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[dragonseth07]

Wow. So you kicked everyone from the West coast before the switch? Brutal.

[TheLastDream]

It's a business decision, Sometimes you have to cut the dead weight...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Wow. So you kicked everyone from the West coast before the switch? Brutal.

I know right, I guess I was never able to complete a11s due to my west coast high ping. Best part is, I moved from florida to washington, and my ping didnt really change at all.

lol

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Sounds like an overreaction. Good for the NIN though. If a group is willing to kick him for things out of his control, he can hopefully find a better one with at least a bit more reason and sense of teamwork.

For anyone else with the itch: Be patient, don't go making drastic changes because "the sky is falling".

[YitharV2]

I've translated a more concise version of the OP that someone else wrote up on Reddit and posted it in the JP General Discussion here. Japanese isn't my native language but I think I at least got the message across.

[JunseiKei]

Huh.

5/8 of our raid members are east coast.

We've had no issues and ran raids just to see how badly the switch affected us. Turns out, the rust from not having run them in a while was more of an issue.

[Yurimi]

Whether this topic is made in jest or not this is something I fully expect to start happening for progression raid groups that focus on optimization and racing to world first.

If you are clipping GCD with your 2nd oGCD (or you play ninja at all) you will simply no longer perform to the same standard you may have before. Sad fact is in those kinds of groups it isnt personal it really is just business and you will be replaced with someone who can just as any raider who couldnt optimize would be.

I cant say whether or not I am for the move. My ping increased rather significantly and I main heal so we will see what tonights raid brings but if I do find the game unplayable (or my group decides to remove me for poor performance at some point which I wont hold against them) I really dont have much issue looking elsewhere for entertainment as I am not particularly tied to this game and am for the most part a raid logger these days.

I do have to question what SE was thinking though as the people still around were willing to deal with it or were willing to pay for a VPN or were not noticeably suffering but with the move they arent going to recoup many of those who left due to it and now they just went and angered a whole new group potentially losing more customers over an issue that had by this point long leveled out.

[Texa]

Next thing you know people are gonna be "EAST COASTERS ARE THE NEW PS3 USERS AND I BLAME THE MENTORS".

[BloodRubyXII]

Overreaction seeing as how many Aussie statics are performing extremely well on JP. Good for the NIN, hopefully he finds a less pedantic static.

[SmittenKittin]

I have had both ends of the ping stick for this game. I lived in Boston and had 20ms ping and I have lived in San Francisco and had 90-100ms ping.

Is there a difference? Yes, there is.
Is it game breaking? No, its not. Unless you're well above 150ms. The way the game is designed after 150ms you need inhuman reflexes to avoid ground damage, unless you know the fight like the back of your hand.

People have the right to be upset, they're paying for a service, this game is not free. If you pay for any service no matter what it is and changes in a negative way you'd be upset.

To upgrade/move an entire data center one might take the time to try to benefit the most people for current player base. I feel Square didn't take this into account but rather choose and cannot blame them for an optimal business choice. Going with a group they have worked with, which is NTT.