Yoshida-san - GLOBAL Servers and Balancing Tweaks Instead of Regional Servers

[Jynx]

Which is why sometimes I see crap like getting hit by cracks or circles on ifrit when I am not even standing in them.

So that's why the Japanese community has the same issues with Ifrit as well? .24 seconds is not whats causing you to be hit by cracks, useless server checks are.

[Zumi]

So that's why the Japanese community has the same issues with Ifrit as well? .24 seconds is not whats causing you to be hit by cracks, useless server checks are.

Well on the WoW servers I have 50ms ping, if I move out of fire or circles or crap the boss puts on the ground I don't get hit ever. That's almost a 200ms difference. When you have stuff that gives you like 1 sec or so to react you need low latency to be successful.

[Alhanelem]

So that's why the Japanese community has the same issues with Ifrit as well? .24 seconds is not whats causing you to be hit by cracks, useless server checks are.

Those .24 seconds can make a difference. Useless server check + unnecessary latency = problem. Lower latency ALWAYS helps. Every single one of those useless server checks would take .24 seconds less time to complete.

[Jynx]

Lower latency ALWAYS helps.

At what cost?

[Alhanelem]

At what cost?

At a cost quite clearly a majority of the playerbase finds acceptable.