does anyone use WTFast?

[bloodSp3c]

I play on the NA Center, so that makes sense. I have to keep trying out connections cause I still get 110ms :x

thats still allot better than me lol

australia is so dam far away from the rest of the world for one and our whole countrys broadband infrastructure is basically poo.
without wtfast my ms is around the 270 mark but with wtfast im at 130 - thats the best i could come up with after playing around with the port/servers choices etc

[wicked-one]

I don´t use WTFast but something similar (a PPTP VPN Tunnel to a Server at another ISP).

I use it when my ISPs Uplinks at the VIX are overloaded due to netflix and stuff. That´s the perfect scenario where WTFast really may make a difference.

A VPN Tool can improve in 2 ways, you can sometimes avoid congested Links (depending on where WTFast/VPN sets it´s endpoint) and/or avoid P2P Traffic Throttling, due to encrypting the Traffic (and ISPs see VPN Traffic more important than your game traffic)

But be aware, results may vary from user to user and from 0 to hero...

for example, if your "last mile" is broken, you wont notice anything.

[Zebyxus]

Being from Australia and reading this actually makes me want to shake my head, then maybe do something untoward to SE. But mainly shake my head. I'm locked into a NA server as I'm committed to running my FC on Adamantoise, and I'm currently getting lag spikes that are bricking the game for me while I'm trying to do simple things like craft.

I am usually a very big advocate for not using anything that other systems can't use (i.e. anything that a PS player can't use, PC shouldn't use either) to keep things level and stop the inherent attitudes that come with it. But when a program actually lets me play the game and not worry about whether or not I (and/or others) are still going to be alive when my system processes the micro-stroke that is the incoming data during a fight, I'm going to start saying to people to use it.

[Zebyxus]

(considering I hit the character limit last post)

I'm going to try out the premium version of WTFast soon, and if it's as good as they purport, then I'll be staying with it. But it is very VERY aggravating (to say the least) that I need to use a third party program in order to make SE's product work.

[Whiston]

But it is very VERY aggravating (to say the least) that I need to use a third party program in order to make SE's product work.

Rather than being of the mindset that you need to use this service to get SE's product to work, think of it more as you are using this service to make your own product compatible with the product SE is offering.

[Arkenne]

Im in México at around 3,000km away from the servers, and I have to use WTFast to play this game. Albeit Im sticking to the free-renewable sub version of this program.

Still, for the distance, I still get a 112~130ms ping... its frustrating for playing Ninja. Guess it shows how shitty my internet is...

[Frost_Trunks]

I have used the premium. I used it for three months. For the first couple of months, I could not see the Internet vs WTFast comparison. I think it was due to the modem/router I was using. I have since switched to a modem + router combo and I can see the comparison. The connection was hit or miss "better." At some points it was worse. The funny part? My wife and I both play. She doesn't use WTFast and we both rubber band at the same time. That leads me to believe the server is at fault there. I live in Ohio.

[Gilraen]

I don't know, WTFast your mileage may vary. There's been more than a few horror stories about using the service, and worse ones about trying to get rid of it. It's been enough to keep me away from it, not that it'd be of any benefit to me given I play on a console (and for good reason).

[Voltron_HD]

I wish something like this existed for PS4 users

[Zebyxus]

Rather than being of the mindset that you need to use this service to get SE's product to work, think of it more as you are using this service to make your own product compatible with the product SE is offering.

That is also true, but it still is not an ideal situation to be in just to use the product normally. I would understand more if there was Geo-locking in place and I had to use a VPN to set an exit point in the US in order to access the game, but this is not the case.