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

[Riardon]

Has anyone considered just waiting to see if it has any real impact on you before FREAKING OUT?

Staying calm is boring. Freaking out in forums during server downtime gives you something to do. Popcorns and F5 ftw.

[DRHaymaker]

Has anyone considered just waiting to see if it has any real impact on you before FREAKING OUT?

The majority of people aren't freaking out, relative to things that people have freaked out about in FFXIV/MMOs in general. The people freaking out more looks like the people who are claiming others are freaking out.

[RubenSnizzle]

you can't ping the server itsself, but you can ping the IP of Raging Wires / NTT which leads to the data centers. The IP for that is 204.2.229.234.

So you have two options

1. If you are a PC user open up CMD or Windows PowerShell and type in following


2. If you don't use a PC or CMD is just too confusing to you just use a testserver in Sacramento by visiting speedtest.net. change the server to anywhere in Sacramento and start. It might not represent your latency you end up with but you have a general idea how the relocation will affect you.

I really hope it isn't there...just pinged 300 lol, i'll definitly quit 14 if it's that laggy..

[Xerxus___]

Thank you very much for the reply and clearing it up for us, cheers

[Shougun]

As an East Coaster, I don't disagree with you. Pity they didn't host it somewhere over here. I have no idea why the West Coast seems so popular for MMOs. Blizzard at least has its HQ there, so them I can accept, but does SE have an office over there or something?

Unless Canada was charging an arm and a leg and it really was all about money. Logically it costs quite a bit just to move things, and shut down servers, all that jazz -and if they were not lying this move will afford them more options in development.. then I would assume it's because it services most of the NA population well.

Of course I have no idea what the population break down of FFXIV players is, but again to me it would be weird to spend a lot of money and time moving things unless the savings are astounding or if it is actually for general benefit of most players. EU consideration being none now though, since SE now has EU servers - which sucks for people who stuck with the NA servers when they're EU but it sort of makes sense as its no longer the "NA + EU" server.

Although I would note WoW has data centers across the whole of US... So.. East coast player would still play on the east, and the west on the west :P. I assume that is most optimal for everyone. http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/US_rea..._by_datacenter (Of course this is extra costly, and depending on the amount of players you have.. an issue with player density if spread out too much).

Definitely we should all wait to see what the gain/damage is, and wait past any new server stability issues which we might get too (got to break in that new server smell ;D).

[KuraiKiserogeru]

From 140 ping to 187 ping...

[Random0]

Only thing that bothers me about them choosing Sacramento, CA, is that when California inevitably drops off into the pacific from an earthquake, there goes the Servers.

What bothers me is everything:
Location you are going to screw up international players, Server Cost since California ain't cheap and to make it even worst if some natural disaster hits the place, 2 weeks without FFXIV just like happened with FFXI.

Native Californian must now chip in - Sacramento is on the 'safe' side of the seismically active fault zone that extends from the San Francisco Bay southwards towards Baja California (check a map, Sac is Northeasterly from SF). It's a very attractive location for IT infrastructure since it's relatively close to the major technology industry hub in Silicon Valley, yet far enough removed that a major seismic event won't disrupt operations. Great place for an internet services company to park their hardware and not have to worry about an earthquake knocking all your shit over.

[Sagittarii]

When I heard the NA data center was changing, my first guess was somewhere in El Segundo, CA, because that's where the NA office is, and there are a lot of data centers in the area.

If it's in Sacramento, that's still just a 1hr flight from the NA Square-Enix office.

[LaylaTsarra]

Has anyone considered just waiting to see if it has any real impact on you before FREAKING OUT?

Oh my how dare you... this is the forum and the Sky is Always Falling here!

[Oxmodial]

As an East Coaster, I don't disagree with you. Pity they didn't host it somewhere over here. I have no idea why the West Coast seems so popular for MMOs. Blizzard at least has its HQ there, so them I can accept, but does SE have an office over there or something?

Exactly what MMOs besides WoW have servers over here? Everything is in Texas/Chicago or east coast.