Australian yet JP server connection not as good as UE server?

Hi

I am in Western Australia (same time as JP). When I created my character I thought well i am def closer to JP servers so i joined JP.

However when I have looked at EU/NA servers during various log in issues I noticed that EU server connection was Excellent. JP is only ever Good (maybe that is why i have some lag at times).

As I am def not an IT person and these forums seem full of them ;), can some one explain how that is so.

Thanks

Will this help you on which server gives better ?
http://arrstatus.com/

Hi. Thanks for that.

However it does not really help as it does not tell me from my house :). It does tell me relative to other JP servers etc though which ones are under load....when up.

In addition it does not really answer the question of why the servers in Canada give me a better connection than the JP servers which are so much closer.

Ta

depending on which service provider your with as well maybe? i know my connection is better to the us/eu servers than the jp ones , as im with telstra , yet people with internode for eg... get great connections to jp servers.

The only problem with rolling on a server further from your timezone is that it would be harder for you to join a FC that is active. It's easier when you're on a server when everyone is roughly on the same time, but it's dead confusing when you have to use a time zone converter just to find out when the raid is! Also it's impossible to do raiding if you're on a server where they are 16 hours behind you (US) and you're working on the time they schedule the raid :(.

Yea i am with Telstra.....who being the biggest in Australia (i think) would not have issues with speed to JP.

I have noticed lag quite a few times ie gear taking a while to change. not getting out of AOE quick enough (perhaps i get the signs too late).

Just plain weird. Guess if it stay like that I will have to look at changing down the track.

Hence why i joined the JP. Guess that is something to weigh up as well.

there are alot of aussies on Behemoth server as well. for me it was a lower ping than jp server and still had an oceanic community.

im australian aswell but QLD (optus provider) i chose odin server rarely have lag there, only time really is in the crowded big boss fates but sayin that its rare..

It's all about how the route is calculated from you to the game servers. For some odd reason Australia could take some weird out of the way route to get to Japan. (like AU > Los Angeles > Tokyo)

Best thing you can do is do a netstat while connected to each server, log the IP and do a traceroute to each. The more hops you have to travel to get to the destination, usually the more latency you'll have.

Geographically speaking though, yeah it's weird AU doesn't have a direct link to Japan.

i play starcraft 2 as a hobby.. the lag from different regions is more determined by the route that the information takes around the world as the amount of information being sent is not much compared to the bandwidth that is available these days with current internet speeds (i am in adelaide).. I know that MMORPGs generate a heck of a lot more information than a RTS BUT i would say that the route the information takes around the world is still more important than the bandwidth..

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Originally Posted by Orophin

It's all about how the route is calculated from you to the game servers. For some odd reason Australia could take some weird out of the way route to get to Japan. (like AU > Los Angeles > Tokyo)

Best thing you can do is do a netstat while connected to each server, log the IP and do a traceroute to each. The more hops you have to travel to get to the destination, usually the more latency you'll have.

Geographically speaking though, yeah it's weird AU doesn't have a direct link to Japan.

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Thanks for the reply. Lol I have no idea of what a netstat etc is and i am not sure i could do that on PS3. If someone on PC could do it (and compare to EU) then that would be interesting to see.

you can't see your latency by looking at arrstatus nor the connection on the character screen
arrstatus latency is based on the site's location, not yours

if you want to check your latency, check your resource monitor
start > type "resource monitor" > netword > tcp connections
look for ffixv.exe, that's your exact latency