I jumped to a reasonable 80 with the move, but my friend is at 150 (we're both in NA). He doesn't want to pay for a VPN on top of a monthly sub for an enjoyable experience so he may well unsub.

100-200 ping is not the end of the world. Many people play with worse. But THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED ALTOGETHER. That's what really grinds my gears. We knew our ping would increase and we were okay with that. I'm okay playing at 80 now- I just have to get used to a little more input lag. But he's not having a good time and if he decides it's not worth paying for any more, then I will probably leave too. "Technically playable" and "enjoyable to play with" are two very different things.

SE, do you guys have any comments on this? Any response as to why you went with one extreme over another instead of a more central location?