Skipping Lag, People Teleporting, 2-5 Second Delay, Fast-Forwarded

[Zaranghae]

Hi, I'm sure people may have my problem and I haven't been able to find a solid solution despite all my research on these forums and google.

My ISP is Time Warner Cable with a 15 download/1 upload connection and I've had this problem where there is a consistent 2-5 second delay in the game, where people are teleporting due to the lag and this results in a fast-forwarded sort of situation. In other words, the game sort of freezes, and then it speeds up in order to catch up at the delay.

I've tried resetting my net, opening ports, changing firewalls, excluding firewalls, but I've come to the conclusion it may just be the ISP. I tried on another connection by COX which was a 10/10 plan, and there was absolutely no lag whatsoever.

If this is a temporary problem that SE has recognized due to some bad patch, please inform me as this has been a recurring frustration I've had to deal with since the game's release. Thanks in ahead.

P.S- I don't plan to use WTFast or Battleping, I think it's ridiculous having to pay so much for a third-party aid in ping when we're already paying so much for the game itself. Any other solution would be greatly appreciated.

[Luca_Brazi]

i too get some of this lag occasionally. i first noticed it in WP when i would run with some friends and everyone would stop moving, and id just be waiting like wtf are they doing. then after about 5-10 seconds they would fast forward and my screen would go crazy with animations until it caught up to normal time.

just saying you aren't alone and this does really suck, especially running as a SCH

[GreatMilenko911]

I have the exact same issue, Time Warner in Socal. Lagging, skippy, fast forwarding. I got it all. =/ I just bought the game too and I'm already putting it down cause of it. Every other MMO I play is fine too.

[Diist]

Time Warner SoCal here too (on the 20mb plan). Same problem. But SE's competitors WoW, Rift, SWtoR, to name a few, give me ZERO connection issues. My FC is pushing Turn 5 now and I am to the point of unsubing and enjoying a different game due to not being able to move when needed and not being able to run even low man stuff due to the latency issues.

[Zezlar]

Outside of SE and the ISP magically fixing the problem. The only suggestion is to use Pingzap, Battleping, or WTFast.

[GreatMilenko911]

Same here, I can't dodge any attacks due to it.

[DaYDreaM90]

I live in SoCal and use TWC, have the same issue. Check out WTFast, fixed all my issues. Has one month free trial, after that's up it's up to you to decided whether you wanna keep paying for a VPN program or maybe consider switching ISP.

[Zaranghae]

Someone in another thread recommended switching DNS servers to Google's, but this failed to work. I'm still looking for solutions out there. Is SE even aware of this? Apparently, this is a prevalent problem among all TWC users, and TW is quite a famous company for the internet. Switching ISPs is not a choice, since a lot of regions in states only have TWC as their subscriber (California, SOCAL).

In an extremely reaction-timed game like FFXIV, even the slightest bit of lag is unacceptable, especially at the stage where you do Coil quests. I so happen to be at that stage, and I don't dare to even try it with this unbearable lag. FFXIV is fun, but this sort of problem isn't worth giving me a headache and will possibly lead to an unsubscription if not fixed in 2.1.

[redisdrunk]

Outside of SE and the ISP magically fixing the problem. The only suggestion is to use Pingzap, Battleping, or WTFast.

I'm getting desperate enough to consider using one of those, but do they violate the TOS in any way? I wouldn't if that's the case. As I understand them, they're just VPNs ensuring a straight(er) line to the game server with less chance for hiccups and screw ups in-between, but I'd still hesitate to use anything that touches the game in any way.

[gant2k1]

WTFast doenst work, but it does show me how many lag spikes im having...and in wanders palace alone had 25 lag spikes...it was crazy bad