IS THIS A JOKE?! NOTHING was done to fix the netcode.

[Shirai]

A ping just tells you that you have a connection with the server, it is unreliable at best for any data on connection quality.

This tells you, per hop, how your connection is with the server and all the hops your ISP takes between them is.
It also tells you which hop it is that might be causing lag problems.

If you download the program, put in the IP adress of the server and let it run for, let's say 1000 or 1500 packets you should be getting a reliable image.

[Zeronic]

You could, you know, just use customer support? I had a problem, it took a while to respond true. But with all correct information they gave me some solutions to improve my connection. I live in The Netherlands, and I don't need WTFast or anything of the sorts to play properly. Had 1 issues after that with Titan HM. Got hit by bombs I swore I Dodged. I got better at it and had no issues afterwards. I even run it for fun. Since the update, I can even be a bit careless there and still dodge. No issues whatsoever.
Just... have a little faith. Or at least ask square for help instead of ranting on the forum where no DEV will help you

[reality_check]

You could, you know, just use customer support? I had a problem, it took a while to respond true. But with all correct information they gave me some solutions to improve my connection. I live in The Netherlands, and I don't need WTFast or anything of the sorts to play properly. Had 1 issues after that with Titan HM. Got hit by bombs I swore I Dodged. I got better at it and had no issues afterwards. I even run it for fun. Since the update, I can even be a bit careless there and still dodge. No issues whatsoever.
Just... have a little faith. Or at least ask square for help instead of ranting on the forum where no DEV will help you

The last thread I made about this issue was like 200 pages with no reply. Every time I tried to contact customer service to ask about how to fix my netcode there was no reply. I paged GMs, even tried to call customer service one time. They will pretend the issue does not exist.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

maybe you should do a trace route...

[LordSideKicks]

Erm.. Singapore got to be next to America. Coz I dodged...

[Tyzeon]

The content is unplayable for me at the moment. Watch the video. You don't need "skill" to beat Titan extreme. You need a connection that FFXIV servers like and play friendly with.

I just beat Titan tonight on my 68th try, don't blame lag for the fact your skills are lacking also jumping doesn't help you do anything but look like a fool when you die to Landslide or plums. I say do the fight, learn the rotations, and most of all learn to play the game, I bet you Fate grind your way to 50 did the group dungeons only once to speed through the story, got to Hardmode Primals and they did the Harlem shake all over your ass and now you're blaming the servers for it LOL!!!!

[Aicha]

Wow white nights just defend anything. It isn't any EU ISP's fault it is SE's fault that they don't have an EU datacenter in a game so dependent on dodging stuff.

[Shirai]

Wow white nights just defend anything. It isn't any EU ISP's fault it is SE's fault that they don't have an EU datacenter in a game so dependent on dodging stuff.

Wow, reading comprehension at its finest.

Note that the OP lives in Canada!

[Kewitt]

All SE needs to do to solve all of these issues, is extend the cast time of all mob abilities by .1-.2 seconds.

Sure elite people will fast connections may find content a joke. But they already are. Where anyone with any bit of a connection issue is failing way to often when it's not them or server but 3rd party ISP issues/ time of day/ something out of there control.

[Aegis]

I've had the same problems described by many in the thread, but managed to fix it using three seperate fixes.

The first, and most effective was Leatrix's Latency Fix which, as I understand it, increases the rate at which your PC sends updates to the server. For eficiency, normally your PC waits until it has a certain amount of information before sending the packet of data. This fix reduces the amount of information it waitd for (I think. I am by no means a techie and I am open to be corrected).

The second, and also very effective step, is to turn down the graphics setting. I know, I know, my PC can handle this game in its sleep, but getting a solid 90fps makes a huge difference (for my wife's laptop it was the difference between having to move before plumes to being able to wait to actually see them).

The third, is a couple of tweaks to registry settings.

Finally, if you are on a wireless network. Through CMD run ping -t {ip address of your router} keep an eye on it for a couple of minutes. Ping should usually be less than 10 ms. If you see spikes of over a hundred more than once a minute or so, it might be worth downloading WLAN optimiser (some version of windows have this as standard; 7 and 8 don't). This changes how often windows checks for wireless networks, which may be the cause of the ping spikes.


Like I said, not a techie, but these things worked for me (UK based). I used to have to pre-emptively dodge plumes to have any chance of surviving, now I don't exactly have a lot of time, but I never get hit any more.