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[TWIAFU]

Alistair Winter, on 23 July 2015 - 07:35 PM, said:

Stopped reading right about here.

[MonkeyCheese]

Steinar Bergstol, on 24 July 2015 - 12:47 AM, said:

I don't think there actually are any people in Australia. I'm fairly certain the terrifying wildlife ate them all and then developed sentience. That's right. Those aren't people posting from Australia. They're sentient poisonous spiders and saltwater crocodiles!

Dont forget the drop bears

Edited by MonkeyCheese, 24 July 2015 - 06:08 AM.

[Lugh]

Chuanhao, on 23 July 2015 - 07:57 PM, said:

The population will self regulate. If there are too few players in the upcoming OCEANIC server and wait time for matches stretches too long, then players in OCEANIC will know what to do. i.e. go back to NA servers. (EU servers are terrible for OCEANIC, 300+ ping). I for one appreciate the efforts by PGI to put up an OCEANIC server so that I no longer have to aim off my lasers!

Blame Russia and China for not having more good core routing?

[Steve Pryde]

EU Server makes no sense for me because of Russians&co. They all have terrible pings above 200-300. It's the same in WoW when you're playing bgs against Russians, they lagging like hell with their crappy internet.

[bad arcade kitty]

Steve Pryde, on 24 July 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

EU Server makes no sense for me because of Russians&co. They all have terrible pings above 200-300. It's the same in WoW when you're playing bgs against Russians, they lagging like hell with their crappy internet.

http://mwomercs.com/...russia-eu-part/

[Jeb]

Regional servers on a game like this do NOT make sense unless the servers are somehow synced in the backend so that players can connect to closer servers, but play in the same game... or the game has a high enough population to support both servers with only the players in those regions. (maybe this is the case... but for this post I am going to assume it's not)

All this does is allow some players to have a good ping sometimes when they connect to the closer servers, and a bad ping other times.

What is probably going to eventually happen is people will uncheck the servers they get higher pings on, and it will divide the playerbase, creating long wait times due to less overall players on each server... I don't know any FPS types that would use a server they get a higher ping on when they have a choice of a lower ping one.

It might be working right now, since mostly everyone has both servers checked, but people will start unchecking one of the servers... It will only get worse as new servers are added.

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against EU players having better pings, but I don't think this is the best solution for the game over all... Unless the playerbase drastically increases, odds are this is a bad move.

Edited by Jeb, 24 July 2015 - 07:01 AM.

[PlzDie]

GBxGhostRyder, on 23 July 2015 - 08:06 PM, said:

Your all fools I swear both the NA server and EU server are still based in Canada after doing a trace LOL LOL I cant believe so many fall for PGI's liessss there is no NA or EU server there based out of PGI's offices.

By far the best post in this thread, I gave you a like for its comical value.

[Scratx]

bad arcade kitty, on 23 July 2015 - 07:41 PM, said:

eu server is harmful

its introduction worsened my ping on the american server by 50 and the eu server has the very same 320 ping as american despite lol servers in europe have 170 ping for me

I'd say it's coincidence because my ping to NA is unchanged. Perhaps there are issues in your connection to the NA servers? Give PGI support a call if it persists, they might have a clue.

GBxGhostRyder, on 23 July 2015 - 08:06 PM, said:

Your all fools I swear both the NA server and EU server are still based in Canada after doing a trace LOL LOL I cant believe so many fall for PGI's liessss there is no NA or EU server there based out of PGI's offices.

For a troll you're way too obvious.

[Haakon Magnusson]

Steve Pryde, on 24 July 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

EU Server makes no sense for me because of Russians&co. They all have terrible pings above 200-300. It's the same in WoW when you're playing bgs against Russians, they lagging like hell with their crappy internet.

And to nitpick somewhat, it is 38% which is quite a bit more than a third.

And EU server makes totally sense, to serve apparently second most numerous nationality from around here. (With WoT and the like, MWO may indeed find a crowd from there)

[Arkon von Drachenfels]

I'm playing from the EU here,
My ping times are around:
NA : ~115-150 ms
EU : ~15-20 mis

so yes, I like the EU servers.
Besides, i can still switch / click on both server locations from the play button, so it's a perfect solution if the EU server should be unpopulated due to daytime issues.

Well done PGI

[Thokas]

i love the new EU nice final ben able to hit light mech
and got 3 friend to try the game again now
when they dont have play wiht high ping
beside when go stream they loss most eu or asian player new
player if they had to play wiht bad ping as soon as they got em

[Peter2k]

Hmm, players been asking since alpha or so for regional servers
PGI finally does something
(some) Players are not happy

/s
My God, where would I vent my nagging if I couldn't come here to these forums
That alone was worth all the $'s

/s

[CrayonDragon]

From 250 ping to..
38 and that's on average.

EU Servers are a friggen success.

[Ahri-the-Fox]

150 ping before the EU server, 15 after the EU server....

6 months of NOT playing before the EU servers, loving it after the EU server.

Nuff said

[XxXAbsolutZeroXxX]

GBxGhostRyder, on 23 July 2015 - 08:06 PM, said:

Your all fools I swear both the NA server and EU server are still based in Canada after doing a trace LOL LOL I cant believe so many fall for PGI's liessss there is no NA or EU server there based out of PGI's offices.

[stjobe]

120-130 ping to NA servers for 3 years. No complaints from me.

First drop on EU server: 45 ping. Pointless you say?

How about you wait for the Oceanic server instead of complaining like a ... well, like an entitled little brat?

Edit: toned that down a bit

Edited by stjobe, 24 July 2015 - 10:11 AM.

[KharnZor]

stjobe, on 24 July 2015 - 10:10 AM, said:

120-130 ping to NA servers for 3 years. No complaints from me. First drop on EU server: 45 ping. Pointless you say? How about you wait for the Oceanic server instead of complaining like a ... well, like an entitled little brat? Edit: toned that down a bit

My first, and only drop on the EU server :380 ping. what does this mean for me? i'm effectively cut off from a large slice of the mwo player pool.
And as for the oceanic server well i'm not too hopefull there

[KharnZor]

dbl post. bah

Edited by KharnZor, 24 July 2015 - 03:30 PM.

[bad arcade kitty]

Scratx, on 24 July 2015 - 07:06 AM, said:

I'd say it's coincidence because my ping to NA is unchanged. Perhaps there are issues in your connection to the NA servers? Give PGI support a call if it persists, they might have a clue.

i saw at least 2 other players from different places reported that problem too

[MauttyKoray]

The EU sever is actually really useful for the EU players with really high pings. I just keep mine on both NA and EU and 'BOOM!' not a single issue for me.

I recommend anyone with a good ping on the other region server from them to keep both enabled. This way the players with poor latency on the other region can stick to their own region, and those of us with good latency can fill in on both.