Server lag is killing the game for me.

[Fuz]

Instead of trying to be an obnoxious jerk, try being helpful. I'm not some computer (actually I'm on PS3) genius but apparently you are. All I know is there is nothing on my end that is wrong.

Ignore that guy, he's one of the "I HAVE NO PROBLUMS SO NO ONE HAVE THEM HERP DERP!" kind of people.

You're not the only one experiencing severe server lag. And yes, it's on their side due to terrible netcode and all EU/US servers being in Canada.
Read this:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-fix-something.

[Rivienne]

Instead of trying to be an obnoxious jerk, try being helpful. I'm not some computer (actually I'm on PS3) genius but apparently you are. All I know is there is nothing on my end that is wrong.

Not to bash PS3, but that is probably the culprit. Or rather, the PS3 client is. I play on the PS3 as well 90% of the time, and I have seen this too.

The PS3 drawing priority blocks animations until it finishes drawing all nearby playable characters. During peak time in certain areas I can do something and I will watch as suddenly 20 PC start popping up. Only once they are all there will it run the animation perform the action.

This is easiest to see at the retainer bell in the market place during peak time. This I believe is partly a PS3 problem, but it is clearly an issue with the way the game engine itself handles events and and priority and determine what to do.

[WHS]

@ Wobble : I was going to say don't pay attention to the nay sayers because your issue is definitely a real one. It's true we all for the most part rarely had real lag issues except once in awhile. After the last maint to patch rmt activities which didn't stop them btw, we have had this weird server lag. I say weird because it is much diff and worse than normal lag we get. It happens in and out of instances where as before it was mostly confined to instances and the Odin/Beh pops. Now it seems to be world wide and no matter what zone your in. You lag this time because if you take your mouse and look at the network icon in your top right screen, you will see s and r with numbers.

Most of the time if you are lagging in crafting or gathering the s or the r is 0 or both. Why you don't just dc is beyond me but you don't and your numbers actually might go back to normal. However they will bounce to 0 once again. This is not a peak time of day thing as it will happen anytime during the day or night. This is also not necessarily an ISP issue though in defense of the trolls it can be ISP or your internet once in awhile. After doing a thorough check and system diagnostic on my end to include reloading one pc with fresh windows and min install on software.
I have also certified my connection using pingtest.net and dslreports for jitter, latency, packet loss. All have shown me to have A+ connection with less than 1ms jitter and 0 packet loss. It is not my ISP throttling me nor my internet route or connection. I also have done tracerts to the SE ip address on the forums where the servers are listed in Canada. NO issue. 32ms or less ping times using default packet size and all the way up to a 1500 packet size. Not my issue. SE def has problems. Not sure if they are fixing them or not. Too many ppl claim to be perfect when in fact they may not be and just cannot tell. It's hard to say. Also the lag spike or freeze up or w/e you want to call it is random. It will not hit 100% ppl 100% time.

I have also certified my connection using pingtest.net and dslreports for jitter, latency, packet loss. All have shown me to have A+ connection with less than 1ms jitter and 0 packet loss. It is not my ISP throttling me nor my internet route or connection. I also have done tracerts to the SE ip address on the forums where the servers are listed in Canada. NO issue. 32ms or less ping times using default packet size and all the way up to a 1500 packet size. Not my issue. SE def has problems. Not sure if they are fixing them or not. Too many ppl claim to be perfect when in fact they may not be and just cannot tell. It's hard to say. Also the lag spike or freeze up or w/e you want to call it is random. It will not hit 100% ppl 100% time.

[Dorfentyme]

Instead of trying to be an obnoxious jerk, try being helpful. I'm not some computer (actually I'm on PS3) genius but apparently you are. All I know is there is nothing on my end that is wrong.

Look at his sig. That should tell you everything you need to know about that guy, lol. I'm not surprised he was an obnoxious jerk.

[SariyahBlackmane]

I have been having issues as well.Please be aware that ping (your connection to the server) is ENTIRELY different than you data transfer between you and said server.After utilizing wireshark tests,it has been proven that Time Warner Cable is setting data transfer for this game at the lowest possible setting during heavy traffic times.In atleast a portion of these cases,people's ISPs are indeed part of the issue.

As a healer,dungeons were a nightmare with the screen freezes of 1-5 seconds at a time.My fix?A VPN such as WtFast will most likely help you.My dungeons were seamless after I started using it.Setup time is only a few minutes and there is currently a free 30 day trial.This is only a temporary fix if you want to avoid the 9.99 a month fee,but hopefully the issues can be worked out within the next 30 days.Have fun!