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[LittleChickenNugget]

That sounds both very strange and a little unbelievable.

Your ISP sounds horrible. Might want to jump ship to a better company.
If not, consider using a VPN such as WTFast or Pingzapper which will likely solve your issue.

Unless I'm not doing it right.

Ping statistics for 195.82.50.9:
Minimum = 465ms, Maximum = 556ms, Average = 501ms
Ping statistics for 204.2.229.9:
Minimum = 271ms, Maximum = 545ms, Average = 411ms
Ping statistics for 204.2.229.10:
Minimum = 348ms, Maximum = 532ms, Average = 454ms

My ISP is the only one available in my area, I can't get anything else. I shouldn't have to pay for an alternate program either on top of a monthly sub for a game.

If I'm running the ping wrong though, someone please let me know!

[Ryel]

My ISP is the only one available in my area, I can't get anything else. I shouldn't have to pay for an alternate program either on top of a monthly sub for a game.

Isn't this exactly what many players on the West Coast, Oceania, and South America have had to do for the past 4 years?

[LittleChickenNugget]

Isn't this exactly what many players on the West Coast, Oceania, and South America have had to do for the past 4 years?

From what I'm reading, most of the people from the West coast talking about ping started out at 150 and, for the most part, went down from there. So..

Edit:

And no, no one should have to pay to have a better gaming experience. That should be up to the company we're PAYING for the game. They make enough money to have things more balanced.

[Altena]

Unless I'm not doing it right.

Ping statistics for 195.82.50.9:
Minimum = 465ms, Maximum = 556ms, Average = 501ms
Ping statistics for 204.2.229.9:
Minimum = 271ms, Maximum = 545ms, Average = 411ms
Ping statistics for 204.2.229.10:
Minimum = 348ms, Maximum = 532ms, Average = 454ms

My ISP is the only one available in my area, I can't get anything else. I shouldn't have to pay for an alternate program either on top of a monthly sub for a game.

If I'm running the ping wrong though, someone please let me know!

Your ISP is routing you to some wonky places by the looks of it. Though I am not all that knowledgable in this area.

It's not SE's doing here. It's your ISP.
It's almost like saying "I don't want to upgrade my potato computer to play a modern game. I want the latest games to run on my 233mHz Pentium 2."

If you were getting 150ms while living on the east coast, then that should be proof enough, as you should have been sub-100 to begin with.

The only way around this is a VPN. $4 per month for pingzapper. Best investment you can make if you really care about your gaming.
$4 is less than a pack of cigarettes or a beer. Per month. Just trying to put that into perspective.

No offence intended here but I don't buy this whole "I don't want to pay for another service on top of my sub to play a game". If you care enough about playing then the added cost of $4 per month shouldn't be an issue. I have been doing this since pre-2.0 and I never thought twice about it after I started using it.

[LittleChickenNugget]

It IS an issue for everyone who has to PAY for an ADDITIONAL program to play a game with multiple servers. I pay for multiple retainers because apparently the servers can't handle more free retainers. So I pay for additional space and now I have to pay 4$ more to be able to proper heal and dodge? No, that's not happening. It shouldn't have to happen to ANYONE. It's not just me. NO ONE should have to deal with that and it's garbage that, as big as SE is, this is a problem across the board.

[Altena]

It IS an issue for everyone who has to PAY for an ADDITIONAL program to play a game with multiple servers. I pay for multiple retainers because apparently the servers can't handle more free retainers. So I pay for additional space and now I have to pay 4$ more to be able to proper heal and dodge? No, that's not happening. It shouldn't have to happen to ANYONE. It's not just me. NO ONE should have to deal with that and it's garbage that, as big as SE is, this is a problem across the board.

You're missing the entire point.

The issue is actually on your side, not SE's.
The issue is YOUR problem.

You can't blame SE for a shonky ISP.
SE should not be expected to move the server next to your house, just because your ISP gives you issues.

In a perfect world, everyone would play the game with 0ms. However unfortunately the way the world works isn't all sunshine and rainbows and sometimes you have play with higher ping, or make compromises and invest more in doing something you enjoy than other people do.

Players have been enjoying this game in much worse situations than you're currently in. WITH pingzapper I was playing on your ping. Though I had no complaints. Not because I have a shonky / fixable issue (ISP) but I had a non-fixable issue (physical location in the world).

Your issue can be fixed. You should be happy that is the case - not raging that you can't be bothered to.

[Sida]

It IS an issue for everyone who has to PAY for an ADDITIONAL program to play a game with multiple servers.

I get under 200. From Finland. The comparison to trying to play on potato was good one. To play internet game you need to have proper equipment for it which includes reasonable internet connection. If the server location they now have gives half a ping to a person double your distance, it's on you.

[MistakeNot]

No offence intended here but I don't buy this whole "I don't want to pay for another service on top of my sub to play a game". If you care enough about playing then the added cost of $4 per month shouldn't be an issue. I have been doing this since pre-2.0 and I never thought twice about it after I started using it.

For some people an additional $4/month actually is an issue. For you it apparently wouldn't be a problem. I could easily afford it too, but for some people that extra cost really would be a problem.

[Altena]

For some people an additional $4/month actually is an issue. For you it apparently wouldn't be a problem. I could easily afford it too, but for some people that extra cost really would be a problem.

I am a student, studying full time with no part time job, yet I still manage to afford a $15 monthly subscription to a game, on top of a $4 sub to a VPN.

I am pretty much in the lowest financial bracket you can get in my country without being unemployed or homeless.
It comes down to priorities. If you are willing to spend $15 a month on a monthly subscription game, then an extra $4 a month should literally be a non-issue.

People should buy less coffee from starbucks if $4 per month is an issue.

[Sida]

People should buy less coffee from starbucks if $4 per month is an issue.

Mmm.. in a way that's a bit. I mean, not everyone can or does afford those coffees in the first place. But then again, every hobby does come with a cost. If $4 in a month can throw someone's budget in a disarray, they probably would have better use for the $12 as well...