Are the EU and US servers still located in the same place?

[Sarpy]

Are the EU and US servers still located in the same place?

I am hoping to come back to this game, especially for the RP (Roleplay) factor but I've heard that the unofficial EU RP server is dead

 

So, I was going to join the US RP server as I heard it's very active and the servers are in the same location.

 

However, I read somewhere that the EU servers are being moved, is this true?

[Unnamed Mercenary]

Currently, all the NA/EU servers are in Canada, at the same data center.

 

There are plans to open an EU datacenter somewhere in Europe, but no idea what the timeframe is. It was announced at the Vegas Fan Fest iirc.

[Maril]

I would recommend joining Balmung, there's a strong EU presence there. The lag is hardly noticeable.

[Sarpy]

I would recommend joining Balmung, there's a strong EU presence there. The lag is hardly noticeable.

Will do, thank you

Hopefully no real issues with finding/meeting people due to it being NA

[Nebbs]

On Balmung things are active most of the time, the low points are EU mornings and early afternoon, but even there there are some Night Owl, Early Bird folks about. There is a big population here which I think wins over a tiny community you may find on an EU specific server (I could be wrong).

 

Some events are arranged so you can get them late in the evening from EU, though there are some that would be ~2am+ EU times.

 

The main issue faced is lag but if you do want to raid try out things like WTFast. I get a ~110ms lag from UK and using WTFast, which removes a lot of the spikes.

[Sarpy]

Re-subbing now.

 

If my ping is somewhat acceptable I should be able to stick to it, if it's over 200 then it'd be a problem I'd imagine

[Aris]

I'm an EU (UK) player on Balmung, and the main issue I've found is often some RP events don't begin until past midnight for me, or at least late evening, which is disheartening. 

 

Many RP FCs with a big EU presence will often do events that will fit in with EU schedules though, so it isn't always a problem.

[Sarpy]

Making a toon on Balmung now

 

Thanks for all the replies guys c:

[Sarpy]

Gah!

 

Balmung isn't accepting any new players, is this common and does it get lifted often?

 

I'll just save my appearance and wait until tomorrow afternoon (Uk afternoon) and hopefully get an opening

[Maril]

Gah!

 

Balmung isn't accepting any new players, is this common and does it get lifted often?

 

I'll just save my appearance and wait until tomorrow afternoon (Uk afternoon) and hopefully get an opening

 

The UK afternoon is the best time to try. On the mogstation you can see the various re-evaluation points for the character restrictions It basically depends on how many players are logged in at the time of the re-evaluation point. Every 5 or so hours.

[Sarpy]

Of course I decided to try and get back into the game during NA's prime  time haha :c derp

Hopefully I have some luck tomorrow

[Aris]

With the recent patch release it is extra busy at the moment, but it does open at some points I assure you. 

[Maril]

Alternatively, right after a maintenance is also a good time. For me the maintenances usually end at 11am, so that's around 10am for UK people.

[Sarpy]

Gah. No luck again another day of not playing I guess haha.

 

They just re-checked it I guess since it's not far past 7am PDT time

Another 5 hours to wait :c really wanting to just play

[Sarpy]

Is server transferring stupidly expensive? Tempted to just join another server for now and then move over at a higher level

[Aris]

I think it's around 11/12 pounds. Personally I don't think it's worth spending the money, unless you want to. 

 

As Sastra said, as soon as maintenance ends is a good time. Or before maintenance is about the start. When I log on during the afternoon I usually have no problem getting in, but over the past couple of weeks because everyone is still hyped over the patch there are sometimes queues to get in. I think UK mornings would probably be best at the moment as that's middle of the night EST.

 

Hey, when you finally get here you'll get a big welcome hug from us! \o/

[Sarpy]

I think it's around 11/12 pounds. Personally I don't think it's worth spending the money, unless you want to. 

 

As Sastra said, as soon as maintenance ends is a good time. Or before maintenance is about the start. When I log on during the afternoon I usually have no problem getting in, but over the past couple of weeks because everyone is still hyped over the patch there are sometimes queues to get in. I think UK mornings would probably be best at the moment as that's middle of the night EST.

 

Hey, when you finally get here you'll get a big welcome hug from us! \o/

 

Looking forward to it haha c:

When the server is full is it still possible to login to it but just impossible to create a character?

[Aris]

When it's full you're put into a queue - I went on at the weekend and it was a queue of 24 people! But I just kept spamming the X button and it only took 30 seconds so it isn't too much of an issue.

 

Usually creating a character during the afternoon is fine, but I guess as there's high traffic for long periods of the day it's closed! It should be quieter this week as people will be back to work/college/stuff, so I'm sure you'll get in in no time. :thumbsup:

[Sarpy]

When it's full you're put into a queue - I went on at the weekend and it was a queue of 24 people! But I just kept spamming the X button and it only took 30 seconds. :angel:

 

Usually creating a character during the afternoon is fine, but I guess as there's high traffic at the moment it's closed! It should be quieter this week as people will be back to work/college/stuff, so I'm sure you'll get in in no time. :thumbsup:

 

I'll take my laptop into college with me tomorrow and try to make a character quickly at around 10am or something :3

 

Thank you so much for all the replies and sorry for so many questions

[Aris]

Good luck! Soon you'll have one of these - :chocobo:

 

And don't worry about any questions, it wasn't long ago we were asking them too haha!

[Sarpy]

Good luck! Soon you'll have one of these - :chocobo:

 

And don't worry about any questions, it wasn't long ago we were asking them too haha!

 

Gah, still not accepting new characters :ccc

[Aris]

Eep, sorry for posting again! I just saw someone say it was open at 8:30am EST (1:30pm GMT) today, so I imagine it's open mornings or early afternoons at the moment.

[Sarpy]

Eep, sorry for posting again! I just saw someone say it was open at 8:30am EST (1:30pm GMT) today, so I imagine it's open mornings or early afternoons at the moment.

I should be up early tomorrow, so I can hope haha.

 

kinda bummed out about it, the two days of the week that I can stay up late and I can't even play :c

[Sarpy]

Still locked

[Kage]

Did you try an hour before this? With saved character appearance data?

 

Because I tried about an hour and a half ago while checking my retainers before heading off to work (4:30 am ish) and I could enter. @_@