Screw it, im done. This lag is no longer acceptable.

[ntall1]

Hmm, I haven't experienced any of the lag you're speaking of, and my server almost always has a queue to get in.

Playing in a strobe like... points to your computer. Lag is network latency where ping is high, but there would be no graphical problems during something like that.

Its not an FPS issue. It has nothing to do with my system. It is the network latency of the servers. I play lots of online games, and games in general. I have a high end gaming rig, and have been PC gaming for over 15 years now. I am also a computer technician/network administrator by trade.

The issue is not with my system, it is not with my ISP. This issue only exists in FF14, and I am not the only one experiencing this.

Let me better explain what I mean by strobe light. Players will be moving then everything stops.. Just stops. Then everything super speeds up to catch up with what really happened. Sometimes the pause is a second, some times its 10 seconds. If it was a FPS issue this would happen 24 hours a day. But it doesn't. It happens between the same time frame every single day, and clears up towards the evening. Pretty sure the problem isn't my video card only working half of the day each day.

[LacticThirteens]

I also experience so much lag throughout the game. As with yourself I have a high end gaming PC, which works fine with every other game.

Started playing this with 3 friends, on the same world(Odin), and me and one of my friends have really bad lag in all aspects of the game. Ive searched for people with similar issues and there seems to be many.. Some have determined that the Server address they connect to is different to their friends, and the server they are connected to is the cause of the lag. I cant be 100% sure, but it seems that its the server on FF14's side, and this needs to be addressed or more people will just leave. If it gets any worse, I will be one of them, and I really dont want to have to stop playing because the game is great.

Please sort this!
Thanks.

[Beatdown]

Happens to me and every one else I know on the EST coast. We call it the 2pm lag. This is the worst it has ever been though.

[Alfinia]

What server are you guys on ? I haven't noticed any lag while doing dungeon or whatever since the 1st week, even then it was very uncommon.

EDIT: nvm it's tells the server beside our name...

Edit: And neverming again .. Tonight is pretty laggy e_e but 1st time it happens for me ...

[SolviteSekai]

Its not an FPS issue. It has nothing to do with my system. It is the network latency of the servers. I play lots of online games, and games in general. I have a high end gaming rig, and have been PC gaming for over 15 years now. I am also a computer technician/network administrator by trade.

The issue is not with my system, it is not with my ISP. This issue only exists in FF14, and I am not the only one experiencing this.

Let me better explain what I mean by strobe light. Players will be moving then everything stops.. Just stops. Then everything super speeds up to catch up with what really happened. Sometimes the pause is a second, some times its 10 seconds. If it was a FPS issue this would happen 24 hours a day. But it doesn't. It happens between the same time frame every single day, and clears up towards the evening. Pretty sure the problem isn't my video card only working half of the day each day.

I've found that any time someone says the words "Gaming Rig", they don't have a decent PC.

[ntall1]

I've found that any time someone says the words "Gaming Rig", they don't have a decent PC.

Whatever dude. I built my own PC, and it is a fricking beast. Its what I do to make my living and I have been doing it for almost 15 years. If I didnt know how to build a PC I would not be able to support and feed myself doing it.

The issue is on SE's end. This is more than obvious with the insane amount of ppl that are affected. Even if I had a low end PC this would still be an issue. So the power or lack of power my PC has is not exactly relevant in this situation.

[avaughnimous]

I've found that any time someone says the words "Gaming Rig", they don't have a decent PC.

That's probably not true. But hey, you eeked out a couple of likes saying something snarky and useless. Good job, bro!

[teoulas]

In my server today we were in a 8 man group doing fates in Northern Thanalan and 2 of the party members were experiencing unreal lagspikes. On my screen fate was over teammate was dead and he was telling us from TS that he is still alive and doing the fate. The lag wasnt seconds but mins. After 2-3 mins he died on his screen. The other one had the same problem and they werent playing from same connection or area. While he was dead on my screen I could see his corpse moving lol. We had such a good laugh! Make more games like this pls. Oh and ppl saying that the game hasnt a lag problem: Have u browsing this forum lately? Its full of lag posts that unfortunately disappear strangely.

[KujinRen]

Let me better explain what I mean by strobe light. Players will be moving then everything stops.. Just stops. Then everything super speeds up to catch up with what really happened. Sometimes the pause is a second, some times its 10 seconds. If it was a FPS issue this would happen 24 hours a day. But it doesn't. It happens between the same time frame every single day, and clears up towards the evening. Pretty sure the problem isn't my video card only working half of the day each day.

This is spot on!!

From closed beta 1 all the way up until 3 weeks after launch, I didn't experience any of these issues. It was after a certain maintenance that I started to experience the "freeze and speed up" lag. I also notice that it seems more common on Mondays and Tuesdays (which are the two busiest days after a weekly reset) where everyone is trying to queue up for AK to farm Mythology tomes or people starting a fresh CoB run.

[Roez]

Let me better explain what I mean by strobe light. Players will be moving then everything stops.. Just stops. Then everything super speeds up to catch up with what really happened. Sometimes the pause is a second, some times its 10 seconds. If it was a FPS issue this would happen 24 hours a day. But it doesn't. It happens between the same time frame every single day, and clears up towards the evening. Pretty sure the problem isn't my video card only working half of the day each day.

This is my problem in a nut shell. I do not know what the issue is (even if I have uneducated ideas). At first I figured it was overloaded servers, which is something I have seen in many games. I usually wait those issues out and they resolve. The problem here has gotten worse unfortunately, and was so bad last night two dungeon runs were almost impossible (we're talking 6 to 8 second pauses before everything catches up).

I do find issues with packet losses to their server within Montreal, which I don't get anywhere else. No clue why or how, it just is.