[Data Center USA] Ping increased. Report your changes here.

We all should just transfer for free and then go and complain about the bad ping we're getting from the US to Europe. Lets see the responses we are getting from the europeans. How much you wanna bet, that it will be something like "You shouldn't be here in first place". Also how much you wanna bet, that these people that claim to have so many friends on the NA servers and can't transfer without losing all that, are the first ones filling out that free transfer ticket? Oh Irony....

AUS player here, since closed Beta, did Coil on my PS3 220+ Ping, never once complained. The game is not unplayable at that ping, you just need to re-learn your timings and adapt. I'm personally so glad for this move because now my ping went from 220 > 170, which I guess by many US players is...unplayable? I digress, many of them could have 1 ping and still not be efficient at the game, go figure.

It's not the end of the world, playing with 180 ping. But... I do hope they can somewhat smooth it out for my fellow Europeans and myself.

And no, before people ask. I won't leave NA server. All my friends are there. All the roleplayers are there (the reason why I play this game). So going to Europe servers it not an option.

http://imgur.com/a/C6jtP

It's not speculation anymore, I'm simply done. Can't play even if I want to.

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Originally Posted by SeraphicRadiance

A decision made at the time due to the fact that the connection was fine, as the person I quoted apparently did.

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Why would you expect it to always stay fine? The server is meant for people closer to NA and it failed for them. At least people who live in the EU still have an option to move. If it's screwed for people with only NA servers as an option they have to either suck it up or log off.

Servers up, my ping is 349 ms.

If you are a EU player and plays on a NA server. How did your ping change? What are the numbers?

Why would the servers be moved to California and not a central US location to benefit everyone? The fact that the new data center location is WORSE for me in my own region than playing in a different region is honestly pretty stupid and a decision clearly made without any real thought.

For reference on a data center relocation done right, look at Riot's League of Legends server move. It might have given the West Coast slightly higher ping, but it benefited EVERYONE in the US. XIV's relocation screws everyone in the North US and East Coast.

I'm going to sound selfish here, but I don't care about complaints from EU players. They CHOSE to play outside of their region even though they have their own data center. NA data center should be about what is convenient for NA players, not EU players. You have your own data center for a reason.

I am a NA player who chose to play within my region. I am now being screwed for doing so. Now, playing on the NA region data center my ping is worse in MY OWN REGION than elsewhere.

Why?

According to this post on Lodestone: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2360440abe9651

With the release of Stormblood, there will be new worlds on the EU data center that will open up and transfer will be free. Does this apply to the entire North and East Coast of the US you just collectively screwed with the data center relocation? It's sad when I get a better connection to a different region than my own.

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Originally Posted by LunaFaye

How much you wanna bet, that it will be something like "You shouldn\\'t be here in first place". Also how much you wanna bet, that these people that claim to have so many friends on the NA servers and can\\'t transfer without losing all that, are the first ones filling out that free transfer ticket? Oh Irony....

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I find it funny that People still cant See the Problem. We Where on US Servers Since 1.0. because surprise there Where no EU Servers. When they Released EU Servers At the Start of heavensward we already had our houses. When they implement a Feature Where You can take your house with You ok. But with this Housing System It Seems the only way for Them is to Fefund the House and on the New World all houses are taken. So Yeah.........
Totally comaprable with People Moving to an EU Server by Purpous and Complain and People beeing Stuck on a US World.

friend of mine is well over 1000 ping now.. they wont be able to play on our server anymore...