Quote Originally Posted by Sibe View Post
hi guys, using program like battleping, wtfast, etc etc reduce the lag/lagspike to 0 if you set them correctly
You cannot get a ping of zero, ever. There is an absolute minimum theoretical ping between any point from A to B based on distance the signal has to travel, and in practice, that ping is greatly increased by overheads (each node from you to the server increases the ping by just a little bit).



are these programs legit or bannable?
How you route the connection to the server is entirely up to you. This would be like asking "is it illegal to choose an internet provider that gives you a better ping"?

why i must pay another subscription for fix/play a game broken?
Square Enix has very little control over how your connection routes to their servers. The best they can do is place servers in more locations, but that has a significant cost attached to it. There are multiple aspects of "lag" issues, and the ping from you to them is only one, but it is the one that is most out of their control - they can't choose where you live, how you connect to the internet, how your ISP routes to their servers, etc. The proxy services provide a specific fix to a problem that only some people have - they source routes that are as fast as possible between a and b. If SE were to do this, they would have to charge a lot more for their subscription (they don't have as much bulk traffic as a service that offers proxies to multiple games).

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for that reason i must pay the ffxiv subscription if they are unable to fix these problems?what is used for my money
Development and running of the game as it stands, and fixing of the network issues that they DO have control over?

It's like blaming the car manufacturer for your tyre getting damaged when you run over a pot-hole. Sure, there are some elements of that damage that may be related to the quality of the tyre manufacture, but most of the fault lies in the fact that the road has potholes, and you chose to drive down that street. Had you used a GPS that could have found a good route for you, you might not have run over that pothole.