NA/EU are not close each other!!!!

[Omigad]

Hello,
I just got mail with server location info and Im truly dissapointed because it seems that Square Enix think that NA and EU are in neighbor. Thats not true!
Pings are really important and difference between NA and EU is like 200-400ms. Same as from EU to JP or NA to JP is ~400ms.
Timezone is same difference from EU to NA and JP but -7h to first one and +7h to second one.
So what's the deal?
Language only? Wow, seems smart...

Sargatanas North America/Europe
Balmung North America/Europe
Hyperion North America/Europe
Excalibur North America/Europe
Ragnarok North America/Europe

I demand you to tell me exactly which servers will be REALLY LOCATED in Europe with GMT 0/+1 timezone. Not just from the name.

[Denmo]

As far as I've heard, they've only opened 1 new data center based on demand, which houses all the NA/EU servers. And I hear it's located in Montreal.

[Aldora]

As far as I've heard, they've only opened 1 new data center based on demand, which houses all the NA/EU servers. And I hear it's located in Montreal.

Indeed there are only 2 datacenters. None of the are actually located in the EU. Yoshi-p made a lengthy post about it.

it Doesn't mean there is never going to be one, but for now we have a JP and a NA one.

[Pandemonium]

I demand you to tell me exactly which servers will be REALLY LOCATED in Europe with GMT 0/+1 timezone. Not just from the name.

lol - you should know that SE doesn't negotiate with terrorists.

Or people that demand answers from them either. Now get back in your box.

[Nix]

lol - you should know that SE doesn't negotiate with terrorists.

Or people that demand answers from them either. Now get back in your box.

Agreed, barking demands just shows poor class.

[kimoi]

Pings are really important and difference between NA and EU is like 200-400ms. Same as from EU to JP or NA to JP is ~400ms.

As you pointed out, EU to NA is 200~400, whereas EU to JP is higher. The NA ones are designated as EU also because the ping is better for Europe to NA than Europe to Japan. If this isn't the case for you, you are free to choose a JP server. (Also NA to JP is not 400ms.)

[ArkhamNative]

NA/EU are much closer than the OP claims.

By opening a data center in NA, SE cut EU players' ping times by more than half. To NA they currently average 109ms (Paris, Frankfurt). High=138 (Athens), low=75 (Manchester). To Japan, the average is 281ms. High=317, low=244.

Yoshi-P's message says that setting up this first remote data center is expected to increase the community, and that "it may be eventually possible to establish more data centers."

[Themis]

I get a decent ping to Montreal from the UK, roughly ~100ms (I'm not on the best of lines in my area) with no packet loss or jitter. My experiences in the beta have been smooth (outside of a couple of connection losts) and I haven't seen any noticeable effect from latency or anything. If you do feel such issues, it might be in other areas and not just the network.

I would expect SE to open more localized centres when they can see that the game is going to be worth that additional investment. Opening one new data centre requires a lot of work, as these servers will still need to be maintained physically. Once the game generates some solid income, we will hear some news on this.

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

Agreed, barking demands just shows poor class.

Did you say barking? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT4-UcTkc-A

[fuzz]

Guys... he demands!

-fuzz