FFXIV Data Center Travel 6.18

FFXIV Data Center Travel

FFXIV Data Center Travel will arrive in Patch 6.18.

Traverse the great data rift at last, and visit Worlds on different Data Centers with this much-anticipated feature! Travelers can even form parties and challenge duties on Worlds that they visit, allowing you to build vaster alliances of adventuring companions than ever before.

* This feature only allows for travel between logical data centers within the same physical data center. Travel between Japanese, North American, European, and Oceanian data centers is unavailable.

FFXIV Data Center Travel

While previous showcases of data center travel suggested it might take up to 30 minutes to visit another center, However, the devs now say that’ll only be the case when servers are especially congested – normally, you can expect the process to take under three minutes.

Launching of Data Center Travel System

In response to congestion following Endwalker’s release, we had postponed the launch of the Data Center Travel System. It is now being planned for a 6.1x patch. To briefly explain how the system works:

  • Players will be able to visit Worlds in other logical data centers within the same physical data center.
  • Players will not be able to visit Worlds in other regions/physical data centers.
  • Though cross-region travel is technically possible, implementation is still under consideration.
  • Travel is initiated not while logged into the game, but from the character selection screen.

As I previously mentioned in a Live Letter, while the system has been designed to allow cross-region travel, we’ll be limiting it to travel between logical data centers within a physical data center at first due in part to differences in game economy and values. We’ll be paying keen attention to the opinions of players as we consider whether or not to introduce cross-region travel in the future.

Compared to the World Visit System we already have in place, the Data Center Travel System will be subject to more restrictions for those functions that are managed per logical data center, such as free company chat and cross-world linkshells. This is due to the fact that it isn’t possible to keep an eye on chat and cross-world servers outside the bounds of a logical data center.

Aside from that, however, there are just about no restrictions. Be it undertaking quests, forming parties, or using the Duty Finder, you’ll be able to play the game as usual (If you have a means to communicate with others, such as the Lodestone or the Companion app, it should be possible to form static parties).

If you want to join a free company or linkshell in another data center, you’ll need to transfer your Home World, but we think that the system will otherwise provide an enjoyable experience. We ask for your patience just a little longer.

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