Thread: Patch 2.5 Notes    

Originally Posted by Rocl

Even though this was used for the Chinese version of the game, I really hope this is what we get

Fuck that give me this

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Originally Posted by Kaisha

I would like for them to quit being in the past and make DF stuff per region rather than per data center.

I'm... not sure what you're talking about with being in the past. WoW is divided into battlegroups/data centers still. I can't think of many other MMOs that have multiple data centers, either.

Originally Posted by Arelian

I'm... not sure what you're talking about with being in the past. WoW is divided into battlegroups/data centers still. I can't think of many other MMOs that have multiple data centers, either.

He wants Exemple that Europe people can get in df with jp people w/e data enter they are

That and the NA, EU, and JP communities utilize the DF for different purposes (learning vs clearing). Add in the language barriers and it just isn't worth the hassle.

I'm still not sure why the DF restrictions were ever implemented to begin with.

Originally Posted by Eldelphia

I'd rather they mixed JP, EU and NA servers into DF. So that when it's quiet in one region and busy in another it balances out.

I wish they did this but my situation isn't the same as most. I'm on an EU server because I used to live in the UK but emigrated to the US. And I refuse to server transfer as all my friends of 10+ years from XI are on Ragnarok. But yeah, by the late NA evening it's absolutely dead for me.

Originally Posted by Deuce

GMs were probably flooded with people complaining about trash-talkers in DF each time a new fight came out. Force players to make their own groups and you're less likely to have people calling someone a dumbass because now they don't have the option to endlessly withdraw without consequences. Now players will just trash talk in linkshells. I mean shit, they still won't let us send tells while we're in duties or do anything with social windows for that matter. They want players to play nice, but obviously they still have to force the issue.

I always figured no tells in duties was a technical issue due to you not being on your server and the possibility of characters with the same name being on different servers.

Originally Posted by Spider-Dan

Seemed to work well enough in XI.

SE doesn't even allow you to do anything hard in DF, so it's not like we're talking about cutting edge content.

It... never existed in XI. What?

In shouts, at least, you were able to clearly identify a group's intention, but the Party Finder does that in XIV.

The other obvious issue with cross-region DFing is the actual connection. People already lag playing on their own data centre. You want to move them off to one located in bum-fuck nowhere? Good luck with that.

Edit: That's exactly the issue with not being able to send tells in instances. Before someone asks why you can't send tells to someone else in the same instance, it's possible to have two (or more) people with identical names in the instance because they're only unique on a server by server basis.

Originally Posted by Alistaire

I always figured no tells in duties was a technical issue due to you not being on your server and the possibility of characters with the same name being on different servers.

It isn't because you're still talking to FC/LS. It's a (stupid) design choice.