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[Azell]

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.

Same boat here, playing since 2.0, i cant even buy steam version and use my same account, i'd have to start over in order to pay with steam wallet. I just hope they see how badly they are hurting their supporters and maybe split primal and aether, make one west and other east. that would solve everyone's problem.

[LunarEmerald]

That's not a good argument at all. You don't need to have the game to be unplayable for your experience to be soured, and you don't need to be in the top percentile to have a valid point or opinion. The game is accessible to people with multiple interests, but certain changes should only be a big deal to a smaller % of a small %? That's not smart on a business level, which it's reasonable to say that was the basis of the location of the datacenter.

The point is that people are drama queens. You'll just have to adjust your rotation to match your new ping. In 30 days, you'll have to readjust your rotation anyway due to the new SB abilities/changes.

[AxlStream]

Quebec, Canada

Went from about 20ish to 98. Not as bad as I expected.

[DRHaymaker]

You'll just have to adjust your rotation to match your new ping. In 30 days, you'll have to readjust your rotation anyway due to the new SB abilities/changes.

That's like saying, "What, the game suddenly became unoptimized and you're starting to get hit with AoEs that you used to avoid due to lower frames? Big whoop, you'll just have to move sooner/quicker - you're going to have to do that anyways with new content coming out. It's not like those AoEs kill you anyways or your death means anything big when you do die, the content you're doing doesn't mean anything."

"It's not a big deal" isn't a valid argument - just because you don't care or it only really matters to (insert arbitrary line here), doesn't mean everyone else's points have no validity.

[LunarEmerald]

That's like saying, "What, the game suddenly became unoptimized and you're starting to get hit with AoEs that you used to avoid due to lower frames? Big whoop, you'll just have to move sooner/quicker - you're going to have to do that anyways with new content coming out. It's not like those AoEs kill you anyways or your death means anything big when you do die, the content you're doing doesn't mean anything."

"It's not a big deal" isn't a valid argument - just because you don't care or it only really matters to (insert arbitrary line here), doesn't mean everyone else's points have no validity.

Unless your ping IS REALLY bad (300+) then it's not an excuse for getting hit by aoes. That's just poor reaction time. It just means you have less leeway to screw up.

[IndoX]

I currently reside in Miami,Florida . I had no idea what my ping was before the servers move but the game played just fine.

Now I check the ping after the server move...getting 115-120ms average. Game is still playable but Ninja mudras feel slightly laggy than before. Not exactly game breaking but it still feels like a small downgrade.

Also from Miami, FL. On average I get 130ms. In dungeons it can spike up to 150ms at times. With WTFast ping averages in the 80ms range which is what I'm normally used to for servers located in the West Coast. So I'm not sure if it's my ISP or if it's the new servers. Other MMOs located in the West Coast don't generate 100ms+ for me.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Also from Miami, FL. On average I get 130ms. In dungeons it can spike up to 150ms at times. With WTFast ping averages in the 80ms range which is what I'm normally used to for servers located in the West Coast. So I'm not sure if it's my ISP or if it's the new servers. Other MMOs located in the West Coast don't generate 100ms+ for me.

If your ping is lower with WTFast, its not the servers. Its your ISP's routing.

[Canadane]

The ping is the least of my worries.
I route through Level3 now where I didn't before. This is sad times.

[Gaiussenpai]

Tell me where SE will get that money bro and maybe I will quit everything I worked just for some hancho bancho rando east coaster, SA and EU players who stayed knowing full well they will get shafted.

[Saito_S]

Oh I read it :P
Politics has a time and a place, and although the FFXIV forums aren't one of them, they're not entirely off base.

"We shouldn't discuss politics here! But, you know, they're right about that politics-based broad brush insult. Haha."

Yeah, good job. Sorry* if California's comparative progressiveness upsets you, but it has absolutely nothing to do with FFXIV or the consequences of the servers being here.

*not really