Getting minor lag spikes. Is lag very common in this game?

[Seraph522]

So it's something they are working on? Got any ETA? And yeah the snowstorm in the US shouldn't affect EU data servers.

BTW another question is this game very active and getting enough new content that justifies the sub?

I was referring to the data center split that'll be happening sometime in April or May; some of the servers on the Chaos data center, including your server Odin, will be moving over to the new Light data center. It'll help to lessen the load on that server, which might help with lag. Though, as Risvertasashi noted, it sounds like you might just be feeling the animation lag or something, as the numbers you mentioned are perfectly normal.

In regards to the second question: It's fairly active, with a solid number of subscribers, though we're in a bit of a downtime period, as the new expansion drops in July. New content comes out at a consistent pace (new major story patches every 3.5 months or so, which includes new dungeons, trials, raids, etc.), and there is plenty to do in the game right now, regardless of what you really want to get involved in. At the same time, Naoki Yoshida (the director) has mentioned in the past that he doesn't expect everyone to stay subscribed 100% of the time, so there is no pressure to constantly play this game if you don't want to.

[Phurox]

I was referring to the data center split that'll be happening sometime in April or May; some of the servers on the Chaos data center, including your server Odin, will be moving over to the new Light data center. It'll help to lessen the load on that server, which might help with lag. Though, as Risvertasashi noted, it sounds like you might just be feeling the animation lag or something, as the numbers you mentioned are perfectly normal.

In regards to the second question: It's fairly active, with a solid number of subscribers, though we're in a bit of a downtime period, as the new expansion drops in July. New content comes out at a consistent pace (new major story patches every 3.5 months or so, which includes new dungeons, trials, raids, etc.), and there is plenty to do in the game right now, regardless of what you really want to get involved in. At the same time, Naoki Yoshida (the director) has mentioned in the past that he doesn't expect everyone to stay subscribed 100% of the time, so there is no pressure to constantly play this game if you don't want to.

So is it also normal that when you kill something it takes like a second before the xp notice arrives in chat and for teh chat log to update?

[MistakeNot]

So is it also normal that when you kill something it takes like a second before the xp notice arrives in chat and for teh chat log to update?

Yes, that is perfectly normal. After you kill something there is a short delay before you get your xp.

[Phurox]

Yes, that is perfectly normal. After you kill something there is a short delay before you get your xp.

Maybe that's why I feel it's laggy together with the lag where my GF is :P hopefully it gets fixed when they make the new servers.

[Phurox]

Okay played a little today, this is why I feel it lags, is this normal?

When I hit something, it says the amount of damage in the combat log BEFORE I can see the hit points going down on the enemy. Also it sometimes takes 1-2 seconds before saying I get any XP. A few occasions 2 to 3.

Other times, a few times, were instant. It feels weird that theres so big difference from time to time.

[drebbe]

Depends on where you are at in game for how fast the packets get sent/received to you and the server. Open world is the worse, high end raid content is the best. Character movement packets are the lowest priority so you'll often see other people in your party still in AOEs and stuff and look like they are going to get hit. Movement delay is minimum your latency + other person latency to the server in high end raids.

[Phurox]

Depends on where you are at in game for how fast the packets get sent/received to you and the server. Open world is the worse, high end raid content is the best. Character movement packets are the lowest priority so you'll often see other people in your party still in AOEs and stuff and look like they are going to get hit. Movement delay is minimum your latency + other person latency to the server in high end raids.

It's just much noticeable here compared to other games I played.

[Avyiur]

It's just much noticeable here compared to other games I played.

The game has a longer server tick than other games do. Compared to say WoW, which has a 1 second server tick, FFXIV has a 2 second server tick. This doesn't seem huge in the big scheme of things but if you kill a mob directly after the server tick, it will not register until the next server tick in 2 seconds.


This may be why the game seem laggy, where in reality it is just the way the server works (it used to be worse when the server tick was 3 seconds). The more you play, the more you will naturally adjust to it.

[Nyvara]

Last couple of days I have been getting some queer lag spikes, Open the market board wait 5 secs then it opens, call my retainer wait 5 secs then they show up. Then there are the crashes. Definitely not normal.

[Phurox]

Why don't they use 1 second? And is it something they'll use later?