[Data Center USA] Ping increased. Report your changes here.

[Shykat1]

I have played from UK, UAE and now in Ireland and since 2014 always on NA server.. This morning was ok when I logged in after the new server move but this evening its impossible to do anything.. massive lag.. ping over 214ms.. I will have to move to Chaos on EU but means leaving all friends behind.. I am gutted.

[Shykat1]

Dont need to do a raid... I can't even do simple job quest on bard, everything is in slow motion...

[PharisHanasaki]

You were in the East and closer to the data center, no issues. Now that it's in the West you complain.

I'm super close to the new data center so now I get to enjoy those sweet pings you used to have mwahaha. PS. It's only fair.

[cakesphere]

You were in the East and closer to the data center, no issues. Now that it's in the West you complain.

I'm super close to the new data center so now I get to enjoy those sweet pings you used to have mwahaha. PS. It's only fair.

The NA population split is mostly east coast afaik, so while you enjoy your shiny new ping remember that most people you're playing with now have a worse connection which will effect their performance. Just something to think about.

[Vespar]

What makes any of you think that a centralized data server would resolve anything?
The same amount of people will gripe if they moved it smack dab in the middle of NA. There is always someone who be put out and will cry foul, there's always going to be someone who wont get the best of the best of the best and cry foul, and there's always going to be those who cry foul even if nothing really changed for them.
Either accept the cards you've been dealt or hit the road.

[Kaonis]

I... Wha?... Seriously?

saw this from NA thread about new server location and i see a lot of people going to quit just because their ping going above 150, some even quit because their ping reach 100

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.

190 ping is godsend for me, i guess thats what happen when 80% of online game is located in your country

There's a severe difference between always having bad ping, you went in knowing what you got into. But for a good chunk of players they just had their ping, doubled, tripled, and some even close to quadrupling at no fault of their own. No one wants to go from low to high ping, it's frustrating for the game to run relatively smooth, then suddenly have more latency.

[manakir-kan]

This is the real benefit of the move people are overlooking: I had a shitload of packet loss with Montreal and I live in western MI. I can still tracert a Montreal server from here and get a lot of packet loss (thanks Level 3, you guys suck).

Meanwhile my tracert to Cali gives me stable 75ms, no dropped packets, and I route from Chicago directly to San Jose and ultimately wind up in Sacramento every time.

How do you manage to be routed that way? Tools, contacting ISP? I'm also in Chicago, but get routed to the New York ntt.net, then back over to Seattle, and then down to San Jose.

[aesteval]

The EU data center did not always exist. There are EU players on the NA data center because NA used to be the data center choice that they had. When the EU data center was created, players had an option to transfer away from the new data center but not to the new data center without charge. Basically the data center for Europe used to be part of NA, but SE opted to move that data center to create the EU one.

[SpookyGhost]

You were in the East and closer to the data center, no issues. Now that it's in the West you complain.

I'm super close to the new data center so now I get to enjoy those sweet pings you used to have mwahaha. PS. It's only fair.

EC would've also had higher ping if it was in Central America, but at least then it would be fair to both EC and WC whereas before and now it's only fair to one or the other.

[Kaonis]

That reason to quit is even almost as LUL-worthy as quitting over the new jobs not being what you want XD.

Yeah, how dare people complain the server move will up their ping, and now of no fault of their own they need to adjust to an increase sluggishness in gameplay!

That's sarcasm, because your argument is pretty nonsensical and non-equivalent.