SE needs to do something about their disgusting bandwidth issues during peak Japanese playing time.
Does Square-Enix really think that their only worthwhile players are the Japanese.
I've been suffering R0 spikes during Japanese Standard Time 5:00pm to 01:00am consistently for months. And NEVER outside these hours.
WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE FIXED? (no, i'm not racist, i just hate the fact that SE doesnt appear to consider anywhere else in the world relevant)
DISGUSTING BANDWIDTH DURING PEAK JAPANESE PLAYTIME
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11-07-2011, 07:17 PMBluDISGUSTING BANDWIDTH DURING PEAK JAPANESE PLAYTIME
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11-09-2011, 05:39 PMalexi14
This is the reasoning that I used behind this.
I'm assuming SE has it set up where there is a database hosted in several parts of the world. NA players are stored in a NA database. This way, when a user does something that would require they interact with the database, it is quicker to respond. For example, if a NA player kills a mob. +1 kill goes in the database under the user's information.
Now, my assumption is that mobs are stored in a database as well. I figure that the database they are stored in changed depending on the time of day. So a NM may by in the NA database during NA peak times, and then the JP database during JP peak times. This is so that no one location has a distinct advantage over others.
This is what they would do if they are smart. I'm assuming they do it this way. If so, this would explain your lag during different time zones. It would also imply that we NA would have a 250-300ms advantage over JPs during NM claims in NA peak times, and the opposite during JP time. -
11-09-2011, 05:49 PMBluI have heard from several in game players that there is only 1 server, and that's in Japan. And that SE is going to place 0 servers anywhere else in the world. Therefore there are no NA EN or US servers.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexi14
Pushing NM or mob stuff aside, the lag spikes i get from 5pm JST to 01:00 JST the following morning occur any time a simple act is taking place: synthing, logging, mining, fishing. Lag spikes range from a few seconds to MINUTES! -
11-09-2011, 09:22 PMalexi14
MS from US and Japan is like 200ms. I totally doubt they have 1 single server. That would be like 400ms just to see a mob pop, and another 400 ms to hit it. If that was the case, they would have to intentionally LAG anyone with a lower MS so that everyone's MS was essentially 200 ms.
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11-10-2011, 06:57 AMFreinThey have only one server cluster and no current plans to split it. End of story.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexi14
As far as the lag spikes during JP prime time go, I don't get any. -
11-10-2011, 07:46 AMCycloptichorn
I also get absolutely no lag spikes during those peak hours. Which leads me to believe that maybe the problem the OP has isn't, yaknow, a problem with FF14.
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11-10-2011, 08:28 AMVictor
It's their garbage servers. I've only been logged on during the severe times on a handful of occassions, but if I'm in Uldah I can't even bring up the party search menu; it just freezes. Talk about ghetto.
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11-30-2011, 01:12 PMLaraul
The servers are all in Japan... but this doesn't result in increased latency during Japanese peak playtime. It really doesn't matter too much where the servers are. Yes those outside Japan have increased latency but anything under 200 ms shouldn't be a factor.
One could argue the best place to locate the servers would be a location like Hawaii except European players would become the most disadvantaged. -
11-30-2011, 01:40 PMSmokeyTheSequel
When they had everyone post their latency info for something, i forget. Everyone in the UK, US etc had like 200-300ms. I checked the JP forum and they all had a max of like 20ms lol..
Getting the entire world to come together with a perfect overall ms with only one server is highly doubtful. But, getting SE to move that server is even more doubtful.
Im sure it will improve with 2.0. Just need to wait it out.
Now, to the OP. I know TONS of ppl that have latency issues but I seriously have none. On occasion I will have a spike but mostly I got good signal during any part of the day. Iv tested this in different places in the world, IE: Cities, Dungeons etc.. and while ppl are d/cing im sitting there waiting on them. Also, ppl might not want to admit it. Im not sure. But I have some top of the line internet that I pay a lot for. Im not saying your internet is cheap or worthless but honestly.. Some of these latency issues might be on your end as well. Just a thougth and I hope it improves for ya! -
12-01-2011, 12:18 PMtymora
Do traceroutes before complaining.
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01-27-2012, 06:06 PMBluTry reading the post b4 posting such a stupid comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by tymora
And everyone else for that matter. i've been hearing of more and more people suffering this issue.
why should i be penalised for being able to play at the same time as peak JP play time, by R0 R0 R0 R0 R0 synthing, mining, logging, fishing. SE should be taken out and horsewhipped for this. ... Never saw it on 11. ... but wait, FF11 has servers all over the world to cover the slack, ... where 14 doesnt.
WORSENED BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW PAYING FOR A %$&@ING SERVICE THAT CUTS OUT DURING PEAK JAPANESE PLAY TIME!!!! -
01-27-2012, 06:26 PMNorackUsing OSPF, please take some networking classesQuote:
Originally Posted by tymora
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01-27-2012, 07:24 PMColdfire
The bad latency is a known issue and SE said they will work on it until 2.0 (Hah as if anyone believed in such fairytales <.<).
I always have a delay of 1-3 seconds independent of time. And splitting the servers would only make it worse 'cause those servers need to sync their information. -
01-27-2012, 09:32 PMFinalfreak
I posted a topic about this too (the Laggy topic) where I show that JP players DO have a very big advantage. They have like no delay at all.
I'm a European player, and when i traceroute, I have delay of about ~300ms. I'm a computer engineer, but not specialized in Networks, so I'm not sure about the network structure over the world, but somehow I think it's weird that my traceroute first goes to London, then to New York, then Mexico, then it moves to Japan. Isn't there a shorter path? O.o
Since going to London takes about 60ms, then going to NY takes 80ms, then to Japan takes about 100ms. I'm not counting all the subhops now, just the bigest (and longest) hops. -
01-28-2012, 05:13 AMninesunzwait what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blu
how do you know its not a carrier issue if you haven't or didn't do tracert during peak times? -
01-28-2012, 07:00 AMSophiai fixed it for youQuote:
Originally Posted by Blu
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01-29-2012, 05:17 AMEunys
Interesting thread. I live in Georgia and hardly ever see anything near 200ms let alone these fabled 400ms+ people are saying are for everybody else outside of Japan. Instead of making a rage post try working with your ISP have them watch your connection next time you play and see if it's something on the back end.
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01-29-2012, 05:21 AMEunysPlease name these Servers. FFXI's are no different then FFXIV they are all located in Japan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blu
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01-29-2012, 05:30 AMVictor
This is the kind of thing that won't be fixed until 2.0 due to "server limitations"
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02-05-2012, 08:08 PMBlu
http://ffxiv.zam.com/forum.html?foru...540044111&h=50
My apologies for insulting anyone, and for the rage post. .... I'm getting tired of R0ing in the middle of a party, or for 20 minutes while farming/logging/fishing, etc. .... I did a /ping ... came back averaging 350ms @ 10pm AUS timezone, 2 hours ahead of Japan.Quote:
Got off the phone with the ISP then, he took control of my comp and tried some things, this is what he left in the notepad for me to tell Square.
Trace routes prove fine until it hits their network.
Tried routing through different LNS's (one in sydney, one in perth) - no difference.
Pings to every other website is fine.
Packetloss only to central server.
Problem is not ISP side.