Problems with connection (R0) lag

[KMarsara]

we need more posts, this thread is drowning in the sea of the error 90k 1017 threads

[Vyrmin]

Tracing route to 184.107.107.176 over a maximum of 30 hops


3 10 ms 8 ms 9 ms L100.WASHDC-VFTTP-113.verizon-gni.net [96.255.80
.1]
4 11 ms 11 ms 16 ms G1-5-0-6.WASHDC-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.3
2.142]
5 10 ms 9 ms 8 ms so-12-1-0-0.RES-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
151.230]
6 11 ms 14 ms 9 ms 0.xe-4-0-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.38.117]
7 92 ms 88 ms 93 ms ix-20-0.tcore2.AEQ-Ashburn.as6453.net [216.6.87.
33]
8 102 ms 102 ms 98 ms if-11-2.tcore2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net [216.6.87.1
38]
9 88 ms 87 ms 88 ms if-4-4.tcore2.NYY-NewYork.as6453.net [66.198.111
.18]
10 88 ms 92 ms 97 ms if-2-2.tcore2.MTT-Montreal.as6453.net [64.86.226
.13]
11 108 ms 113 ms 98 ms if-0-2.tcore1.MTT-Montreal.as6453.net [216.6.115
.89]
12 86 ms 88 ms 87 ms 64.86.31.42
13 95 ms 97 ms 97 ms te8-3.dr10.mtl.iweb.com [67.205.127.238]
14 87 ms 88 ms 87 ms 72.55.128.44
15 87 ms 88 ms 88 ms 184.107.107.176

this is what i got KMarasara, deleted the first 2 hops

[KMarsara]

seems like just now i am lagging way less. Ill keep u guys updated

[b-batter]

I am also having similar problems. I am in Virginia and using Verizon FIOS.

Latency is just really messed up. I will see other plays stopping and going constantly and consistently. Every few seconds there will be a spike and in combat I'll sit there for a few seconds waiting for my attack to register. Frame rate does not drop or anything, just all characters, PCs and NPCs, stop what they are doing for a couple seconds and then everything suddenly catches up. This is CONSTANT and occurs at any time of the day.

This only started happening on Monday for me as well, and I have been playing since beta phase 3.

I just finished doing Satasha for the first time and on the final boss it was very difficult for me to activate the bubbles because of this issue. It took way too long for me to see the progress bar come up after selecting and using the object. I can see this being a real problem later down the road if this issue isn't addressed.

It is kind of disheartening to know that most other people are able to enjoy this game without these latency problems. Things are already bad enough with the server issues, and it is really unfortunate that we select few have to deal with consistent lag like this on top of that.

I've used this website to decide on what ip's to ping: http://nlworks.com/2013/06/final-fan...ver-locations/
There is some packet loss with repeated pings. I don't know which specific address is Excalibur, but the results are the same for which one I try (199.91.189.23 - 199.91.189.26).

>ping 199.91.189.24

Pinging 199.91.189.24 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 199.91.189.24: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=246
Reply from 199.91.189.24: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=246
Request timed out.
Reply from 199.91.189.24: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 199.91.189.24:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 30ms

[Kelzack]

I'm having the same issue. I got Verizon FiOs, Maryland

[b-batter]

This might be a case of Verizon throttling p2p connections and FFXIV not being white-listed, similar to the BT/EE problems in the UK. Or I might not know what I'm talking about.

Has anyone tried contacting Verizon about this?

[KMarsara]

i played for 1 hour almost lag free, >.< and now its back worse than ever. every 3 secs i get a 1 to 2 sec lag spike.

[Renaissance2K]

I'm having similar lagging issues, but for me, it looks like a video issue and not a connection issue. How are you guys able to tell that it's your connection bugging out and not something else? Is there an actual "R0" indicator like there was in FFXI?

[KMarsara]

yes i would get r0 for a couple of secs. and everyone just stands around. Then everyone catches up. during all this i am running at constant 60 fps

[Vyrmin]

I contacted Verizon FIOS, they said if you are able to connect to the internet the problem is most likely outside of their network and unable to help.