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

[ntall1]

I've been patient. I was patient thru the early access BS, I was patient when none of my friends could create characters on my server, I have been patient thru all the stupid issues this game has had, and I have finally reached my breaking point.

During the day time the lag has been unacceptable. It first started as dungeon lag. I was not able to run any dungeon before about 4:00pm pst. Before that point it was like playing in a strobe light. After 4:00pm it was much more bearable with smaller bursts.

Each maintenance it seems to get worse and worse. Today I decided, knowing that I cant run dungeons due to the lag, that I would work on my crafting. Well today the lag has moved from the dungeons to the server. Now I cant even harvest nodes in a timely manner. It takes, due to the lag, about 45 seconds to a whole minute to harvest a single node. Then before my Leve is finished I get disconnected.

The lag should be getting better... not worse. Every update it gets worse. I am done. I will come check back on this game in a few months. Right now it is a broken pile of crap.

[nasomi]

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.

[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 ...

[Alaltus]

I've had the same sort of issues. Recently i've been crafting and when i craft in a populated area(Ul'dah, Whitebrim) this can be a big problem. Where as if i go to the wolves den or some where empty i have no issues.

[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.

[Istym]

Yeah our /fc is always full of people complaining about lag. Its obvious a SquareEnix problem no matter how forcefully they try to dissociate from it.