My ping is killing me- suggestions

calista · 08-10-2010, 03:16 PM

Since NCWorst (sorry *cough* Soft) had the bright idea of moving servers to a US Central location, you may have experienced the following:

joy if you are US West Coast
the new joy of rubberbanding or getting a couple of skills at a mob if you are on the East Coast.

No, your gear has not been downgraded, if your ping (/ping) is over 100 then you may feel like it. You may want to use a proxy. Information on the forums indicates that this does not violate the TOS. You may either pay or use a free service. I have started using Battleping BATTLEPING for lower ping. Say goodbye to high ping and enjoy a low game ping.

a free service that has brought my ping down from over 300 to anywhere from 70 to about 130. I select the closest server (in my case Washington D.C.) instead of Texas.

If you decide to try it, it is very straightforward to use - I use it with my firewall with no issues.

Ryogen · 08-10-2010, 10:03 PM

Approved!

0462usa · 08-11-2010, 05:33 AM

I have known about this since the CBT/Launch and used it a few times. I did forget about it and didn't know it was still free. Thanks for sharing Cali!

EDIT
I'm using this now and it's lowered my ping by 100ms. I usually play at around 180ms - 300ms, but now I'm at around 75ms. Thanks again Cali!

Dadio483 · 12-21-2010, 03:07 PM

who is your internet services with, I have Comcast and i get 23mb on my donwloads with pretty good pings while in game.

calista · 12-22-2010, 06:19 PM

Hi

It wouldn't help if I told you- I'm not in the US- this is the issue-geographically I'm routed through various servers- if you're outside the US your ping is going to suffer. My actual download speeds are fine otherwise since I have an internet connection that is mostly fiber-optic, and will (hopefully) be all -fiber optic when that is supported (presently up to last 300 m).

I get routed through multiple servers, it isn't a direct route (North- South) to the NCSoft location. You can trace this is ever you're interested.

08-10-2010, 03:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
calista Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 66	My ping is killing me- suggestions Since NCWorst (sorry cough Soft) had the bright idea of moving servers to a US Central location, you may have experienced the following: joy if you are US West Coast the new joy of rubberbanding or getting a couple of skills at a mob if you are on the East Coast. No, your gear has not been downgraded, if your ping (/ping) is over 100 then you may feel like it. You may want to use a proxy. Information on the forums indicates that this does not violate the TOS. You may either pay or use a free service. I have started using Battleping BATTLEPING for lower ping. Say goodbye to high ping and enjoy a low game ping. a free service that has brought my ping down from over 300 to anywhere from 70 to about 130. I select the closest server (in my case Washington D.C.) instead of Texas. If you decide to try it, it is very straightforward to use - I use it with my firewall with no issues.

08-11-2010, 05:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
0462usa Officer Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 30	I have known about this since the CBT/Launch and used it a few times. I did forget about it and didn't know it was still free. Thanks for sharing Cali! EDIT I'm using this now and it's lowered my ping by 100ms. I usually play at around 180ms - 300ms, but now I'm at around 75ms. Thanks again Cali! Last edited by 0462usa; 08-11-2010 at 05:59 AM. Reason: Update

12-22-2010, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
calista Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 66	Hi It wouldn't help if I told you- I'm not in the US- this is the issue-geographically I'm routed through various servers- if you're outside the US your ping is going to suffer. My actual download speeds are fine otherwise since I have an internet connection that is mostly fiber-optic, and will (hopefully) be all -fiber optic when that is supported (presently up to last 300 m). I get routed through multiple servers, it isn't a direct route (North- South) to the NCSoft location. You can trace this is ever you're interested. Last edited by calista; 12-22-2010 at 06:22 PM.

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08-10-2010, 10:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ryogen Man of the Year Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,151	Approved!

12-21-2010, 03:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dadio483 Dragoon Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Brick NJ Posts: 47	who is your internet services with, I have Comcast and i get 23mb on my donwloads with pretty good pings while in game.