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

[Lokryn]

And to be honest folks, physical distance =/= better or worse ping in the ways most think nowadays.

Part of the reason the current location had issues was because literally all traffic was being routed through a single final hop that was unable to meet he demand. This resulted in alot of lag and dc issues over the past couple of years.

This new location may be farther for some but if the routing is through more robust routers/"hops" and has more then 1 final routing jump in the host city, its literally like making a 2 lane highway into a 8 lane. so again, wait until the servers are live and fully resolved before jumping on SE.

At the moment your taking info from as of this moment, an unresolved DNS tracert.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Where was Aether originally located?
I hope for east coast(though its a bit selfish) or at least something Central, that way nobody gets put on the opposite coast..
If Aether was not in usa at all before, it might be better even if its centralized or CA, and if thats the case id be happy with either.

Montreal. Most believe they're moving to central USA, with Chicago and Texas being the favourite guesses.

[thorkellthetall]

Keep in mind that even if the new location directly benefits you on the east or west coast, it negatively affects the ping of people not so fortunate. And you have to play with them. A centralized location is the best case scenario for everyone involved.

[xJimmehx]

Aether and Primal were originally located on the East Coast, in Montreal I believe.

Montreal. Most believe they're moving to central USA, with Chicago and Texas being the favourite guesses.

Thank you very much.

[Lokryn]

You're missing the part where 204.2.229.234 is already pingable on that route:

ae-1.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.7.31) 
xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (129.250.195.46) 
204.2.229.234 (204.2.229.234)

Same netblock:

network:IP-Network-Block:204.2.229.0 - 204.2.229.255

And again, the final hop cant be resolved. So for all we know thats where it thinks it may have been. DNS routing tables still havent fully resolved as the final host is not live.

[Raikki]

And again, the final hop cant be resolved. So for all we know thats where it thinks it may have been. DNS routing tables still havent fully resolved as the final host is not live.

You're woefully confused about the difference between DNS and routing.

[loreleidiangelo]

I feel like Canucks are gonna get boned either way, but here's hoping that's not the case. I have a lot of Canadian friends who play this game.

[Tiraelina]

And again, the final hop cant be resolved. So for all we know thats where it thinks it may have been. DNS routing tables still havent fully resolved as the final host is not live.

It's usually common practice that you don't let the outside world feel out the inside of a data center.

[Lokryn]

Anywho.

Left side is the "new" location, right side is the Old location.

For those that are freaking out over the small increase in Ping. See below. I am in MD, and this is a comparison off what we know form the current tracerts. While the ping went up it's still below 100MS which is more then ok in FFXIV since it already has a baseline lag built in. Second, Not one hop involving the fun time company called Level 3 which as you can see on the right, has massive packet loss.

I'll take a marginally higher ping over 33%+ PL any day.

http://imgur.com/a/5utR5

[Mature]

They offered EU users free transfers when they moved the EU data center, it would be stupid not to offer the same for NA users.

I hope this happens again. my concerned is the amount of Gil I got and they won't allowed me to take. Gil that earned and saved for over 3 years. That's my main issue