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.
yes, that's exactly how I feel too. I made friends from all around the world, and I loved it. And I made friends outside FFXIV that I hoped to meet into the game. Not to mention I'm a language student and I'd love to be able to practice japanese.
But I can't just go and join a NA server. I play a lot during afternoon, which is nighttime/morning in america, and by the time the server's going to get populated I'll be about to go to bed