Unbearable server lag since yesterday

[DeerpyHooves]

Thanks for the recommendation, Exitlag works very well for me too. It's gonna be a great short term resolution for this, as they hopefully fix it eventually, the idea of paying for ISP, subscription and a 3rd party program to reroute, all to just play 1 game isn't all that nice.

[TattersailNightwish]

Thanks for the recommendation, Exitlag works very well for me too. It's gonna be a great short term resolution for this, as they hopefully fix it eventually, the idea of paying for ISP, subscription and a 3rd party program to reroute, all to just play 1 game isn't all that nice.

You downloaded and installed that quickly and BAM - you're good? I may give that a shot.

[Xbob42]

You downloaded and installed that quickly and BAM - you're good? I may give that a shot.

I mean, it's just a VPN. They're very tiny and you enable them instantly. Just make sure you opt for one known for low latency and high speeds. Just about any quality VPN should work for episodes like this, although the fact that it still happens is very unfortunate. Good VPNs are not free. They're not expensive, but I shouldn't have to pay for a solution to a problem that, ostensibly, should be solved by the fact that I pay quite a lot for my expensive internet and then additional money directly to Square Enix. I understand that these kinds of things happen, but this is not the first time, and I wish we had a way to alert them to it besides these forums that may be completely unmonitored as far as we know.

[MadCabbit]

I didn't call in, since I used to work for Comcast, and I know how hard it is to actually get something escalated from a tier 1 representative. I made a forum post on Xfinity's forums, since reps that are a bit more knowledgeable reply to forum posts (sometimes). Maybe if we light this post up with replies, it will get attention? https://forums.xfinity.com/conversat...2c887da0f3e16b

[ulto]

Annnnd the lag is back. As of about 30 minutes ago the lag has returned and it is unbearable. Yesterday night's wasn't as bad and seemed to end relatively early and became playable again. I'm hoping tonight it ends early too but...

[nightelfcrawler]

Not sure if this is helpful... it may just be coincidence that we are mostly on comcast, after all it's one of the more popular internet providers for the US. Since people from Europe have encountered this it makes me think it's not a comcast thing.

Here's my pingplotter for tonight, while lag is currently occurring right now.

Here's a ping to google.com:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VaC...ew?usp=sharing

And here's a screenshot of pinging the FFXIV Ether server:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqI...ew?usp=sharing

Seems like to me, it is something on SE's side from those images.

[Xbob42]

Not sure if this is helpful... it may just be coincidence that we are mostly on comcast, after all it's one of the more popular internet providers for the US. Since people from Europe have encountered this it makes me think it's not a comcast thing.

Here's my pingplotter for tonight, while lag is currently occurring right now.

Here's a ping to google.com:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VaC...ew?usp=sharing

And here's a screenshot of pinging the FFXIV Ether server:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqI...ew?usp=sharing

Seems like to me, it is something on SE's side from those images.

Whatever it is, I just downloaded ExpressVPN and that cleared it up instantly. So that's at least 2 VPNs that clear it up. Shame that outside of free trials there's no decent free unlimited VPNs with good gaming latency that I know of.

[MsMisato]

I didn't call in, since I used to work for Comcast, and I know how hard it is to actually get something escalated from a tier 1 representative. I made a forum post on Xfinity's forums, since reps that are a bit more knowledgeable reply to forum posts (sometimes). Maybe if we light this post up with replies, it will get attention? https://forums.xfinity.com/conversat...2c887da0f3e16b

This is an NTT issue. I hate those guys so much. Not sure how much comcast o rSE can do to get NTT to address the issue.

Helps if I finish typing xD

[StellaBright]

your welcome, and i do agree i'm not too fond of the idea of having to pay a secondary sub just to play but i thought i would share anyway since the patch is just around the corner and there might be more like me who would be willing to pay to play without the lag when it comes. ^^