First, bandwidth has no impact at all, there just isn't enough data transmitted to matter. Second, latency does matter but 60 mS is insignificant. Third, ping is not necessarily a reliable indicator of performance, it is a different type of packet. The biggest impact on performance will be your ISP and their lease agreements and any QOS that is applied.
SSG: Can we have a server in EU region please?
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FaceDancer
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EU servers have been asked about in the past (via Fridays chat with Severlin). I got the impression that if servers/s came to the EU, LOTR would most likely get first dibs.
TavernBrawler
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I don't understand what people are trying to say here - I play Last Epoch with `16-19ms in EU server and DDO with >60ms and the difference is HUGE, especially with lag. And it is dirt cheap to roll a new cloud server in 2024 - SSG just need to shop around better.
Again, cost is not the only consideration. DDO already has too many servers for how few people play it.
Tbh, any more or less stable ping sub-100ms is just fine for DDO. It's not a pvp game, there's no such thing as i-frames, where you need to have perfect timing to avoid damage.
Above 300ms+ or insane jitter is when problems really start cropping up.
Not to mention that when servers start lagging like in DDO - we all get lag-locked, regardless of our geographical location.
Drunken.dx
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Looks at his 140 ms that recently went up to 160ms...
Mickeymouse
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I didn´t know germany had zero DDO players.
Jeronimo
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I'm not sure that it would be necessary. I've played from the EU both in the past when the servers actually were EU based and after the transfer over the pond. I don't remember my actual ping back in the days, but now it's around 100 ms.
I don't remember when I last exerienced lag, it's very rare for me playing on Cannith during low population hours. I do however remember that there used to be a lot of lag issues when the servers were EU based back in 2006-2009.
My suspicion is that the high population servers suffers from more lag than other servers and that it has very little to do with the ping. It would probably be better if SSG focused on getting dedicated servers (instead of virtualized) along with a better hosting provider (IMHO).
I don't remember when I last exerienced lag, it's very rare for me playing on Cannith during low population hours. I do however remember that there used to be a lot of lag issues when the servers were EU based back in 2006-2009.
My suspicion is that the high population servers suffers from more lag than other servers and that it has very little to do with the ping. It would probably be better if SSG focused on getting dedicated servers (instead of virtualized) along with a better hosting provider (IMHO).
Dragavon
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Not really no.So wayfinder having the DE in its name means nothing!
The Wayfinder server is located in the same server park in Boston as all the other DDO servers.
Technically, it should be no problem. WoW handled more players on each of its servers than DDO has in total with less lag, 20 years ago.
But combining all the player and guild names on one server would be a nightmare
LurkingVeteran
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All us EU players were moved to Ghallanda back in 2010 or so. If it still has the highest concentration, they could just add the [EU] label to that or at least default EU players to that. I've raised this idea before because yeah, if there is not enough players for one EU server, imagine how hard it is to find groups for EU players spread across all servers during NA off-hours.
I mean... technically Hardcore is kinda like 1 megaserver.... And from the perspective of LFMing - it's fantastic (at least early on). You can always find/fill a group.
Now from a technical perspective.... the amount of extra lag is funkilling.
Jeronimo
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Some 14-15 years ago there were less lag on the servers with a lot more players than Orien has today.
I blame virtualization and shrinked bandwith because SSG wants to save money.
Frantik
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Only based on the current technology which isn't ideal.
TavernBrawler
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Guess you are a new kid on the block. We had more players 10 years ago with less lag.
yes cause we had 9k rp and 900 pls to load and all the gear in the bank.... its all the same
and i started in 2006 tyvm