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

[DracotheDragon]

my pings gotten to the point where i am getting hit from AOES i used to dodge, got to get the feel for this new ping, but its small, like possibly 0.2/0.3 seconds its noticible but i can adapt to it.

[Kosmos992k]

Unfortunately that person doesn't quite know what they're talking about. It's possible that NTT could improve their internal routing in the future, but the location of the datacenters is set in stone now. The Colorado address you're seeing is a business address that NTT America's IP's are registered to, but is not where they're being used. This is abundantly clear if you simply look at their website:

http://www.us.ntt.com/en/services/da...center/us.html

They are not running a Colorado datacenter. They have facilities in California, Virginia, and Texas. No matter what conspiracies you want to entertain, even if you want to ignore the fact that the route terminates right after a clearly-labeled "sacramento, ca" hop, the fact is that the low pings northwest players are getting now would not even be possible if it were in Virginia or Texas no matter how good the routing was. You're being asked to believe the Earth might be flat.

Insulting people doesn't help your accuracy.

What I stated about routing tables is correct, it's a matter of fact that routing tables are dynamic by design and continue to optimize where possible. I made no statement about any specific data center location, deferring to better information should SE release it. NTT improving their internal routing is one thing, but routing into NTT can optimize regardless of what NTT do internally.

[Alyx]

My wife is playing this game on a PS4 Pro with a SSD.

Her healing on AST went from GCD and close to it to laggy enough to die in about any AoE.

Why did you move the servers to a coastal location instead of a central location??

This decision was poorly made. Shut it down and fix it.

[Xlantaa]

cmd tells me 176, game tells me 2k+. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Game cannot show your IP. Game have not ping monitor. The thing that tells you 2000 is the number of packages sent/received.

I still don't understand why not add ping here too. Much more comfortable than using CMD, and also useful for pS4 players. The package thing is useless with out he ping monitor.

[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.

[Aronys]

EU player from Eastern Europe reporting, perfectly playable with 220ping I did Zurvan Ex as test (DPS) and everything was dodged as per normal. Healed through Dun Scaith, felt no difference. I could feel very small delay with spamming skills, I imagine DPS feels it most. I agree it is likely extremely frustrating for hard core raiders or those aiming for world's first where everything is optimized as best as possible. The rest however, I see no reason to panic and distress. If your friends matter more, stay on the NA center. If the mild delay in responses bothers you move if you have the option to.

That's good for you. I'm close to Eastern Europe, with a new ping of 200 and the delay is horrible. I get hit by something I dodged about 2 seconds ago, my abilities don't go off properly, I tested it in Dun Scaith and died to things I didn't even get a chance to react to...

[Len]

Thank you Square Enix, my ping is a lot better now after the move, it went from 320ms to 220ms. Please don't ever move it anywhere near the east coast again.

Are you even from North America?

If not, your voice on where servers designated from a region you're not even a part of counts for nothing. Be thankful that you have the privilege to even play on them.

[AlexanderThorolund]

How about no.

[Hasrat]

Right away, sire. Reimbursement for failing to consult your opinion will be forthcoming.

[AlexanderThorolund]

My ping is 32. So smooth