So EU Datacentre's ? (REAL ONES)

[theflo84]

With our atlantic connection, we have better connections to the NA servers from the EU than most of the North American population does. We're always at around 100m/s, that's about the norm for everyone no matter where you're from. That's good to me, really. There's no need to additional servers in the EU for anything. It's just going to break up friends, and i like playing with americans (sometimes).

And why should they leave...? If the Wohle Datacenter would be transfered to Europe your Friends would also be transfered to the DC...

No One would quit just because of this. Besides that... There is a very good Chance that the "New Connection" to Europe would be better than the current One for you and your frinds.

Well.... At least i dort think it would be worse.

[EikoCeuracanth]

Personally I'm not having issues of connection. Basically they are probably organizing it well to reduce the effect of the latency so we don't feel it. but latency there surely is because of the big network cables that are extended from USA to London and then from London to rest of europe...

It is just logic... If they call it Europe datacenter, put it in europe... If not rename it, seriously...

It's actually the NA/EU data center implying it services both regions, which would imply locating it in eastern NA was probably the best decision from a ping for everyone standpoint. Who knows when new EU servers are added we might see an EU data center be created.

[Shioban]

Personally I'm not having issues of connection. Basically they are probably organizing it well to reduce the effect of the latency so we don't feel it. but latency there surely is because of the big network cables that are extended from USA to London and then from London to rest of europe...

It is just logic... If they call it Europe datacenter, put it in Europe... If not rename it, seriously...

It was labeled as an EU data-center so that European players could play together.

As the game has a heavy focus on Free Companies and Free Company activities (usually static groups).

Players called for an EU label so they could find players in their time-zones to play with, as North American servers would cause time-differentiation or language issues.



For example all the majority of French players go to Moogle (EU), so they have a similar time-zone and language set (regardless of the server location).

This just isn't true, I know people too.. dotted around Europe and the middle east and they have a different story than the one you portray, some people are just lucky and don't experience it for some reason or perhaps don't notice it.

I can assure you that you're not going to get knocked off the edge in Titan HM because you have 100-140ms, you're just not moving out it before the CAST bar finishes (the graphic means nothing compared to the cast bar, as the dev team have stated before). You would not get 40-60ms unless the server as situated within 1,000-2,000 miles or less of you, in this case there would need to be a French/German data-centre and a Middle-Eastern Datacentre.


And I can also assure you, if you're getting hit in Titan HM under the current data-centre, you're still going to get his with this one as it's not an issue with the server, the problem lies yet again most likely in the connection for your AREA.. Hundreds of thousands of people who live further across the world than you do are able to clear Titan HM with 100-200ms, it really isn't that bad in FFXIV.

Not you personally (although it could be), there are just some areas in cities/towns and various countries where the overall connection hops between You > Server > You isn't as fast or stable and therefore latency issues occur, this is not Square Enix fault and they're simply not liable or likely to fix/respond to it.

Any response in the past to a physical EU datacentre has been shot down (as i'll explain below)

Nobody is forcing you to break up friends though, if you currently play on Behemoth its not an EU server so it wouldn't effect you.

It's not about "breaking up with friends", that's not the point I'm making. This is an issue of money.

Datacentres are very very VERY expensive to set-up a new data-centre.

Hundreds of thousands for just one or two servers alone, so no it won't affect me but it will affect the game overall.



And as I said before, it's a case of the connection in your area. 100-140 ms for an MMO is perfectly fine, there is nothing in this game that is unplayable until you hit around 300ms+.

I'm in England on us server and I rarely lagged before (on ps3)
Now I'm on ps4 I never lag
Maybe it's a problem at your end rather than servers?

It is a personal connection issue, either in their own home or the area they live in (but they'll still argue otherwise)

[Ddmk]

I'm in England on us server and I rarely lagged before (on ps3)
Now I'm on ps4 I never lag
Maybe it's a problem at your end rather than servers?

[Hali]

Everytime someone cries about "wahh 100ms is too much T_______T SE pander to my needs as I can't play on a stable and fast connection." A kitten is stabbed.

Shut up and git gud.

[Heat]

i'm at around 100m/s using a VPN without it i would be around 300m/s

[Saccharin]

I'm 100ms and sometimes spike to 130/150ms. I actually get a better connection to Canada than I do to some US games from the UK. My ISP is Virgin Media (cable). I started doing the hard modes this week and I've noticed something. The servers are much better now with positioning. I like to move out of 'fire' and stop just at the end of it but still out of it. It's neater and helps when you get bosses that spit puddles out this allows less space to be taken up. Anyways, I noticed when I am out of it a bit I still get hit but if I just continue on I don't - even if it looks like I will get hit. Perhaps it's down to server polling and deceleration. I don't know. I did remember that there were posts that jumping and such the server only registers your new position when you land so if you're still jumping it'll still be the original location.#

Just my observations.

[snakey77]

I'm at 290-300ms i live in australia but i live with the fact that ill never do titan ex or ifrit ex with out a buy or carry garuda ex is quite an easy fight not much to dodge really i focus on other things but with end game stuff its never going to happen i made my choice to to go the us server but even on the jp server I'm pushing 150-190ms so i live with it but needless to say its quite annoying would be nice if they did focus more on the region instead of just the jp server and us server (be nice if they did dedicate a specific oceanic english speaking server where aussies etc could go theres enough of us) guess they have to have laggy latency affected players who pay there sub living in hope!note before you say it I'm NOT paying for extra stuff just to lower my latency i already pay a sub fee and it seems kinda shitty that SE won't acknowledge or comment on this bullshit but there sweep it under the rug and hope the players that suffer just go away seems to be working for them for now!!

[Everdark]

I'd be at around 500ms without a VPN with one im at 250-300ms.

lrn2play.

[Waliel]

I just wish it wouldn't so frequently take over half a second to cancel spell cast.