Quote Originally Posted by Rekujen View Post
Playing from New Zealand (300 ping)
Battleping (160 ping)

VPN makes a huge difference, I always ALWAYS dodge stuff with Battleping enabled.

It's a shame that I have to pay for 2 services (ffxiv+battleping) just to enjoy this game, where as games like WoW I have no problem dodging stuff and my ping is 150 without a VPN...

Would be nice if they worked closer with ISP's to sort this problem out, unfortunately Square doesn't care so I'll have to continue paying for VPN.
You think they don't care? That's ridiculous. WoW has servers all over the world. Square has server in Canada and Japan only. In that situation you find it suprising that from New Zealand has a worse connection to FFXIV than WoW? OBVIOUSLY it will have a worse connection. This isn't a single indication that they don't care at all, and is instead just a prime example of you jumping to conclusions just because you're having a bad time. You have absolutely no idea what they do or don't care about or what they are trying to do behind closed doors. Not a single person here does.

Quote Originally Posted by snakey77 View Post
firstly it was a suggestion and hey lets edit my original post so it saves white knights such as your self the embarrassment of being wrong!!!! unless you can answer why they have a free weekend login?????
Answer: Elder Scrolls Online Beta Weekend. I, and many others here, had the Beta invite. I almost spent all weekend playing it instead of FFXIV. (Almost) You can't keep putting your head in the sand to ignore the most obvious and plausible answer possible.