Playing with Americans

[Casti_EL]

There's a number of variables involved in this so can't guarantee either way what it'd be like for you/them (their connection to the DC, your connection to the DC, links between the two connections, how many players are on, time of day, etc).

I'm UK based and play on the Aether DC with a lot of American friends. Usually the lag is fine - yes, there is obviously some (typically I get a ping of around 110 - 160 ms during peak hours, lowest ever got was about 90-100ms with a dedicated VPN) but it's never really stopped me from playing/enjoying the game.

I'd say the main things affected are usually during battles - it's easy to get clipped thinking you were out of a mechanic hit-area when (due to lag) the game still has you registered within it - you soon learn how to slide-cast, move quickly, and it becomes less of an issue when you learn the fight mechanics well.

Easiest way - get them to create a toon on EU and you create one on US, spend a couple of hours playing each side and see which is better for you before properly starting out.

[Jeeqbit]

I'd say the main things affected are usually during battles - it's easy to get clipped thinking you were out of a mechanic hit-area when (due to lag) the game still has you registered within it - you soon learn how to slide-cast, move quickly, and it becomes less of an issue when you learn the fight mechanics well.

Never had this, even with 200 ping. As long as you move before the cast completes it should be fine provided it registers on cast complete, which almost everything does. If you see an orange AoE, just got to move out before it disappears and should be fine.

[Jade3173]

There's a number of variables involved in this so can't guarantee either way what it'd be like for you/them (their connection to the DC, your connection to the DC, links between the two connections, how many players are on, time of day, etc).

I'm UK based and play on the Aether DC with a lot of American friends. Usually the lag is fine - yes, there is obviously some (typically I get a ping of around 110 - 160 ms during peak hours, lowest ever got was about 90-100ms with a dedicated VPN) but it's never really stopped me from playing/enjoying the game.

I'd say the main things affected are usually during battles - it's easy to get clipped thinking you were out of a mechanic hit-area when (due to lag) the game still has you registered within it - you soon learn how to slide-cast, move quickly, and it becomes less of an issue when you learn the fight mechanics well.

Easiest way - get them to create a toon on EU and you create one on US, spend a couple of hours playing each side and see which is better for you before properly starting out.

to add to this as someone that played (only here cause Free Log In still has me active) from West Coast USA to the Chaos server, passing tethers can be a big pain