(08-13-2013, 06:33 PM)Naunet Wrote:(08-13-2013, 06:29 PM)allgivenover Wrote: Wow, yes there is. If there was no difference then explain the vast popularity of proxy services like WTFast and Smoothping. You should try playing Aion PVP at endgame, where in some cases having a ping as high as 120 ms as I do can translate to a huge disadvantage when facing someone with a ping as low as 80 ms due to them living a state or two closer. Some classes are downright impossible to play well if you live too far from Texas, where the servers are located. /cough Assassin.
If we had Korea's infrastructure, we would be talking about a difference between 15ms (or less) vs maybe 50 or so. Which is virtually indistinguishable.
Once again, yes, better infrastructure will help, but we live in a country that's 100 times the size of South Korea. The low latency there is as much due to the fact that everything is right next to everything else as it is the superior infrastructure.
In ARR's case it's going to be a disadvantage to PVP as a west coast player.
