Can't play with any old US friends?
Can't choose a server which is at peak time if I'm working odd hours?
I can 100% see us on the EU side getting boned with delays over this. I'd swept it to the back of my mind until now, but it's getting a bit clearer to see how big the separation is in this partnership.
I'm wearing a hat right now. I promise to eat at least some part of it if feature/rollout dates maintain parity across EU and US with this set up. Even having this separation in the first place encourages staged releases to become an acceptable thing when the pressure is on.
This sucks more than moderate amounts.
Yours sincerely,
Outraged from England