It does very much concern me, as I still notice the delay almost the same way I did back then. It's still possible to leave the AoE range of mobs and be hit anyway. It may be a minor issue while leveling up, but I can't imagine it'll be any different in dungeons and stuff.

Before the new betas I was expecting actual EU servers, which is why I moved to Ragnarok originally. Then we learned there's only gonna be JP and NA servers, and that's just stupid if you ask me. It almost feels as if we wouldn't matter. It sure makes a difference in latency if the server is just 'around the corner', or all the way across the ocean.

So yea, definitely wanting EU servers located in Europe! Otherwise you could just as well call them NA servers just like the rest of 'em! It is very much misleading if you think about it, a while ago some person was under the impression the servers were located in Germany (oh that would be sweet), so chances are high people are not even fully aware of this silliness.