EU playability regarding constant server lag

[Twistedmind]

Hello dear forum users!

i'd love to get a discussion started at the topic of server lag. Due to having the datacenter hosted in Canada, EU Players have to get used to constant lag. As soon as you encounter higher instances, this often becomes a huge issue while fighting heavy-movement-dependant bosses.
I'm not talking about things like regular lag every 30 seconds or so, more like this constant laggy experience. As a tank, i mostly notice this while pulling bosses to another spot. They are delayed like ~2-5 seconds.
Also, when party members move out of certain aoes, u might still see him in there, though he doesnt get any damage. Often, it happens to be the case, that u already moved out of a spot, but still get the damage.

I don't wanna start a flamewar, just an objective discussion, maybe be with a reply from SE regarding this stuff. As an EU player, i feel a little left out there. I totally dig this game and im planning on playing it the next few years, but the server lag often kills my group, especially in ampador keep.

So my question is: do you feel the same way? Or you think its fine and just raises the threshold to endcontent?

I personally would love to hear, EU is getting an actual EU datacenter, so that might be eliminated. Though i've got the feeling that this will remain a wish :P

Would love to hear your opinions on that matter, didn't know which forum this belongs into, but i guessed technical support would be a great spot, due to its technical nature.

Still, thanks SE, for making such a great game!
- Twistedmind

[guyaume]

I totally agree with you.

I play a white mage, and of course casting a lot during dongeons.
I'm experiencing 1-2 seconds every 5 seconds quite often.
Avoiding AOE is problematic, and sometimes due to the lag, i see the tank pass from 100% HP to 5% after the lag without having the time to react.

Yesterday I had a 15 seconds lag. I was casting cure spells, the animations were visible, but no result on HP was visible, all other players seem frozen.
And when i got out of the lag (15sec later), 2 players were dead, and the other far away fleeing.

Passing Titan fight was a real nightmare.

So please Yoshida SAN, please do something, and place the EU servers in Europe and not in america.

Globally the content is really great, but these dongeons should be the best part of the game, and it turns into a nightmare because of this lag issue.

[Twistedmind]

though i dont meant lagspikes, this seems to be the same nature of problem. i dont really have a lagspike during fights, more like constant lag, due to the long range my data has to travel. everything just feels very delayed