Quote Originally Posted by Hulan View Post
This is sort of what I was worried about with Regional servers, even non-locked ones. I like the idea of playing with players around the world. Some of my best friends I met in FFXI and were from Wales and Scotland. I also love having the chance to brush up on my Japanese by playing with JP players.

For all of that, I am feeling incredibly pressured to join a server located in the US. Simply because I usually play in EST prime-time, and choosing any other server will have much lower populations during that time. I'm afraid whatever they do, diversity is going to be the first casualty.
This is how I've been feeling as well with this whole regional server thing. I love playing with people from all parts of the world, and have been dreading the thought of either moving with LS or being left behind and having lower populations during my peak time of playing. If I had a choice in the matter, I'd say NO to regional servers but it seems they're already here and are here to stay :/

No idea what I'll end up doing