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My main issues with ping increase are

Losing my static (moving to a EU server)
Losing my Gil (moving to EU server)
Losing my FC (moving to EU server)
Losing all my fellow friends (a friendship of 3 years moving to a EU server)

The move is kinda taking away most of this which I'm hoping pings are not going to high.Sadly I am DEFINITELY getting a ping increase (Leeds UK to Sacramento : from 110 to 180/190) this increase will not allow me to play like I wish or used to. I have played with a ping of 180+ 200+ and the latency is noticeable. Moving the character from one place to another feels like walking under water and believe me it's really annoying.

If I have no choice but to move due to latency issues the only things I hope team/ Yoship considers are:

1- Free character transfer
2- Allow us to take all our Gil

If this happens I'll be totally fine.

I'd rather not have to have friends transferring due to this change so I guess we see what happens soon enough.

Welp its much closer to me now. Very excited.

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Originally Posted by Mature

My main issues with ping increase are

Losing my static (moving to a EU server)
Losing my Gil (moving to EU server)
Losing my FC (moving to EU server)
Losing all my fellow friends (a friendship of 3 years moving to a EU server)

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Let's static if we have to leave! :p

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Originally Posted by Rosalynd

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The difference is you're choosing to place yourself in an exile with a higher ping. We didn't make you. You could easily move to a server with a better connection. Which, by the way, is exactly what I plan on doing if this is on the west coast.

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Originally Posted by Apoptomon

As an OCE player 10,000 miles from Primal's original location in Montreal, I can certainly understand EU player concerns about the server move, but I have to ask, what's with the jumping to panic stations from NA people? Is US infrastructure really 4th-world?!

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American ISPs throttle and shape traffic.

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

American ISPs throttle and shape traffic.

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This, so much.

I tracert for the neolobby (thanks google, lol) and it times out in sacramento, but first it sends me all the way to Seattle then San Jose, then sac town.

Since it times out does that just mean the path isn't 100% realized yet and it could just be waiting until the servers are up for the destination to finalize?

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Originally Posted by Youkulm

Directed at thread title: How does CA make sense. Why would they not choose a central area that is better for everyone in the NA Datacenters? How does this make ANY more sense than Canada Square Enix. EXPLAIN please.

Also hopefully the title to the thread is wrong because that would be just as stupid as a move as Canada was.

If it truely is in CA Im pretty sure a majority of my FC will be moving to an EU server. Just need to figure out which one..

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Infrastructure upgrade. They had to move. This decision wasn't taken on a whim. It's a long term investment.
They probably had multiple options and had to take the best compromise without just considering location as the only weight on the balance.

Western Canada, Australia, and other Oceanic locals will definitely benefit from less hops, but mainland US will definitely be fine as I mentioned if it holds true, this data center has direct connects to the largest ISPs in the country. There might be some ping hikes here and there but stability shouldn't be a question.