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[Vhailor]

For someone who has been in this game for years with 200 ping, i feel no hindrance whatsoever, i can fight normally, even perform better than other sometimes, i can avoid red circle no problem, i didnt even feel lag at all, unless it went above 250ish.

In fairness, the 'feel' of latency is relatively subjective. While I agree that people are being drama queens, to an extent, I can definitely tell the difference between 100 and 190ms ping. Hell, I can tell the difference between wired and wireless mice, which is why I insist on wired mice for my computers. My ping to the Montreal servers was relatively low (I'm in Wisconsin), but I noticed input lag there, too. It was most noticeable while Gathering (sometimes I could swing my pickaxe more frequently; other times, there was a noticeable gap between when my last action finished and my next action could begin). I rarely noticed it in combat as well, particularly with things like Cleric's Stance.

That's not to say people can't get used to it, and it doesn't necessarily hinder AoE avoidance, but I don't think it's accurate to dismiss 100 to 190 ping as a trivial concern.

Edit / Addition:

Just get WTFast/Battleping.

WTFast / Battleping cannot magically improve latency generated by sheer distance. The only advantage these services provide is helping avoid 'bottlenecked' routing points. That can help to reduce problems when, say, Level 3 is the culprit, but it can't resolve the distance-added latency someone in Britain will be facing with this data centre move. It's incredibly disingenuous to suggest these paid VPN services designed for gaming can work miracles; they can't.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

WTFast / Battleping cannot magically improve latency generated by sheer distance. The only advantage these services provide is helping avoid 'bottlenecked' routing points. That can help to reduce problems when, say, Level 3 is the culprit, but it can't resolve the distance-added latency someone in Britain will be facing with this data centre move. It's incredibly disingenuous to suggest these paid VPN services designed for gaming can work miracles; they can't.

I didn't? I merely suggested either has a potential alternative. Both have a free trial service for you to test out. So please don't put words in my mouth.

My girlfriend lives in Canada and she just watched her ping go from 100 to 480.

Yeah... that's definitely her Internet provider or connection. I live in Montreal and got 103 with Bell Media.