Quote Originally Posted by cloverkitty View Post
Why is this so complicated. FFXI uses regional data servers (just not as many as 14 will) When I connect to FFXI I do not connect to Japan, I connect to Los Angeles (from Seattle). A server to server connection is much faster than a client to server connection. Most of the lag is poor design, the rest can be attributed to server path limitations of client to server. Most other MMO out there use regional data servers. This is a common practice.

Still even in 11 most of the lag is related to your local connection, ISP, and computer.
That is why people on FIOS have less lag typically than those on Comcast. (as an example)
Yep this is how it was supposed to be for XIV but like everything else, they're pushing to make XIV a standard MMO, so it's being like any other MMO you can find on the market, rather than something like XI.