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[Conando]

I get it, but, from the outside perspective, it just seems like one group got too used to life in the fast lane, and now that they're normal like the rest of us, the reaction is nearly comical. You took your low ping for granted, and now that you're down on our level, you're realizing just how good you had it.

Hard to sympathize when I never saw half as many voices calling for the rest of us to be raised up to your level. Where were you when we were the slow ones?

Well to be fair, the East Coast does have double the population of the West Coast. I suppose more voices would make it louder. Honestly, they should have stuck it in Chicago or Texas, but I figure some money saving is related to the Sacramento choice.

[Hasrat]

However, just flipping the groups that get hell and that get paradise isn't the smartest choice either.

Feel free to contact SE yourself if you can set them up with the resources necessary to put a server in every city.

[Ama_Hamada]

Well to be fair, the East Coast does have double the population of the West Coast. I suppose more voices would make it louder. Honestly, they should have stuck it in Chicago or Texas, but I figure some money saving is related to the Sacramento choice.

Now I wonder if saving some money is worth the backlash...
should touch up that coding for 3.0... and maybe item issues.. they wanted too long it seems...

[Hasrat]

Well to be fair, the East Coast does have double the population of the West Coast. I suppose more voices would make it louder. Honestly, they should have stuck it in Chicago or Texas, but I figure some money saving is related to the Sacramento choice.

After hearing how SA's routing works, I'd just about agree that it could stand to be more eastern than it is.

But, you're right, there's more to any business deal than any end user will ever know.

[Centershock]

Well to be fair, the East Coast does have double the population of the West Coast. I suppose more voices would make it louder. Honestly, they should have stuck it in Chicago or Texas, but I figure some money saving is related to the Sacramento choice.

Is this true? Do we actually know how many people play east/west of the Mississippi or The Rockies? If so, where can I find such information? Or is this all based on conjecture?

[Conando]

Is this true? Do we actually know how many people play east/west of the Mississippi or The Rockies? If so, where can I find such information? Or is this all based on conjecture?

It's just conjecture if we're going player only basis. If we're going by actual population, the East Coast has at least 115 million residents while the West has about 50-60 million.

[Ama_Hamada]

It's just conjecture if we're going player only basis. If we're going by actual population, the East Coast has at least 115 million residents while the West has about 50-60 million.

Don't forget about the eastern side of the central states, that a huge population too negatively effected by this, not just the the most eastern part of the USA. I would bet everything I own that there is a larger population that was mild to severely negative impacted, then those this helped. (Don't forget EU, south America, etc as well)

[DarkLiriel]

I'm on east coast playing on balmung.. I've had 0 issues with lag. Rotations are just fine, movement is fine, getting out of aoes, no issues.. Sounds like it's more a routing issue than physical location on the user end. Not saying it's the players' fault for the lag, but it sounds like it's something on their end opposed to on the data center end

[Conando]

I'm on east coast playing on balmung.. I've had 0 issues with lag. Rotations are just fine, movement is fine, getting out of aoes, no issues.. Sounds like it's more a routing issue than physical location on the user end. Not saying it's the players' fault for the lag, but it sounds like it's something on their end opposed to on the data center end

To be fair, Comcast is the largest provider on the East Coast and their routing IS pretty trash. I can knock it down below 100 for me using vpns, though.

[Conando]

One thing is for sure, going from Montreal to Sacramento is one extreme to the other.