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

[Sighearth]

It seems that for us, our ping went to 150-200 avg to 230 - 300 from most ppl I have talked to. As we don't have any options, since EUR data center is about the same if not worse and there is 0% chance for us to get a server ever.What are you guys planning to do? Move to EUR? Pay more money to try use a VPN to get what we were used? Stop playing altogether?

[AngelyLowell]

I'm from Brazil and I play in a PS4.

I can't use proxy programs to help with better ping.

My ping now is 205 with the new server. It's so sad. =(

But I'll keep playing and see if changes doing EX and Savages. Not planning to stop.

[anryo]

Really thinking about what I'll do next. While we can use a VPN to get a bit of improvement, with our currencies, at least in Brazil, its basically playing a second monthly subscription price. I went from 170 to 235, and as someone who raid, 235 is REALLY really hard to accept, specially in progression. I'm still waiting to see if Yoshi and SE team will say something, but at now I lost all my motivation, even thinking about canceling my SB pre-order and all.

[BloodRubyXII]

I'm not great at geography but didn't the servers used to be in like Canada or something? If so I'd have thought you were better off now cos I thought California is closer to Brazil than Canada lol.

[anryo]

I'm not great at geography but didn't the servers used to be in like Canada or something? If so I'd have thought you were better off now cos I thought California is closer to Brazil than Canada lol.

Thats not how it works, internet packets need to go on routes, and there's basically no good routes to USW, since SA cables go mostly by the sea to NY region or whatever.

[cakesphere]

I'm not great at geography but didn't the servers used to be in like Canada or something? If so I'd have thought you were better off now cos I thought California is closer to Brazil than Canada lol.

1. Brazil, which I'm assuming is where the majority of SA players are, is east SA not west.
2. Routing - it would have been a fairly straight shot all the way north to Montreal, I'm guessing SA is now being routed to NY and then west across the country to CA, or something to that effect. The only way to alter it would be to pay extra for a VPN which I imagine might be a problem with how currencies convert

When yoship said this game is playable with 200ms, i had a good laugh, he never ever ever tested ninja at 200ms, or stance dance with CS during savage progression.

Not even Jesus Christ himself could twist mudras at 200ms

[Silkerin]

i will try with a vpn later, before the move i usually had 110 with a vpn, i wonder how it will go now tho, if it doesnt get better with a bit of time and if the vpn doesnt fix it much, i will just stop playing.

[Hey123]

i will try with a vpn later, before the move i usually had 110 with a vpn, i wonder how it will go now tho, if it doesnt get better with a bit of time and if the vpn doesnt fix it much, i will just stop playing.

What vpn you use and how you configurate it?

[Zalleh]

As someone said before, using VPN + sub + retainers makes the game expensive to sustain, playing from Brazil. Some people use the Steam version to pay the sub and Steam's USD to BRL conversion makes the sub affordable and they also avoid taxes by doing that. Still, for us early adopters who have been playing the game since launch it sucks because we can't get that option and have to pay for all the services in dollars. As an early supporter, I got the shaft, but I chose to overlook that since I love the game so much.

As for the ping, I got excited because inside my housing ward I could do things with my opener that I NEVER could do before, but then I saw on reddit that the housing wards respond differently to player input. I tested on SSS and I am losing from 2 to 3 GCDs on openers, depending on the class. The cumulative clipping will eat several GCDs in the course of a fight, which basically destroys any plans that I or fellow Brazilians had of raiding seriously in Stormblood.

[Zalleh]

Continue:

I literally spent most of my morning crying because Final Fantasy XIV has been a huge part of my life now, but I just can't settle for being mediocre at best. Without VPN I'm getting 330ms and with VPN anywhere from 180ms to 200ms. Red Mage is my favorite class in the entire franchise and I was so excited, but my motivation has disappeared in just a few hours. Final Fantasy XIV was the only place where I felt I was good at something and I got that taken away from me just like that.

I will still give the new servers some weeks to settle and see if the situation gets better, but if they don't I am going to have to face the possibility of leaving the game. As much as it makes me sad, I just can't play a game in which I will be constantly reminding myself of how much harm I'll be doing to people that are playing with me.