Server Issues and Limitations

[DonMega]

I have found that the faster your PC is, the faster items move.

Its odd, but the day I upgraded my PC, items moved in half the time from my inventory to the trade window and to retainers.

i got my Comp specs on my profile, i've had the same Comp since jan. but the items have seem to move alittle faster in the last month or two for whatever reason, not great but it is alittle faster.

[Zangetsu]

I have found that the faster your PC is, the faster items move.

Its odd, but the day I upgraded my PC, items moved in half the time from my inventory to the trade window and to retainers.

Yup, I also upgraded PC and trading items got faster. If I'm in a zone with few people my trading is instant. There is still room for improvement though. And with action lag. If your experiencing long delay between when you press it and when it starts try lowering graphic settings a bit. 1 second is normal, 3 seconds is not.

[ChaoticUno]

I have found that the faster your PC is, the faster items move.

Its odd, but the day I upgraded my PC, items moved in half the time from my inventory to the trade window and to retainers.

HAHA if you say so. But from someone who has done alot of database/inventory programming. The speed of your computer has absolutely nothing to do with it. Your "client side" request for the "server to move the object from location A to location B" is so small and is literally a string of text like "Update tblthischaractersinventory set markedeleted='true' where recordid ='12543'" and "insert into tblthischarsretainer recordid ="12543", item='apple'" the server does all this work and then tells the client ok im done.......... your purely waiting on the server to say ok im done instead of the client side assuming the server will take care of this and updating itself the way World of Warcraft and Rift handle thier interface.

[Sorel]

I would appreciate a somewhat detailed answer to this as well. As a DBA, I have my own speculations as to the root cause of all of this, but I (and many others in the community) would like a better response to the following question:

"What are the server issues that need to be fixed?"

other than what we have been getting, which is:

"Please be patient until we fix the server issues."

That's not an answer to the question!!

We already know the Development Team is trying to fix server issues. We ARE being patient. But it will help us be even more patient if the Development Team just tells us what those issues actually are when we ask.

Many of us in the FFXIV community are not without skill in the world of computers, servers, networks, databases, and software development. We know the technical jargon. We'll understand what is told to us if they would just tell us!!

[Thanos]

They just need to client side the UI or have servers closer to us and we are good

[DonMega]

They just need to client side the UI or have servers closer to us and we are good

hopefully thats what the client/server communication system root remodeling is, the client side UI and such.

[DoctorMog]

We already know the Development Team is trying to fix server issues. We ARE being patient. But it will help us be even more patient if the Development Team just tells us what those issues actually are when we ask.

Many of us in the FFXIV community are not without skill in the world of computers, servers, networks, databases, and software development. We know the technical jargon. We'll understand what is told to us if they would just tell us!!

"WE ARE BEING PATIENT! NOW TELL US ALREADY!"

I lold

[TheVedis]

"WE ARE BEING PATIENT! NOW TELL US ALREADY!"

I lold

but but but im a paying customer and i deserve the right to have all my questions answered as i ask them!

[DoctorMog]

but but but im a paying customer and i deserve the right to have all my questions answered as i ask them!

Wait a minute...

[Sorel]

"WE ARE BEING PATIENT! NOW TELL US ALREADY!"

I lold

Thank you, thank you! I'll be in town all week. /em rimshot

We know they are working on the server issues.
We want them to keep on working on the server issues.
We will be patient as they are working on the server issues.
But at the same time, we'd also like them to tell us what those server issues actually are.

The impatience doesn't stem from them not fixing it, it stems from them not telling us what they are fixing.

It's like being delayed on a airplane, and the pilot saying :

"We're going to be delayed because the plane is having issues taking off. Once we fix those issues we'll be up in the air."

versus

"We're going to be delayed because our communications computer is having trouble maintaining contact with the tower. As soon as we get a team here to swap it out, we'll be ready for take off."

The first response will likely piss people off, the second response less so.