The JP button

[ThePatriarch]

*gasps* i just got my CCNA at school, employee referel? yes please? XD j/k

If you truly are a CCNA, you shouldn't even need a referral.. jobs come at you.. I'm a Securities/Networking CCNA myself.

On topic though, its interesting hearing of players in Japan experiencing the same issue. If you could post more details that would be great, prreferably your connection type/speed, your ping in ms form, etc

[Peptaru]

Is failing, lagging, sucking out loud, or bein rude 24/7 refered to as the NAButton? If not: Petition to start that trend!

[Norack]

Is failing, lagging, sucking out loud, or bein rude 24/7 refered to as the NAButton? If not: Petition to start that trend!

I approve of this ^.^ XD

..........Wait a minute if i approve of this im admitting that i suck?! i freaking hate u Peptaru -.-

[Peptaru]

I'm NA, too and I'm still in favor of it!

[NefarioCall]

yeah, that easily makes sense...
If each command is a half second faster, then 120 actions would save 1 minute. Lets say it's slightly less for simplicity and go 100 actions per minute. One craft at spam craft (again for simplicity just hitting enter button rather than for exp bonus) might require 10 inputs per 300exp, at least in my experience... 300x300 = 90,000exp, .. and 300 synths with 10 inputs is 3,000 inputs at 1 minute per 100 = 30 minutes faster for the Japanese per level of high level crafting. even in the 30's this would still equate to 20 minutes. 30 minutes x 10 levels = 5 hours + 20 minutes x 10 levels = 3 hoursish = 8 hours per craft levels 30 to 50.

Across all crafts to 50 this would then mean we are spending an extra 60 hours give or take in lag over the japanese.
That does not include gathering and battle classes.

0.4 seconds may not seem like much, but it adds up.

Another poster on these boards made a very good observation last week, saying that if there is no local server set up for players outside japan, this game will never really succeed no matter how good 2.0 is outside of japan. Those tenths of a second crush a game.

[tymora]

Another poster on these boards made a very good observation last week, saying that if there is no local server set up for players outside japan, this game will never really succeed no matter how good 2.0 is outside of japan. Those tenths of a second crush a game.

For the most part, it doesn't really matter out of PvP. PvE is quite forgiving.

[Chardrizard]

Just seems like bunch of good players, i know because they don't wear full AF unlike...... *cough*

[JohnSeret]

i live in japan and
we have the same problems with lag here
tough it might depend on how straight your ISP is connecting to the servers
or its a router setting problem but i would like to hear about such concrete stuff from
actual network specialists...

my japanese ISP seems to be crap (JCOM)
my NA friends usually know whats in the loot 2sec before it appears in mine...

[KyrsIsley]

Played on both JP and EN client for both FFXI and FFXIV. Also have logged onto FFXI from New York, Maryland, California, Taiwan, and Japan. Sorry JP Button doesn't exist. Have logged onto FFXIV from California and Taiwan so far, only things that make a difference on your side are your general internet connection and computer spec. I've also heard my fair share of JP friends complaining about the the game lags when they play in Japan, they pretty much complain about it every night

I am not saying that SE doesn't have anything to improve on when it comes to server/game speed/stability, but this whole "JP button" is just lol.

As far as FFXIV goes, post merge during prime time in Japan, all things go to hell. I've run through the entire first floor of Aurum before the mobs start to spawn or finding the warp portals aren't up when we get there. Also spent upwards to 5 minutes at the loading screen into and out of Aurum. My JP friends joke and say the outside of Ul'dah looks like a refugee camp during prime time, because... well... it does.

[Wirritosama]

What a racist thread...