Yoshi P addresses lag. Its time to deliever...

[Shioban]

#1 Most important thing : LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE RUBBISH INTERNET CONNECTIONS. This is a fact.
Almost always, its the fault between the persons computer and the nodes and hops between them and the server they're playing on.

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Have you tried diagnosing the issue step-by-step?

For the most part the problems I've heard of from other people are outside of Square Enix's data centres, if everyone encountered this issue then Yoshi-P would need to address it, as its only a select number of people it's not their problem necessarily.

Check list;

•Your Hardware:
Line > Modem/Router > Router > Adpaters/Transmittors > Adapters/Cards > Computer.

I had horrific lag for years playing FFXI, I sent in support tickets and complained and shouted throwing all my abuse and efforts directly at Square Enix. The problem actually lay in two things; Line [The 40-60year old copper-line had partially corroded causing packet loss] and my Wireless adapter [Which was faulty and overheating].

After these two things were replaced my lag was solved.

•Your ISP:

The second time for me was FFXIV on launch, horrific lag, seemingly "oh em gee, must be SE". This time the fault lay with my ISP, after a quick phone call support had been receiving other calls about a similar issue, a day later the issue was fixed.

The problem almost definitely lies between YOU and the server. I have a friend playing in Australia, who has completed Turn 5 and regularly has no issues dodging anything.


Have a little bit of consideration and maturity and diagnose the issue from your end to the server, unless everyone on the server has these issues, then it's you, not them.

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But I've done all of this, and I keep dying!?!?!?!

Cast Bars!
AoE (Area of Effect) indicators are a great way of seeing the radius of what you need to dodge, however its the cast bar from the enemy that matters most. There will always be a minimum transfer time between you>server>you, this can't be fixed, and the greater the distance the longer this will take.

Watch your enemies cast-bar, if you aren't out of the AoE before the cast finishes you will get hit.
In some cases moving pre-emptily is the only way to dodge it (Piercing Laser in T2 is a great example of something a ton of people get hit by, due to its insanely fast cast-time and slow to dissipate AoE indicator)




As always, I could be wrong. But there are ways to try and fix it, check your hardware, check with your ISP and see if the issue really is yours before pointing the finger.

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But, muh lag!

If all of the above fails, it could just be general internet traffic in your area.

The more people trying to force send/receive data requests through your nearest exchange the slower things are going to become, in some cases the following may help you, however this isn't guaranteed to work;

WTFast: http://www.wtfast.com/
Battleping: http://www.battleping.com/
Pingzapper : http://pingzapper.com/

If these companies offer a 'server' try connecting to the 'Montreal' or Canada based servers (As this is where the NA/EU database centers are located for FFXIV:ARR). The rest are located in Japan.

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[ Port Forwarding ]

There's a change this could also be a potential issue, opening the ports used by the NA/EU data centre could very well solve some of the issues you're facing (although this isn't likely, it's worth a try)

http://portforward.com/english/appli...l_Fantasy_XIV/

Simply find your router on the list provided and instructions on how to open the ports specifically for FFXIV:ARR's datacentres will be listed and how you can set it up.