So I moved to EU recently, and I'm debating on if I NEED to change to an EU server. Will it significantly change my experience besides the obvious time difference? I haven't DCd and ping doesnt seem like its much of an issue right now. I saw a thread while researching EU servers or playing in NA while elsewhere; the user said that there was times in raiding where they were hit with AoEs where they should've been safe and weaving skills in was sometimes slower/less perfect. I'm kinda paranoid that connection may make endgame harder to play or possibly slowing my team down due to the possible connectivity issues. Would love to hear feedback or similiar experiences.
HELP - Possibly switching from NA to EU?
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02-22-2023, 05:32 AMBeyondTheRaveHELP - Possibly switching from NA to EU?
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02-22-2023, 07:18 AMMoshaAs an EU raiding on NA, you are always a bit behind in the eyes of the server, so you do get snapshotted more but you do get used to it to some degree, same with weaving its a lot easier to clip a GCD due to latency.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeyondTheRave
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02-22-2023, 08:46 AMRehayem
Connection will not be your issue, timezone in its entirety will hinder your possibility to do end-game content. You wanna raid at 9 PM CST? That's gonna be like 4 AM your time.
I've been playing NA servers for the past 3 years and clearing content was never an issue. There's very minimal difference when it comes to it are the snapshots. -
02-22-2023, 01:24 PMAbsimiliard
I've noticed a lot of connection issues when playing my EU alt. Sometimes it's fine, other times the ping jumps around like a cracked out chimp. Even when it's working relatively well, you can expect there to be noticeable (but not unplayable) latency. It seems rather likely the same would be true for a player in the EU whose character remains in one of the US data centers.
The time difference could be an issue if you're looking at doing any kind of high-end raiding, but it becomes less of a problem if you're willing to work at it via PF. You'll find groups going 24 hours a day, seven days a week most of the time. It dies down a lot near the end of a patch, of course. From the sounds of it you've already got a team, so uh... well, I hope for your sake they raid early in the day, elsewise it will be holy-crap-o-clock for you when you start. -
02-22-2023, 03:04 PMRobynDaBank
As long as your ping is not above a 100, weaving should be okay. I play on 150 minimum and I remember P4S Part 2's first Act triangular AoEs would snapshot me a second or so sooner than the rest of my team which was EU-based. Some Jobs' gameplay feels pretty awful at my ping, like Dragoon. But there's tools out there to mitigate that I've heard, so you should be okay in that department as well as long as you acknowledge the risk that it involves breaking the rules.
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02-22-2023, 03:22 PMAbsimiliard
You might as well not even attempt to play DRG or NIN with inordinately high ping. It absolutely annihilates your ability to weave as a DRG, and it screws with your mudras as NIN despite SE's attempts to mitigate the effects of latency on them.
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02-22-2023, 10:47 PMEspon
I guess it depends how situated you currently are. I have a few friends that live in Australia and when Materia came out, they found the game far more playable playing there. One of them has since moved there for the better ping, but another rather hang around their NA friends since they don't really raid. When I played on Materia for a bit with them, I did feel the latency a few times as I was hit by a few AoEs that I know I was out of the way of.
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02-23-2023, 12:03 AMBeyondTheRaveWhat Data Center / Home World?
I guess my next question would be what World in EU I would select if I did switch over. I'm really into raiding all the high-end content, as well as PvP if the rewards are good enough.
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02-23-2023, 12:08 AMMasekase_Hurricanelouisoix is an alright server, decent amount of people and get a chance at housing. Ragnarok is a very busy server with very little chance of housing.Quote:
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02-23-2023, 12:30 AMMoshaDC Travel is a thing, any? maybe one with a buyers' market for pots and food.Quote:
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02-26-2023, 08:50 PMImora
Just keep NA payment method. I had a lot of trouble trying to get ShB for my NA account from Sweden, so I ended up rerolling.
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03-01-2023, 12:09 AMWanzzoAll I wanted is to have such doubt as you have here...Quote:
Originally Posted by BeyondTheRave
(I live in South America where my lowest ping is around 190ms xD.... :'( ).
In your shoes, I'd go for EU server without thinking twice. I think it must be awesome to play this game with less than 100ms of ping!
About friends, well... life is composed by phases. Each one having their own groups of people that comes and goes... The trick is to keep the most loved ones close, but being open to the new ones that could be part of your life in the next phase.
EU community is big enough for you to find everything you are used to find at NAs. So, why not? '-' -
03-01-2023, 12:50 PMJeeqbit
The only differences are that far away from your region, weaving abilities between the GCD can be harder and force you to only single weave. This isn’t going to stop you clearing raids.
The other difference is cultural. EU makes use of macros to decide raid positions and uses auto-translate because of the multiple language spoken. There are other slight behaviour differences you might notice because of how life in the EU is not exactly like in NA. Different circumstances, laws, prevalent mindsets. -
03-01-2023, 01:38 PMhagare
I think all EU servers are in germany?
get ready for a few culture shocks since EU does some things differently than NA.
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03-03-2023, 05:00 PMAbsurdityI'd probably pick the Chaos DC if raiding is your main objective. Cerberus or Ragnarok were pretty good if I remember correctly, but the specific server doesn't really matter anymore anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeyondTheRave
The Light DC is...okay I guess, it still has Odin as the raiding server, but the clear rates are definitely lower.
And be prepared for a lot of french on Chaos or a lot of germans on Light.