of an idea as it is to use 4ch to judge the intelligence of the human race.

We are talking about the JP player base from 10 years ago right?

Nihonjinron, terrible translation technology and general culture... I can see it happening.

Of course there were those who were against global server on the JP side, just like there were those against it in the NA/EU side for various reasons, some more valid than others - neither side has a monopoly on a-holes.