Why no regional servers?

[gifthorse]

Well JPs wanted a JP server forever, but that's because they feel this is "their" game, which I can see why. SE isn't going to give it to them, they've been complaining since before the game came out. So why if they won't give it to their best fan base would they give it to you? "cause you really want it?" you can't have everything you want, especially if they're dedicated to making this one of the only international games out there.

Because JP are in japan and have no latency. We do.

They had a selfish reason for demanding servers, we have a legitimate one.

Anyway, I don't see why regional and international servers can't coexist. Why can't we have both.

[Hiemdall]

Because JP are in japan and have no latency. We do.

Not true at all. I live in Japan and experience the same lag as everyone else. It's not so much the ping rate or server/client transfer rate but rather how slow the servers are. That and how many requests the servers get per second. Remember when the game first came out and it would take 5 seconds to exchange items between you and your retainer? Or changing gear? Some of that went client side, but mostly optimization's were made server side. Something that should have been taken care of in beta.

I'm still enjoying the game SE and as a software developer myself I know how long this stuff takes.

International servers are great idea to interact with everyone in the world. Eventually chat translation will get better. So I could be messaging you in German and you wouldn't even know.

[zaviermhigo]

Not true at all. I live in Japan and experience the same lag as everyone else. It's not so much the ping rate or server/client transfer rate but rather how slow the servers are. That and how many requests the servers get per second. Remember when the game first came out and it would take 5 seconds to exchange items between you and your retainer? Or changing gear? Some of that went client side, but mostly optimization's were made server side. Something that should have been taken care of in beta.

I'm still enjoying the game SE and as a software developer myself I know how long this stuff takes.

International servers are great idea to interact with everyone in the world. Eventually chat translation will get better. So I could be messaging you in German and you wouldn't even know.

Thank you for clarifying this for everybody, since a lot of people in the English forums think SE is purposely treating them like a red headed step child because they are so important lol. Lag in Japan, Lag everywhere. Even the devs said xiv weighs down on their pcs also, graphically and otherwise. So its a problem that everyone has from the devs to the players, worldwide.

[Majidah]

Because JP are in japan and have no latency. We do.

They had a selfish reason for demanding servers, we have a legitimate one.

Anyway, I don't see why regional and international servers can't coexist. Why can't we have both.

That would make all twenty ffxiv players so happy.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

That would make all twenty ffxiv players so happy.

/facepalm

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Because JP are in japan and have no latency. We do.

They had a selfish reason for demanding servers, we have a legitimate one.

Anyway, I don't see why regional and international servers can't coexist. Why can't we have both.

In FFXI we hadn't any so huge lag to break the game. Nor here, even if server-related issues are still present.
So, this is selfish like asking for japanese servers

[Natasdrol]

Because JP are in japan and have no latency. We do.

They had a selfish reason for demanding servers, we have a legitimate one.

Anyway, I don't see why regional and international servers can't coexist. Why can't we have both.

I use to have to live in Japan a few months a year for work. I played FFXI in US and Japan and I never noticed the latency difference to be that much if any at all. Mobs still show on pop just a fast as when I was in Japan my macro lag was same in both area etc... So from experience I would have to say Japan having better latency (if they do at all) is not that big a deal. People seems to just assume because the server are there that was the case, but after playing there I didn't notice a difference.