[Benjammer]

I think you can probably get the same "batching benefits" if you use a global ID generation service of some sort, with sequential IDs to improve indexing. Using sequential IDs doesn't necessitate using auto-generated sequential IDs.

[tehlike]

correct, but global service need local caching. Some "HiLo" type identity generation could work. Sequential-UUID simplifies it as you don't need that service, so it's preferable.

HiLo explanation below:

A client simply gets a range of ids to be used, exclusive to them. Then can use it without any roundtrip to server.

This can be achieved with a "hi" stored on service, and a batchSize that's constant in the system.

Each time a "hi" is requested, it's incremented by 1. Now the client can generate (hi * batchsize, (hi+1) * batchsize - 1).