Why I stopped paying for FFXIV

[KupoNuts]

L2VPN or pingzapper.com; it's not SE's fault.

If it's not SE's fault, then why do I have to use third party software which I have to pay to use, while paying for a subscription already, just to run the game as it should run on its own?

[SarcasmMisser]

Constantly running around is a sure way to wipe a raid in Titan em and get kicked from groups. If you can't do it then you can't do it, don't burden groups that can it isn't their problem.

[Axidrain]

If it's not SE's fault, then why do I have to use third party software which I have to pay to use, while paying for a subscription already, just to run the game as it should run on its own?

blame ur isp

[Rhas]

Sadly this is the only way to "fix" the issue cause we all know that SE won't fix the issue by moving the EU server to.... EU.

Or you could try following this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37IY1XkLDI and try fixing it yourself.

This fixed both me and my wifes "latency" issues. Especially with titan. Before adding the registry keys, neither of us was even able to make it to the heart phase of titan HM because we kept dying. Continuously. After I added them (and rebooted) we have both been able to beat titan and stay alive the entire fight.

[KupoNuts]

blame ur isp

As thousand's other player's ISP who post on this forums? My latency is fine, ~100 ms approximately, and I do not have such problems in any other MMO. My guess is that movement detection is not working as intended.

[Miiu]

As thousand's other player's ISP who post on this forums? My latency is fine, ~100 ms approximately, and I do not have such problems in any other MMO. My guess is that movement detection is not working as intended.

Are the 100ms just a guess? Just because you don't have that problem on other mmos doesn't mean your ISP is not at fault here. You could try installing the wtfast trial to check your ping that way and see if that tool solves your problem. As far as I know for wtfast you have to select a wtfast server close to the data center location in order to get the best performance but I might be wrong.

[KupoNuts]

Are the 100ms just a guess? Just because you don't have that problem on other mmos doesn't mean your ISP is not at fault here. You could try installing the wtfast trial to check your ping that way and see if the problem is gone. As far as I know for wtfast setting you have to select a wtfast server close to the data center location in order to get the best performance but I might be wrong.

Nope, it's not a guess. In ARR my latency goes about ~100 ms while in other games about ~50 ms, but that shouldn't create any visible difference at all (it's only 0.05 second difference) so I don't think that's a problem on my end.

Diablo 3, DotA 2, LoL, WoT, WoW, PoE and all the other online games I have run perfectly with zero lag, except this one.

[Axidrain]

Nope, it's not a guess. In ARR my latency goes about ~100 ms while in other games about ~50 ms, but that shouldn't create any visible difference at all (it's only 0.05 second difference) so I don't think that's a problem on my end.

Diablo 3, DotA 2, LoL, WoT, WoW, PoE and all the other online games I have run perfectly with zero lag, except this one.

hmm. that is kinda strange.

[Crevox]

My god the people in this thread are ignorant.

Alhanelem tried to talk sense into you; I'm surprised he tolerated it this long. All you do is try to twist his words even though what he is saying is the truth.

Get your heads out of the sand and stop blaming SE for your own problems. At least try to solve them or do some research before you whine to SE for what is an issue on your end.

The simplest way I can put it:

If the server is lagging, everyone will lag.
If the majority of the people are not lagging, the server is not lagging.
If YOU are lagging, and yet other people are not, something is wrong with your connection to their WORKING servers; whether that be something along the way TO the servers, or your computer/ISP/distance to their server. I don't know what else to say, it's your problem, and you're not letting us help you fix it. I don't care if League of Legends or some other game doesn't lag for you, it doesn't mean it's not your problem, or not the fault of something on the way to SE's servers (which, again, is not SE's fault).

WTFast works for people because it proxies the connection. It connects you to something else that your connection ISN'T having issues with, and that server relays the information from SE's servers to you. Thus, you're not experiencing the issues that you would normally get from your connection directly to SE's servers. Nothing SE can do will solve this.

If this doesn't get through to you, I don't think anything will. Just don't be a pouty child about the game not working for you when it's your own problem you need to resolve (while the OP isn't, he's still being ignorant).

[JMadFour]

Game runs fine for hard (and extreme) modes under 200-300 MS latency

If you have more than that, you shouldn't be gaming, it's not SE's fault, you're not matching the minimum requirements

it's not a matter of matching minimum requirements.

I have an Alienware M14x Laptop, which runs the game on High settings across the board, with no lag whatsoever.

I have a 20mb cable internet connection, and my latency is usually in the 30-50ms range.

what I have SHOULD be sufficient to run this game with ZERO issues, and for the most part, it is. EXCEPT for this one specific issue.

the issue is still there. I see it all the time. particularly in Trials and FATEs.

you see red circle. you *immediately* move out of red circle. 2 seconds after you move out of red circle, red circle disappears, red arrow points to you. half-a-second later you take damage from red circle attack that you moved out of well before the attack launched.

happens all the time. the way I get around this, is to sprint WAAAAAAAAAAAY outside of combat range. as far as I can possibly get before the attack launches. but i shouldn't have to go that far. I should be able to dodge out of the telegraph, yet remain in combat range.

Playing The Secret World, the difference in THIS particular issue is staggering. you don't have to move away from the telegraphs BEFORE they appear, because the telegraph hit detection is ACCURATE. hell it's so accurate that you can actually wait until the last second to jump out of the telegraph. and literally standing RIGHT OUTSIDE the telegraph, it doesn't touch you. Not in the telegraph = not taking damage from it.

simple as that.

this is a problem with the game, not with our computers. not with our internet connections.

to try and simplify this down to "ur pc bad huehuehuehuehuehuehue get better internet" is just plain silly.