No EU server

[MeeYow]

Jynx, I just checked your character page, you have yet to obtain the magitek mount, you may want to re-read the now blue part of my first post.

Amine, try pinging a server on the other side of the world, I just did, it returned 400ms. That was to a server in a city, which typically has very good coverage. Now imagine someone doing the same to the SE servers who is in a rural or some suburban areas - relatively outside good coverage, their signal has to be forwarded many times. Now add XIVs internal server calculations, and the fact that it is known to send data every 300ms (this alone bumps it up to 700ms, which is more than your supposedly impossible 600ms delay). The important part is, since it's based on your location, it isn't changeable.

SE wanted a game where people can play on international servers, they decided not to host EU servers in Europe, they set this requirement, not the players.

Honestly arguing over the existence of this issue is a rather moot point, because as you will see from my second link, the issue has already been moved to the accepted forums, so they believe it does, and that is all that matters.