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[WistariaEyes]

My ping went from 120 to 200.
I am so upset about this whole thing. I still can't believe it's actually happening.

The thing is I would normally just move to EU and forget all about this.
However, my SO is in the US and if I make him move to EU he wouldn't get to enjoy the game. (he tested it and got around 250-300 ms on EU server). And if I stay then I would be the one who wouldn't get to enjoy the game.
We both preordered Stormblood and have been excited to play together. Now I honestly don't know what to do and it's killing me inside that things went the way they did.

I know that people keep saying that the game is playable at 220ms or less, but it just isn't enjoyable. I used to be able to pull off 6 Ruin IIIs during DWT every single time, and now I barely make it to 5. Attempting to go for 6 almost always results in losing DWT...it just feels bad and not fun at all.

[Kyouki]

However, my SO is in the US and if I make him move to EU he wouldn't get to enjoy the game. (he tested it and got around 250-300 ms on EU server). And if I stay then I would be the one who wouldn't get to enjoy the game.
We both preordered Stormblood and have been excited to play together. Now I honestly don't know what to do and it's killing me inside that things went the way they did.

I can feel your pain. After my XI friends stopped playing XIV i thought about switching servers. I started to buy resellable stuff. Then i found new friends in my current FC and i really feel "home". Of course they are all americans.


Now it feels like i have to decide between the love for final fantasy or the love for these ppl. That is just not right. I should not be in the position where i have to chose between friends and ping. And right now i think that i would rather quit the game. It is heartbreaking

If SE would make cross server friendships (across all data centers) and allow us to play everything together, not just cross server dungeons.. Just like Blizzard did with WoW. You can be on 3 different servers with 4 ppl and you can still play together what ever content you want.

[KeaneR]

I know that people keep saying that the game is playable at 220ms or less, but it just isn't enjoyable. I used to be able to pull off 6 Ruin IIIs during DWT every single time, and now I barely make it to 5. Attempting to go for 6 almost always results in losing DWT...it just feels bad and not fun at all.

Ping can't be the only thing affecting this. I'm on the west coast of England and after reading your post I tested this on my SMN. My ping went from 90+ to 180+, yet I could previously only get 5 Ruin IIIs off during DWT and I can now get 6 comfortably. Strange!

[Sarevok_Thordin]

Ping can't be the only thing affecting this. I'm on the west coast of England and after reading your post I tested this on my SMN. My ping went from 90+ to 180+, yet I could previously only get 5 Ruin IIIs off during DWT and I can now get 6 comfortably. Strange!

There was packet loss before reported thanks to level 3's hideous network.