Of the 4 GATEs I've participated in, all of them suffer from such a severe level of lag that it becomes nigh impossible to complete as you literally cannot see the NPCs load in for a few seconds too long.

I am on Balmung, am in the US, and as stated, on PS3.

What's bewildering to me is that FATEs, even in populated areas like Mor Dhona, never have this level of severity in the lag, so my only guess is that there must be a few HUNDRED players running around that literally never load in on my system. Which is a shame as my fellow FC members seem to enjoy a few of them quite a bit.

And yes, I do plan to upgrade in a month or so to PS4 for Heavensward, but it's another in a long list of reasons why the poor PS3 is too underpowered for the game to function fully. It's just something I think needs to have attention brought to it since there is a chance SE could further boost NPC priority on loading for people without the luxury of getting an upgrade.