Game has been nearly unplayable for two days

[Supreveio]

Lag so bad it took a literal minute between inputting a command and it actually going off.

On top of that the game just flat out kicks me off every so often.

[Mesarthim]

See: North American Data Center Lag thread.

I could also go digging for every single thread on this matter but I'm not going to at this point. All I can tell you is the start time of this lag varies but the only confirmed time I know it to end is bewteen 8-9 PM PST. It lasted for most of Stormblood and it usually happened almost every day. It doesn't affect everyone because not everyone takes the same path to the servers.

Only guaranteed solutions are a VPN or to simply be a nightbird with your playtime. That or pray the time you play during the day isn't suffering from the NTT (Square's ISP for the servers) lag. I'm saying this because this exact issue has been around for... two days now in this expansion. If it lasted for about 1.5 years in Stormblood I'd say don't get your hopes up of it being fixed in a reasonable timeframe. It isn't on your end.

[Supreveio]

Sorry but I'm not paying even more money every month to fix something Square should be fixing themselves.

Guess I'm just going to Unsub, then.

[DrWho2010]

it's not something Square can fix directly on their end. It's their ISP's problem. Square is their customer.

[Gula]

Sorry but I'm not paying even more money every month to fix something Square should be fixing themselves.

Guess I'm just going to Unsub, then.

Bye see you next patch.

[Supreveio]

Bye see you next patch.

Not if I'm going to have a ping measured in actual seconds.

[Eva-Shogouki]

Not if I'm going to have a ping measured in actual seconds.

Earlier today when the latency hit bad I was measuring my ping in literally dozens of seconds...

[HyoMinPark]

Sorry but I'm not paying even more money every month to fix something Square should be fixing themselves.

Guess I'm just going to Unsub, then.

Even though you may be hesitant to purchase a VPN, you can get one fairly cheap. I use Mudfish when I play because my ping is anywhere from 130 to 150 ms otherwise (with Mudfish, it’s less than 90 ms). I use the Pay Per Traffic setup, and I haven’t had to load money on it for a while. I loaded in $10 USD a year ago (2018.12.04), and I still have over half of that remaining to this day. And I play frequently.

Something to think about, at least.

The lag may not be something SE can fix. It might be your ISP routing you through a terrible route to the servers, which a VPN will give you options for better routes. My ping was the result of my ISP routing me poorly, so the VPN fixed a lot of my issues.

[Gula]

Not if I'm going to have a ping measured in actual seconds.

From Yoshi's most recent interview,

"On top of that, it's how Final Fantasy XIV as game design is established. It's not about forcing players to keep playing the game consistently. If you just consume everything with each major patch then you've played everything, then you can play other games, you can spend your time and plan around your timing. If you want to come back to Final Fantasy XIV, you can come back and catch up easily. Everybody has different hobbies and ways they want to spend their time, they're quite busy."

A threat of unsubscribing is like an admission to wanting to live a healthier life and not let a game consume you. So, uh, thanks for considering your personal needs??