Post Patch Lag

Ever since 2.2 dropped I've been getting immense lag that wasn't existent before. I'm not sure if this is an on-going issue that is being addressed or what. It makes the game unplayable for me. Loading screens sometimes take 2-3 minutes, sounds effects and music cut out, my character freezes in one animation.

Like I said, I'm not sure if this is an issue for everyone. I'm just wondering if there is anything I can do to improve this or is this just something I have to wait out?

Thanks for your time.

i, too, am expierencing this. it was fine up untill the april 3rd maintenance, and immediatly after its been laggy. i thought it was just me, seeing as noone else commented on it. i'm on excalibur

Same. Having fun with my combos being messed up.

Got quite a performance drop since one of the maintenance and noticed that cpu usage dropped to 50% on average. Got an AMD 6X core.

Same. Phoenix Server, ps3

Same.

Mentioned this in my FC a few days back, the game was smooth as hell during beta and the last few weeks on the PS4. But of late it feels like I'm playing on the PS3 again (sluggish gameplay, pop ups) and my PS4 sounds like it's working overtime. Almost feels like the GPU is being stress tested.

I've even resorted to wiping my PS4 HDD and reinitializing the PS4, so I have a fresh install of the game, still the same. Contemplating sacking the game due to this.

I've mentioned this in another thread, but yes. I lost my HDD in early april, just before the patch. I got a new one two weeks later, did a clean re-install of everything (*crys*)....and since then, I've been unable to play. I'm literally paying for a shiny chat room right now. I've tested /everything/. Changed out which HDD it was on, replaced my wireless adapter, plugged in with ethernet cables physically (my cats /loved/ that...me not so much, the kitten hasnt realized yet that cables arent food or chewtoys). My older brother has pinged my pc...he's had me ping his dns server, we've both pinged SE's dns servers....and that..my friends is the sticking point. While /my/ connection is amazing...according to the ping tests, and the speed tests...when it gets to the SE isp...it just goes to shit. Right now i've got a friend trying to walk me through routing the ports...or he will be when he wakes up.

I've got a friend in Belgium (same server, Balmung) who had the same issue for a few days, but now its cleared up for him. Lucky bastard. I love this game...i dont get to play nearly enough due to work and family commitments, so the little time I get...i'd like to be able to use. So far I've been down for over a month and a half. I'm afraid if it continues I cant justify still paying for it.

After the most recent maintenance
I've been lagging in little packets
Like as if it was from this hour to that hour. It'd get crazy as i'd get long ass delays to d/cs. I had like 10 sec delays on opening up my retainers, instant skills being delayed like regen .-_-. , getting magically interrupted from nothing, etc.
Everything used to be smooth and peachy before this recent maintenance, but now i can't go without 1 day of laggy moments that'd last for hours.

i am also having the same problem of extreme lag while playing i even get lag when im mining i am a healer in game and i cant heal at all with this annoying lag to be fair im starting to think of leaving this game because of it because of the lag making it unplayable i love this game though i wish it gets resolved soon do i dont have to leave FF

same after the last update. I really don't understand how i can't see any SE answer about that when they normally posting on general forums about irrelevant issues

> Unplayable, constant lag spikes and 90k error very often

In many (perhaps even the majority) of the cases, it has basically boiled down to issues with the interconnects between the various ISP's involved in getting your data back and forth to the game servers. There has been an ongoing issue for several years trying to combat port congestion at these exchanges. The ISP's are basically not updating their peering agreements to accommodate the big increases in network traffic. Lean on your ISP's to investigate the issues upstream from your local connection. Need to push through to tier3 or higher to get it addressed. The tier1/tier2 guys you are dealing with when you call in or that come to your house to test your lines can do nothing about it--it needs to go further up the chain.

copy/pasting passages from another thread on the issue:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2205209

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Kerberon

Their pathping was excellent, and assuming it was taken during the time period they were having problems and not hours before or after, it suggests that the problem is 100% on SE's server in this case.

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It actually isn't perfect. Pathping hides some data that may indicate potential issues. Around Chicago on Level3 could have lag spikes that are not accurately demonstrated in this report. It is a VERY common issue with TWC these days, and it comes and goes at odd times:
http://allestoringen.nl/maps/20096/latest.jpg

snapshot updates periodically, based on source data from here:

http://downdetector.com/status/time-warner-cable

You can see similar charts for lots of web servics (and even some ISP's) from the same site here:
http://downdetector.com/companies

If you actually take some time to track this stuff, you can see the ebb and flow of this problem all over the place.
http://www.akamai.com/html/technolog...try/index.html

At specific times of day, you may see the same areas line up with problems across multiple services because it is due to regional problems amongst the ISP's.

Again, the following snapshots are dynamic and will update periodically throughout the day. Source pages are linked below each.


AT&T map:

http://allestoringen.nl/maps/20010/latest.jpg
http://downdetector.com/status/att


Netflix map:

http://allestoringen.nl/maps/20065/latest.jpg
http://downdetector.com/status/netflix


PSN map:

http://allestoringen.nl/maps/20076/latest.jpg
http://downdetector.com/status/playstation-network


XBL map:

http://allestoringen.nl/maps/20119/latest.jpg
http://downdetector.com/status/xbox-live

My game stutters a lot now for the past two weeks. casting anything takes longer than it should so healing, magic dps, and tanking are out of the question for me if I don't want to drag down my group.