Seemingly Selective Latency
Greetings and salutations, everyone.
I am posting this because I have noticed something considerably odd as of late.
Namely, I've been experiencing what seems to be selective lag and latency issues.
It seems to vary depending on which character I am currently on.
For example, I can play on my Bard and have no issues whatsoever. Yet when I swap to my Gladiator, he can barely fight any enemy due to an exceedingly high amount of lag.
As strange as I found that, I utilized my Performance Monitor to observe the latency in real time on FFXIV's connection - and what I found was interesting.
The Bard was connecting through Coeurl's designated IP Address despite being on Balmung, and his latency was roughly 50ms-80ms.
The Gladiator, on the other hand, was connecting through Siren's designated IP Address - yet he, too, is on Balmung. His latency was reporting at 90ms-250ms.
After finding this, I went through my other characters while simultaneously monitoring which IP they connected to for FFXIV and what latency was being reported - and each one seems to be a different IP - and never the one designated for Balmung.
A few were shared, such as the Black Mage and the Gladiator I mentioned earlier - yet at the same time, the Black Mage does not experience the same lag or latency reports as the Gladiator.
I am considerably confused regarding this, and am sad to say that I am unable to play on the Gladiator much at all due to the heavy lag and latency.
Am I missing something concerning all of the above information? Is there anything I can do to remedy this situation?
A few things of note: - The "designated IP Address" information is taken from ARRStatus.
- The Gladiator was recently transferred from Siren to Balmung.
- The other characters, despite reporting varying IPs, all transferred from Gilgamesh to Balmung in May, and have only ever been on said two servers.
- I have contacted my ISP, and they are not reporting any changes or issues with my connection.
- I have tested for latency issues in other online games, and am sad to report that I am only having such issues with Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.