[Data Center USA] Ping increased. Report your changes here.

[DRHaymaker]

You'll just have to adjust your rotation to match your new ping. In 30 days, you'll have to readjust your rotation anyway due to the new SB abilities/changes.

That's like saying, "What, the game suddenly became unoptimized and you're starting to get hit with AoEs that you used to avoid due to lower frames? Big whoop, you'll just have to move sooner/quicker - you're going to have to do that anyways with new content coming out. It's not like those AoEs kill you anyways or your death means anything big when you do die, the content you're doing doesn't mean anything."

"It's not a big deal" isn't a valid argument - just because you don't care or it only really matters to (insert arbitrary line here), doesn't mean everyone else's points have no validity.

[LunarEmerald]

That's like saying, "What, the game suddenly became unoptimized and you're starting to get hit with AoEs that you used to avoid due to lower frames? Big whoop, you'll just have to move sooner/quicker - you're going to have to do that anyways with new content coming out. It's not like those AoEs kill you anyways or your death means anything big when you do die, the content you're doing doesn't mean anything."

"It's not a big deal" isn't a valid argument - just because you don't care or it only really matters to (insert arbitrary line here), doesn't mean everyone else's points have no validity.

Unless your ping IS REALLY bad (300+) then it's not an excuse for getting hit by aoes. That's just poor reaction time. It just means you have less leeway to screw up.

[Yujika]

Prime time right now on Balmung, and I pinged a smooth 288ms.

From 90ms, just three days ago.


Does it affect me? Yeah, it does. Noticeable lag, enjoy raiding? Tough, can't do it. Good thing I like taking screenshots, because until this is fixed, (which I'm sure it will be) that's all I'll be able to do. I've had enough of reading posts saying, "This doesn't affect you." "It doesn't matter." It does matter to the people that it's happening to, so let these people air their grievances so that maybe the devs will see it, and maybe something will be done about it to suit the majority of the player base faster.

[Hasrat]

Why can't this just be the first step in making that happen? Who's to say they're not already working on expanding further?

I mean, sure, they're probably not planning anything immediately. But I'm not one to expect them to churn out everything they might need all at once.

[Exiled_Tonberry]

Unless your ping IS REALLY bad (300+) then it's not an excuse for getting hit by aoes. That's just poor reaction time. It just means you have less leeway to screw up.

I like how you're just purposely missing the point now.
100+ ping doesn't only effect progression raiders. It's silly to even think that.

[LunarEmerald]

I like how you're just purposely missing the point now.
100+ ping doesn't only effect progression raiders. It's silly to even think that.

I didn't say it doesn't affect you, I said it's not a big deal unless you're a progression raider. A small dps loss isn't going to make or break the game for you. MUH DEEPS.

[Raikki]

I didn't say it doesn't affect you, I said it's not a big deal unless you're a progression raider. A small dps loss isn't going to make or break the game for you. MUH DEEPS.

For a lot of us it's not about "muh deeps" per se, it's about whether or not it's fun to play. If Fuma Shuriken clips my next GCD, for example, that's not just about DPS. It messes up the rhythm of the job. It feels clunky and uncomfortable. It's playable and you can still get good DPS with it, but it doesn't feel good to play anymore. That's the bigger issue.

[LunarEmerald]

For a lot of us it's not about "muh deeps" per se, it's about whether or not it's fun to play. If Fuma Shuriken clips my next GCD, for example, that's not just about DPS. It messes up the rhythm of the job. It feels clunky and uncomfortable. It's playable and you can still get good DPS with it, but it doesn't feel good to play anymore. That's the bigger issue.

All jobs are going to greatly change come StormBlood anyway. The value of skill speed will change the timing of everything alone. I feel things are being blown out of proportion.

Your bubble of comfort was gonna burst anyway, the server change just did it prematurely.

[Fourbestintoner]

It semi fix it, but would take some time to adjust.
Also I used to blizzard 3 dying enemies to gain quick umbral 3, but now if the enemy die before the cast end the animation still play but I'm still under astral 3, it's so enraging.

[Freyt]

We're seeing a lot of "The ping is unacceptable!" and "it's great guys just relax".

I feel like the under represented middle here. My ping was ~90, and now it's still ~90. To all the players who are complaining about getting ~90 ping, I just want to tell them to deal with it. The response to those kinds of statements seems to be "yeah but you like the change since you're benefiting so much", but nope just the same here.

So I guess I'm hoping this topic can help represent those of us who aren't really effected much, if at all, or those of us that just don't care.