How to "fix" the game (dedicated servers).

This has been talked about in the past, but less so to combat cheating: dedicated servers.

I know this is a hot topic and understand why, so I tried to be as unbiased and fair to all sides as much as I could.

Below is a simple outline that I can add to and improve with your suggestions.

Idea	Pro	Con
Dedicated servers. Official servers and community servers, similar to how other games work.	Possibly better user experience.	Goes against the current vision of the game.
Combat cheating. Cheating will always occur, even with the best anti-cheat imaginable.	Cheaters can be individually dealt with by mods/admins.	Wrongful bans/badmins could abuse their power.
Region "lock" (see above). Official servers would sync your character only across same the same region. So if you make a character on US servers, you wouldn't have access to that character on any other region.	Potentially reduce cheating or other unintended aspects of playing (ex. selecting low-pop servers for easier gameplay).	If you have to use a different region to play with friends, you won't be able to continue progress alone unless you use that same region with a potentially bad connection.
Custom gameplay (mods). Can alter aspects of the game.	Could make the game more enjoyable.	–
Reduce piracy (see above).	Negate the need for SPT and others.	–