Can we have a server merger after fee take place ?

[Murugan]

People can say however much they want about how the servers are configured 'poorly' and cause 'most' of the delays themselves (which I have not seen complete proof of from SE employees, feel free to link some), but you cannot argue against distance latency. It's better now because the action based combat system was removed (which I didn't like, as I've explained on my forum/blog); but you're still talking about distance latency! The same problem FFXI had; the same reason your casts were interrupted, your interrupts were late, you stood in the fire, you took an arrow in the knee; your reactive fighting ability was limited. It's all the same in FFXIV, and it's all based on distance latency. (Remember NM camping when JP players would provoke things before they even appeared on your client as entities? Yeah, that's from distance latency!)

People can test this type of latency themselves by playing a foreign version of a game that's also available in their region and then switching to their region's version. The difference is night and day. In fact, the difference is like going from dial-up to 10/1Mbit broadband. (Speaking of which, I'm on 60/8Mbit. I like it being useless for gaming because of distance latency!)


I rarely play during US primetimes on MMOs I frequent. Why? Mainly because I want to get away from most of the kids, but also because less people on the server = less server latency.


I have memorable moments in FFXI with JP groups. I also wouldn't have met one of my good friends if Australia was blocked from one of the games I played in the past. So yeah, I agree it sucks, but again; that still doesn't change the want for regional servers.

For me, latency = gameplay ability, gameplay = fun. End result? Latency > community.

Wow you should not be playing MMO's. (I won't even address how wrong you are about everything in FFXI, I'm sorry you never got claims and were terrible at the game, that was your problem not "distance latency".)

I hear single player games have awesome "latency". Enjoy.