Quote Originally Posted by coffeepotz View Post
Could you or someone else provide proof (quotes perhaps)? Not that I don't believe you, but it would add substance to your claim.
Although I am not going to dig through 200ish pages to find the link to the thread, it's been noted in both the 150+ page thread on the issue here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-fix-something.

And the 40+ thread here (If I remember correctly this one didn't have a link to the post, just someone mentioning it existed, you may be able to send them a message asking):
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ev-Response%29

The issue also has been mentioned as brought up in the French forums, not just the Japanese. As far as direct translations for any links go, you'll have to get others to do that. I fully believe it's an issue though. It has to do with the way the game was programmed, and everyone gets it. At minimum, you get a .1 second delay with a great connection. That's according to Yoshi, from a letter when they reduced the update delay to .3 seconds going from beta phase 3 to phase 4, and the last we've heard on the issue. From there the delay just gets worse.. unlike every other MMO on the market with accounts for 50ms ping variations, and network degradation (which happens naturally when you use the internet). So, it's really not hard to see how people everywhere would get the issue.