FFXIV adds same-region player matchmaking and Party Finder changes
Final Fantasy XIV will change matchmaking to prioritize players' physical region instead of virtual data center, and the Party Finder will be included in that same-region matching. The update is scheduled to arrive in the upcoming patch 7.5x. This lets players on different data centers within a region group together for content such as Dynamis, improving access and reducing matchmaking fragmentation while increasing the likelihood of encountering players on blocklists when cross-data-center grouping occurs.
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