Quote Originally Posted by Galibier View Post
SE has even less influence, and more expense than the ISP though. The ISPs and peers like Level 3 are always fighting. Level 3 thinks the ISPs aren't giving them their fair share, the ISPs say "we have the stronger bargaining position suck it up. The amount of money to move the data centers from Montreal would be, in terms of ROI, A LOT more than it would cost Level 3 to upgrade their infrastructure at their choke points. In essence you are blaming SE for not supplying an adequate supply of water when someone else controls the valves between you and your house. Also remember the issue likely would not improve. The load would just get transferred from one city to another and unless Level 3 upgraded there the problem would follow. Not much SE can do about this it seems.
If they are charging money for the water supply then yes, I will blame who I pay. A person should not sell something if they don't own it. Is it Level3's fault? Yes. It is. But Square Enix is charging money for a service that is not accessible to those it's charging. That is failure to provide services rendered. Regardless of where the blame lay, if I order something and I do not receive it I expect to get my money back for it.

I'm not sure how bad the lags is for others, but in my case, this game is completely unplayable during the hours of 7pm EST to 10:30pm EST every day. If one works from 9am to 5pm weekdays, allowing for travel time home from work, and then dinner, one would just be sitting down at their computer shortly before 7pm to enjoy the entertainment they paid for. But nope... unable to keep a persistent connection and even during the times you are able to, you are lagging so badly you cannot even fish because you lose them all. If you'd like to play you must wait until around close to 11pm, keeping in mind you have to be up the following morning for work so you're not going to be playing very long at those hours.