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

[ntall1]

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.

Lawl... No. Obviously if 90% of the players playing this game are experiencing this issue.. Than it must be YOUR system or YOUR ISP, and not SE's game or servers. Clearly.

[Griffster]

I experienced sever lag while mining by Bronze Lake today around 2:30 ET.

Was so horrible. I was receiving 1200+ and sending 0 sometime.

Speedtest.net Showed 30 Mbps DL and 5.5 UL

Seriously has me worried, I not in game at the moment and am hoping it doesn't appear again later when I log on.

Before ppl claim its my rig,

I5 3570
256 GB SSD <-- ffxiv installed there
16 GB RAM
Gigabyte 660 GTX 2GB

Score over 8K on benchmark consistently.

Worried because it is the first time I have experienced lag like that.

Interesting it happened after they did maint in the morning

[ntall1]

I experienced sever lag while mining by Bronze Lake today around 2:30 ET.

Was so horrible. I was receiving 1200+ and sending 0 sometime.

Speedtest.net Showed 30 Mbps DL and 5.5 UL

Seriously has me worried, I not in game at the moment and am hoping it doesn't appear again later when I log on.

Before ppl claim its my rig,

I5 3570
256 GB SSD <-- ffxiv installed there
16 GB RAM
Gigabyte 660 GTX 2GB

Score over 8K on benchmark consistently.

Worried because it is the first time I have experienced lag like that.

Interesting it happened after they did maint in the morning

Oops! You used the word "rig" when referring to your computer!! Based on some morons observations in this tread you sir do not have a good PC. /sarcasm

[Azakiah]

I am dealing with the exact same issues that you are.
I played Beta, perfectly fine.
I played for over a month, minimal - no lag, not a single drop.

Fast forward to Saturday, I am getting the "strobe-light" effect.
I can't play dungeons, I can just join a Fate Party and pretend like I can tell what's going on. Until today, now it just 90000 error/drops me.

I ran all the tests on my system. It's not me, my CPU, GPU, OS, other programs interfering, my connection, AT&T, etc..

It is SE dropping the ball. If they don't fix it soon, this game is doomed. I was not concerned either, until it began to affect me.

[Medura]

ive experienced what you say before OP ... on my laptop :P Have never experienced much lag on my other. Ive seen my mining suddenly stop up and my internet going down for a couple of seconds, but thats a whole other error :P

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

im in the east coast, miami, balmugn server... no lag... smooth like silky silk..cause regular silk is not as smooth..

[Araye]

I have the lag and do not have a serious gaming rig. :P

It is the same as you are experiencing. Half the time my choco is hanging out by the mender in Mor Dhona client side (small map and in game), while I can see it following me server side (larger map and it's heals and taking damage).

It is like I have an invisible choco.

I get the lag crafting as described in Ul'dah. I can't see most of the mobs in FATEs. I rarely see Titan actually jump. Sudeenly he is gone, I figure he jumped and I move to the edge.

And once again, when someone reports it, we get insulted that our gear is not up to snuff because "they don't have our problem".

If you don't have the problem, don't add to the conversation. Why is it so hard to just move along?

Masha

[Vezzian]

Sorry to hear you are having issues with lag. I play mostly evenings, and while I get a bit of lag here and there it's nothing like you are complaining about (unless trying to do Odin or something where there are massive numbers of players all in one area).

I too am a network admin and I'm not convinced it's an issue with the servers at all.

They have bought some really high end hardware!

I believe the issue is with the internet backbone the datacenter/s are connected to.

I believe the infrastructure of these datacenters, specifically the fiber optic trunk line is not sufficient enough to carry the traffic and is causing these lag spikes at certain times of the day.

I know this doesn't help you.....

[Stryker]

I play on the West/Best/Left Coast and I have no noticeable lag. I have a "gaming" PC and my game for the most part is smooth except for the same issues that everyone else has inside of cities.

One thing that people always fail to look at is your actual connection stability. You could have the fastest download in the world, but if you have packet loss you're screwed.

http://www.pingtest.net/

I use this website and its sister website speedtest in order to determine whether or not my actual ISP is the culprit. If I see packet loss or jitters then I know something is up. If you Ace pingtest with 0% packet loss and very few Jitters then it is not your ISP.

You could have issues with the drivers or settings on your computer. I received a 6k on my benchmark and have no issues playing. Maybe you have a few settings that you could tweak such as taking vsync off if you have it on, allowing your game to go uncapped in fps.

Maybe you need to clear the cache or registry using ccleaner. You could have a fast computer but without the proper upkeep you could be losing that performance. Also if you haven't cleaned your computer in a while it could be overheating, causing the stuttering.

As for the argument that you've been doing something for X amount of years, I understand what you're trying to pitch, but on the internet it doesn't validate anything. I know plenty of people who have been doing a job for 10+ years and they still suck at it, and many more than have played games for 15+ years that suck. Not an attempt to flame, but one of those facts that a lot of people throw out that don't mean diddly squat since theres no benchmark to compare it to.

[ntall1]

Claiming to be a tech, or gamer for x+ years was not said to validate my claim. What validates my claim is the fact that the problem is not localized to me, and is affecting tons of players. You may claim your intention is not to flame, but your comments do not add anything to the discussion.

This is a known issue affecting many players. It has nothing to do with personal system specs, status as a gamer, or occupation.

Also.. According to speed test and ping test.. my connection is perfect. But I already knew that because I already tested my stuff localy to make sure the issue was not on my end before coming to the forums.

The issue is clearly with either SE's servers, the data center, or as someone else stated the internet backbone the datacenter/s are connected to. ISP throttling can also be an issue. But what can you do when you have already called your ISP and they claim the issue is not on their end.