The feeling amongst people who have looked into the quotes on server locations is that it will be likely that the American servers will be in Square-Enix's existing datacenter in Los Angeles for multiple reasons, mostly to do with having an existing team in this location capable of dealing with servers and the ease of maintenance and security.Originally Posted by Mirage
Hopefully we can all be on the same server, but until they give us finer details about how it's all going to play out (server transfers, lag etc) we won't really know what to do. The good news is that the general feeling amongst all players is that there were no problems during Alpha when it comes to lag unless it's very forced. The new servers are being designed to counter any lag issues that troubled people in 1.x, and it should also be noted that in many cases lag was not the issue as people in Japan were struggling as well with the same things Europeans were struggling with. Fingers crossed, it won't matter which region the server is based in. Those that focus on PVP might want to have a server in their region but I honestly doubt it will matter a huge amount to those dealing in PVE - at least, if things continue to be as stable at release as they have been so far.
I think I gave some new starts on our Linkshell from EoFF 100,000 gil, which equates to 10,000 gil in the new game. I have a habit of giving out useful mid-level materia-enfused items for birthdays, too. I can probably scrummage that together, but the main bonus from being in our LS is that we can craft anything you want because there are a lot of L50 crafters in our crew who are always more than happy to get stuff sorted. We have a few Americans, too, so it's not like they'll never be on when you are. Still, I'd advise you hold off on any decision until more is known about how the servers are going to work.
In addition to what Ouch! mentioned in his long post, they are also going to (eventually) have a Golden Saucer-styled area.
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