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[Ignore Me] #181 | ||
Contributor PlanetSide 2
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I somehow feel responsible for digging up the RadarX quote from a few weeks ago that started all this. Should have let that dragon lay.
Seems what we really need here is some clarity. Speculation has run wild. Once we have the actual facts we might be able to have a more meaningful discussion. |
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[Ignore Me] #182 | |||
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San Diego 1 85ms 5Mbps San Diego 2 11ms 30Mbps Austin 145ms 27Mbps Fort Worth 95ms 12Mbps Richmond 103ms 5Mbps Boston 98ms 16Mbps So I can get bad ping and slow speed nearby. I can get worse ping in the middle of the country than on the opposite side. These are literally just servers I picked at random for being where I am, halfway across the country, and all the way across the country. End result? No massive difference. (Just as an additional note, I did Brisbane for a laugh after I posted, 211ms 5Mbps.) Last edited by Karmic Revenge; 2012-06-13 at 01:12 AM. |
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[Ignore Me] #183 | |||
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I'm in LA and pinged 87 to new york, 88 in alaska, and 175 in france, i've played almost every FPS out there on not just US but EU servers as well(mainly for better modded servers) and the difference really isn't that noticeable. We don't even know what their decisions are, this thread should honestly be frozen until beta when people realize SOE has already taken this into account. Edit: Also maybe the thread title should be changed because it's not confirmed, really misleading. Last edited by Phellix; 2012-06-13 at 01:15 AM. |
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[Ignore Me] #184 | ||
Contributor PlanetSide 2
Game Designer |
I did a quick speedtest.net go at a few locations. I live in Seattle.
Seattle 5ms San Diego 45ms Dallas 55ms New York City 76ms Miami 75ms London 155ms Berlin 195ms Melbourne 195ms Sydney 195ms EU/AU was a wash about the same. Difference between east coast and west coast was 30ms. Clearly that 30 ms calls for two different datacenters! So much exaggeration on this thread it's ridiculous. |
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[Ignore Me] #185 | ||
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Can you at least admit that coupled with what I already posted maybe it's silly to say that we really need it to be in Texas? (Let's assume it will cost more money . . . is that money really worth the *maybe* better ping for some people on the east coast and central and worse for other locations?)
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[Ignore Me] #186 | ||
Contributor PlanetSide 2
Game Designer |
I think you need more tests to determine that. Seattle is probably fairly well plugged into the series of tubes.
Though it doesn't seem to much matter whether it is east, west, or central, so hosting where it is most convenient/cheapest for SOE makes sense. Having the servers right with the devs seems like a good idea. You know if there's a problem they can walk over and kick it a few times. Seems like patches would go faster also when you aren't working remotely. But last I remember San Diego had rolling brownouts, so maybe not the best place for servers. Or have they solved that whole SoCal power problem by now? |
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[Ignore Me] #187 | |||
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Ah well, I am likely playing on an EU server anyway since my outfit is primarily EU. Amazingly enough I will not be crying that my ping is too high and I can't play . . . |
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[Ignore Me] #188 | |||
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I have no idea if the one that took out ALL of SoCal (that was a blackout) took them down, but that can happen ANYWHERE in the world. Including Texas. |
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[Ignore Me] #189 | |||
Contributor PlanetSide 2
Game Designer |
Frankly I don't care if the euros want to play on American servers (we are awesome afterall), but they should be optimizing North American servers for people who play in North America. And if you're in North America, the server location doesn't seem to make a lick of difference anymore. From my location to Miami is nearly the longest distance across the continental US and it's only a 30ms difference from San Diego. Crazy thought I know. North Americans playing on North American servers. Where do I get this stuff? |
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[Ignore Me] #190 | ||
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On the brown/blackout . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling...#United_States Funnily enough, Texas is right in there with California. ![]() |
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[Ignore Me] #192 | ||
Contributor PlanetSide 2
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I'd prefer not splitting the north American player base on time zone just so a few random euros that want to play on US servers get the best possible pings.
For a north American server, euro pings are obviously no the priority. Nor should they be. |
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[Ignore Me] #193 | |||
Sergeant
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[Ignore Me] #194 | |||
Corporal
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It made no difference to my gameplay. None. Each time it was PlanetSide. Each time I got killed by people and killed people. Each time I got the drop on folks, or they got the drop on me. But like I've already said earlier in the thread, I don't constantly seek excuses for why I died or didn't score a killshot. I simply keep playing. I am convinced that a lot of people look at ping as some kind of excuse for why they are playing badly. I can tell you from the days of playing at 450-500 ping on dialup, these kind of ping times don't matter nearly as much as people want them to . . . (True story, someone in an MW3 game I was playing in complained that X person was getting all their kills because their ping was lower than everyone else's . . . it was 40, the guy complaining had a 55 . . .) |
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[Ignore Me] #195 | |||
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We are apparently not yet at that point. Maybe when PS3 comes out. |
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