PS2 confirmed to only have servers in one area of USA

[WNxThentar]

Originally Posted by Bags

1.) raise legitimate concern and ask for clarification
2.) fanboys arrive and call us immature kids and tell us to stop crying because we dared to question SOE
3.)

What happened to this site?

No this is what happens

1. raise legitimate concern and ask for clarification
2. Answer given that explains why concern is invalid
3. same concern is raised agian
4. Expanded answer is given explaining why concern isn't an issue
5. same concern is raised again
6. vets start bitching because people are either to stupid to read the previous post or to stupid to comprehend the previous posts.

[WNxThentar]

Originally Posted by elfailo

The real reason I want to play on US servers is to avoid Russians tbh.

Don't play during prime time in Russia.

[Landtank]

Originally Posted by Karmic Revenge

My ping to New York is 91 from San Diego.

Well it looks like I'll be getting a new ISP

[Ragefighter]

well the server in LV doesn't seem to be that great (from speedtest) unless there is some kind of bottleneck there idk...

[Phellix]

Originally Posted by Artimus

If its only one server it should be placed in the midwest, Chicago. To me thats the most logical fairest way its a huge hub basically in the center of the USA.

You have an interesting view of where the center of the USA is

[Landtank]

Originally Posted by Phellix

You have an interesting view of where the center of the USA is

Yes indeed, some people have a funny sense of geography. Chicago is a major internet hub though.

[Tarconus]

-- PING soe.com (64.37.171.32) 56(84) bytes of data. ---
64 bytes from 64.37.171.32: icmp_req=1 ttl=116 time=172 ms
64 bytes from 64.37.171.32: icmp_req=2 ttl=116 time=172 ms
64 bytes from 64.37.171.32: icmp_req=3 ttl=116 time=172 ms
64 bytes from 64.37.171.32: icmp_req=4 ttl=116 time=172 ms
thats if there web server is in the same location and I am in seattle.

The speed test to san diego was only 60 ms though so that's kinda wonky.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2007669320.png

129 to vegas yep that's a good choice let me tell you lol Everyone is getting screwed by vegas Mines not terrible but wtf

[dsi]

There need to be East(NY), West(SD), and North(Chicago)/South(Dallas) Central servers at minimum.

[SirDart]

I am not sure is accurate that their will be only one single server once it is released. There may be one 'login' server, or one 'player validation' server, which would track who is active online, and to inform users the general status events the bases and resources, but I believe the server communication will be much more localized when it comes to the actual movement and fire interaction.

We live in a cloud computing world now, and there could be players logging in from UK, that are in the vicinity of other players from the EU and East coast. Fair enough, have a cloud server running to manage these players who are nearest each other so the ping time is 'on average' low for everybody, and no one is bad off. If there is one player in LA and 50 others in Aussieland, but all are in line-of-sight to one another in game, it may actually be the guy in LA who may experience a slight lag (maybe not in reality, I am only speculating).

You kinda see an example in PS1, with the 'Blue waypoint', when a squad or platoon is running, it shows a waypoint where the center of the squad/platoon is. Just choose the nearest server on the global map to take advantage of the speed.

Servers are becoming ubiquitous, similar to how having a network hub or switch have become. Sure, the software is specialized for use in that area, but it can be cloned at will, as needed, where the demand is greatest at any time. The future is technology!

[Karmic Revenge]

Originally Posted by Artimus

If its only one server it should be placed in the midwest, Chicago. To me thats the most logical fairest way its a huge hub basically in the center of the USA.

No, we need to make it fair and put it in the middle of the US, in Kansas.

(I am obviously joking. I have to say that because too many people miss the obvious.)

[Karmic Revenge]

Originally Posted by Tarconus

129 to vegas yep that's a good choice let me tell you lol Everyone is getting screwed by vegas Mines not terrible but wtf

a) That server is bad.
b) If we're all getting screwed, at least that's a level playing surface.

[GuyFawkes]

Just from a game perspective , I feel they took this decision to have more chance of filling servers 24/7 with a spread of players.
They are selling the game on the idea of massive constant war .Splitting the fight into timezones defeats this in many ways .
Other than obvious and quite legitimate concerns by posters about ping/lag I wonder if they have thought how this will play out when it comes to maintenance and patching. It could be 2am in san diego but a full firefight may be going on for players from another zone in their primetime.

[Envenom]

west is best

[StumpyTheOzzie]

Best of 3:



Oh yeah! you're all going down!

(Interestingly:
Pinging soe.com [64.37.171.32] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.37.171.32: bytes=32 time=195ms TTL=118
Reply from 64.37.171.32: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=118
Reply from 64.37.171.32: bytes=32 time=193ms TTL=118
Reply from 64.37.171.32: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=118)

[exLupo]

Originally Posted by Zolan

Austin or Dallas

That would make everyone happy, and make me really happy.

Austin routes through Dallas to get on major lines. Going to put in another for Dallas or Chicago.