Upgraded net speed hoping for improvement....

100mbps to 860+mbps....
And nothing, still a poor connection.
I want my Good and Excellent back and my moves to happen without a delay like they used too.

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Originally Posted by Sililos

100mbps to 860+mbps....
And nothing, still a poor connection.
I want my Good and Excellent back and my moves to happen without a delay like they used too.

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Because the internet is not point to point. It's like a road, except ISPs have little care for traffic direction during construction or outages.

The issue is between you and the servers, not necessarily the endpoints.

You could have the best internet on the planet, but if there's something wrong going on along the pipeline somewhere that doesn't really matter.

Aww. Hope you're able to fix it soon!

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

You could have the best internet on the planet, but if there's something wrong going on along the pipeline somewhere that doesn't really matter.

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While I do understand that this can be a thing, the problem is, FFXIV is quite literally the only game i have this issue with and it doesn't matter what data center or server i check, they all have a poor connection when about a year ago they were excellent or good.
There are servers hosted in the same cities as the XIV servers which are fine. (Im not sure if they are hosted in the same server farms or not, doubt it somehow).

Its my understanding that a bit before the WoW player influx, there was an update too the game that ruined a lot of peoples connections out of nowhere and I haven't seen a fix listed for the problem, Happened while i was on a break so not sure if that's it or not but considering how consistent the bad Connection is across all Data centers I have access too, and the fact its only a FFXIV problem, that's the theory im leaning towards atm, Posts on that problem are starting to become difficult to find however when i went searching earlier too see if there has been a fix.

Called my ISP after making the first post on it here as well, they say there shouldn't be any issues between me and them and claim the problem is at SE's end. The 'pipeline' shows no sign of congestion but their tests have issue at the game server end.

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Originally Posted by Sililos

Called my ISP after making the first post on it here as well, they say there shouldn't be any issues between me and them and claim the problem is at SE's end.

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That's how ISPs roll. It's always someone else's problem to fix. lol But anyway, I would look into your personal hardware. Something could need replacing, tightening or cleaning. SE has also acknowledged that the influx of players has caused some issues on their end, and they have been working to address it ahead of Endwalker's launch. I haven't had many issues myself, but that's not to say it doesn't exist. I would just try to rule out anything you can on your end. Literally everything, down to the last piece of hardware you're using, whether it's a console or PC. It could be a simpler fix than you think. I've been there, done that and I about kicked myself when I figured my issues out.

The update that ruined tons of people's connections is pure coincidence. There are people every update saying that, and yet servers still run just the same as always.

Most likely, some ISP node is semi faulty and they don't feel like spending the money to fix it because it's not actually down and doesn't cause issues for the majority of things people do on the internet (web browse, stream).

ISPs HATE spending money to upgrade more than anything else.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

That's how ISPs roll. It's always someone else's problem to fix. lol But anyway, I would look into your personal hardware. Something could need replacing, tightening or cleaning.

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Its a brand new computer i spent a small fortune on, and once more, its ONLY FFXIV that has this issue. Nothing else.

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Originally Posted by Sililos

Its a brand new computer i spent a small fortune on, and once more, its ONLY FFXIV that has this issue. Nothing else.

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That doesn't mean there can't be something loose somewhere.

Do a tracert, that'll tell you where the problem is

Right the ping is.... Minimum = 149ms, Maximum = 150ms, Average = 149ms

Tracert is showing a clear path with at most 150ms at the Exodus server end, couple of *'s but they are consistent so likely they block pings.
Pathing matches up with Tracert showing everything clear and * in the predicated places.

And in response to a post above, I dont know how many times i can possibly say, This is only happening with FFXIV, every other game is fine! Its not my hardware and its not my connection.

Thankyou for the advice on Tracert Valkyrie_Lenneth
Getting annoyed so gonna step back from the post.

Ty for the help.

Ive been having a very similar issue.
My family upgraded from 200 to 300 mbps, but my ping suffered, 110s-120s as an average, when i was initially at 80-85.
Either some server stopped working as soon as we got the new modem, or the modem just reaaally hates ffxiv. :p
hope ur issues gets resolved soon! <3

there are some VPN/Tunneling services like mudfish or noping that will lower your ping by a bit due to better tunneling - if you're lucky, that is

So, a few things here:

Bandwidth (usually referred to as download speed) has nothing to do with latency. To use the water and pipe analogy, bandwidth/download speed is the width of the pipe. Latency/ping is how long the pipe is. It will help if you're trying to download very large files (think about moving a bunch of water through a pipe, a wider pipe helps then), but MMOs in general are pretty efficient with data transfer so download speed is unlikely to ever affect gameplay unless it's extremely low.

With that said, if tracert is showing nothing usual at the same time you're having issues in game (specifically no issues at the NTT servers -- the usual culprit), then the issue could be something local with your computer/network. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but it could be something silly. Maybe firewall settings or something so it's worth checking those out.

As a random thought, is your router actually handling the new internet speeds well? Some routers can be overwhelmed even if they technically support 1Gbps connections due to buffer issues. If your router has a QoS/SQM option, it might be worth trying since that should prioritize FFXIV's traffic on your local network. This would normally show up on a trace route/ping test as dropped packets, but it's worth looking at even if it doesn't.

Maybe get a router cooler. Bad and overheating routers can cause problems. My stock D-Link router from ISP is crap. I switched to Asus RT-AC68U and no more issues.

Its adviseable to use LAN cables as well. Wireless is not recommended for gaming.

It's the hop that the ISP uses to get to NTT Sacremento where the NA data centers are. You might notice it in your trace route where the ping jumps from there to the NTT hops.

Of course distance is a factor with latency, but this is why VPN services are popular with the game, service connects you to a local region server that has less traffic, latency and likely shorter hop in their VPN network to NTT.

It used to always be Excellent for me. After 5.3 it started showing Poor.

I didn’t notice anything different in game. It still runs as if it was Excellent.

Since there was no hit to performance, I ignored it. But now I’m curious what is causing it.

https://scontent.fmci1-3.fna.fbcdn.n...e2&oe=61A07F65

Dont think it has too much to do with netspeed at this point and think in a couple weeks it will be worse.