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[Zumi]

I live on the West Coast, Oregon, beat all of savage alex and farmed all the gear in the old data center. 50 or so higher ping you might get from playing on the East Coast doesn't really do much of anything.

[marewa]

I saw a party finder last night that stated no players above 100ms ping.

[Vasala]

One thing to consider if you are having a higher ping is to do tracert to the server to see where the issue is. The issue could be somewhere between your home and the server and if so it may be a temporary issue with a specific network along the route.

[KarstenS]

Pretty much topic.

We had to drop our NIN from static because he's on the East Coast with such high ping. It's crazy.

So the social quality of the game community is not only going down, its already 6 feet under.

[Yahallo]

First off, to everyone who is saying that the statics and FC's that are kicking people are horrible people, do realize you can't use always use a normal behavioral standard for these things. Sometimes it really is just business if a group wants to be a certain level of competitiveness. Anyone who wants to play on that competitive level should understand this and accept if this happens to them. If they are unable to play on that same competitive level then they will have to find a group on a lower competitive level where their ping doesn't matter as much. When these things happen, there are no spiteful or hard feelings, it is just business.

I don't play at that level but I have met who do, and they are always professional about those situations. The person being kicked may even stay friends with the rest of the group and may still party with them in less stressful content or share information at later dates.

tl;dr Just because a static kicked someone for high ping doesn't mean they are horrible people. There's a different behavioral standard.

As for ways of reducing ping, VPN's to optimize your connection. I did a pathping in the cmd and noticed that my connection was getting routed all over the US (it even went back and forth between two states repeatedly for some reason). My ping before the move was 70-80 ms and now it is 110-130. With a VPN, I can get it to 80-100 ms (I route my connection to a node in San Jose from which it then goes straight to the game servers if my VPN's data is correct).

As for my personal recommendation for a VPN, I use Mudfish since the price is rather cheap. It is pay per traffic with 70 mb costing a penny. I played for roughly 12 hours today and my balance went down by only 4 cents. So assuming if I were to play for 12 hours a day for a whole month (30 days), I would only be paying $1.20 a month. Compare this to my previous VPN, Wtfast, which charged me $5 a month regardless of how much I used it, Mudfish is a better value. They also give you your first penny free to test it out before you commit. Just make sure you aren't patching the game with the VPN turned on.

Oh, and I believe Mudfish is a South Korean company if that matters to anyone.

[KarstenS]

Sometimes it really is just business if a group wants to be a certain level of competitiveness.

People, that hide their main character to hide their "competitiveness" in public or do it during a time where we have absolute no content for competitive progress without we can't proove what the change really means, are with a very high probability not competent or competitive.

[Yahallo]

People, that hide their main character to hide their "competitiveness" in public or do it during a time where we have absolute no content for competitive progress without we can't proove what the change really means, are with a very high probability not competent or competitive.

Someone was hiding their main character? If you are talking about me then I already stated that I don't play at that level.

As for the content currently available, people are more likely preparing themselves for Stormblood firsts. Even if when we don't have any current content for competitive clearing, doesn't mean people aren't preparing for when new content comes out. It is also easier to book replacements earlier than later.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised the people who were kicked remain friends with their former group. When such a decision is made, it isn't made with malice but with professionalism. It is just business. At this level, it is the same as being removed due to getting your arm cut off and thus being unable to play. This is a playing to win mindset, not playing for fun.

[akaneakki]

The OP is just ''trolling'' Idk why people go for the bait xD.

[Neophyte]

Why does OP say "business", when he just means "competition"?

And why are others arguing the fact that there are groups out there who joined this competition and have relativly strict selection criteria?

When I join a group by Chaos Raiding Central all members are not suddenly BFFs of mine and maybe we never get "close" at all. So ofc I'd get kicked if performance was an issue if group was advertised as a group who wants to compete with others for fast kills.

Funny is, People here are treating those few dozen "fast"/"pro" groups like an average group of fc members or other people you knowm like "OMG, you're kicking a best buddy just because he got minor ping increase? You're mean people and shouldn't play this funny, relaxing game!!!!"

They not quitted friendship, they kicked him out of the competition for not being competitive. Why do people mix that up?

I myself have a "serious" group consisting mostly of people I don't know on a "personal" level with my main and if I want to raid with my friends/fc (while lockout still in place) I use my alt.
If I get kicked with my main because of performance, I'd have to look for a group with lower standards, which I'd certainly find.

Bad for me, but certainly no "OMG, the world is so cruel and people are mean! *cry*"

Each and every person in this game has potential and if people work together as a team with patience any obstacle can be overcome (barring unplayable glitches). No one is trash, it's just the trashy mentality and elitism that gets in the way.

Is this from the movie "Major League" or from "The Mighty Ducks"?

[Transient_Shadow]

If your not afk or offline, or harassing someone then its a reportable offense.