titan hard (hard for high latency)

[Jynxii]

Oh btw, just noticed you live in Australia but you play on a JP server, much closer to you.
Nice try in trying to make your point.

And yet some Australian ISPs actually get worse latency to JP servers than they do NA servers. You do realise latency isn't based solely on geographical locations right? Especially when it crosses oceans. You also imply that I have never played any other MMO which hasn't had JP servers. Hot tip: Most MMOs (that reach the western market) get European and NA servers only.

Nice try attempting to discredit me in order to support your points though.

Edit: Also like to highlight that players with significantly lower latency than what even the best AU connections achieve to JP servers complain about latency being the big factor for why they fail things. I'd love to play with 100ms (in any MMO), but a life of ~260ms is what most Australians get in most MMOs.

This is a great example of why bad/average players never get better; they blame everything completely on lag, ignore any of their short comings, and don't attempt to come up with ways to work around what they can't change.

[Azrael]

And yet some Australian ISPs actually get worse latency to JP servers than they do NA servers.

Right, I'm pretty sure you choose JP server just because you like playing with them, with a huge language barrier, prefering them to an english speaking server, right?
Surely not because of latency, right?
Ok.

[Eunys]

Right, I'm pretty sure you choose JP server just because you like playing with them, with a huge language barrier, prefering them to an english speaking server, right?
Surely not because of latency, right?
Ok.

Ok now you are just a troll. You do know they have some of the worse Internet in the world right? Nobody makes servers for them either because of their politics getting in the way. Do you also know distance isn't the largest factor in latency? Many EU countries are closer to the Datacenter in Canada then people in parts of NA them-self. Please stop pushing blame for your being bad on SE or others and make yourself a better player.

[Cyriac_Darakus]

Right, I'm pretty sure you choose JP server just because you like playing with them, with a huge language barrier, prefering them to an english speaking server, right?
Surely not because of latency, right?
Ok.

Please read what was said. what Jynxii is saying is that some Australian ISP's get worse latency on JP servers the reason for this is where the ISP will route to first (Some go to NA first). That being said I believe this game is very punishing to higher latency players. Most MMO's I've played I have never had many issues avoiding Generic Ground Based Attack A yet this game seems to be a bit different. I can't tell if the other games cater for the latency with longer cast times and FFXIV ARR does not or if their is something in the design of the content. This may be better answer by someone who is used to playing on a low MS ping time.

Edit: LOL @ The multiple replies to the one post within minutes of each other.

[Jynxii]

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For the record, Tonberry has a HUGE Oceanic player base, and even I'm surprised by how many English speaking players are on the server. Latency was definitely a defining factor, but as I mentioned, some Australian ISPs get the good end of the stick (~160ms) and others get the bad end (~270ms). Incidentally those who get better latency on the JP servers get worse on the NA servers, while those with worse latency on the JP servers get better on the NA servers. I personally get ~210-230ms, which I am happy with and can play with just fine.

Again I never said latency didn't make it harder, just that it can be overcome if you consciously decide to try and do so. Unless you have the resources to host/maintain a data centre in Europe, currently, the latency isn't going to go anywhere.