How much does ping matter?!?

[Freakinaye]

Not sure if anyone can answer this question since US players are going to KR or RU, but does anyone know how how much ping will matter in this game? I play FF14 and bad ping can get you killed with the boss mechanics really fast. I tested my ping with AWS and I get 34-45is MS ping to US East and 90-110ish MS ping to US West. If I play West with my friends (I live on the east coast), will it matter?

[Arobee]

For PvE, ping's not too much of a problem (unless your ping is insane, obviously lol). Very forgiving in that respect. For PvP though, it's a huge deal. If need be, run through something like Exitlag or pingzapper if you plan to PvP and you don't have good ping.

[Freakinaye]

引用自 Thyl'：

It matters, but the client is pretty ping-friendly. Imo, running more than 60ms is not very good, especially for PvP. I can say that going from 60ms (RU) to 13ms (EU) in my situation is a very big deal (way smoother).

So yeah, above 60ms is noticeable and can be painful in some situations. (200ms in KR for me was awful).

The 60 to 13ms difference was noticeable in PvE or just PvP? I see people saying that a 100ish ping is "doable" in PvE but I don't want doable...lol. I want to enjoy the game and get the most of it :) Thanks for your input.

[Rosefall]

With this huge gap, it was noticeable for both. Of course with PVP, it's day and night. In PVE, it's an end-game-only issue if you get more than 60ms. When a guardian starts a telegraph attack and you dodge out at the last second, sometimes you take the hit. It's not a big issue for basic raiding, but if you want to accomplish hell modes with 0 death (like the ultimate challenge available right now in KR, DO NOT (like NEVER) handicap yourself above 60-50ms. 30 is perfect.

With 10ms, well, the issue is that you cannot blame the game anymore for your mistakes or lack of reflexes xDD.

Lost Ark on a competitive level can be compared to any competitive games like CS / Dota / LoL. You don't want this extra handicap.

[Freakinaye]

引用自 Thyl'：

With this huge gap, it was noticeable for both. Of course with PVP, it's day and night. In PVE, it's an end-game-only issue if you get more than 60ms. When a guardian starts a telegraph attack and you dodge out at the last second, sometimes you take the hit. It's not a big issue for basic raiding, but if you want to accomplish hell modes with 0 death (like the ultimate challenge available right now in KR, DO NOT (like NEVER) handicap yourself above 60-50ms. 30 is perfect.

With 10ms, well, the issue is that you cannot blame the game anymore for your mistakes or lack of reflexes xDD.

Lost Ark on a competitive level can be compared to any competitive games like CS / Dota / LoL. You don't want this extra handicap.

I trust this data is based purely on your experience between 30 and 60ms ping doing end-game raiding? Just wanted to make sure you experienced this with those hell mode "ultimate" bosses. I get plenty of "end-game raids are doable with 100ms" but I don't want doable :) I want to own bosses and blame my self for deaths :) Sounds like my sister will have to join US East if she wants to play with me now...haha.

[Rosefall]

I had 230ms KR, then 63 RU, then 13ms EU alpha. 63 is ok (doable), 13ms is godlike. 30ms is a nice spot (this is a guess).

[Freakinaye]

引用自 Thyl'：

I had 230ms KR, then 63 RU, then 13ms EU alpha. 63 is ok (doable), 13ms is godlike. 30ms is a nice spot (this is a guess).

Works for me...thanks for chiming in. I see too many theoretical "should work" answers for questions like this. It is wonderful to get concrete answers. I will be sporting 30-40ms on NA East. Sounds like NA West is not going to happen unless I want to deal with lag and play something tanky like Artillerist.

[Chirichaurio]

In pvp ,if you are tryhard,means a lot. In pve 60-80 ms is great. High ping could make stuff happens before you see it. If a boss use a skill,you will be dead before you will be dead before you see the skill,if your ping is really high,thats why is important a ping..i guess at 80ms max,at least for me with 100-120ms i have lag and stuff happens before i see them

[Freakinaye]

引用自 Chirichaurio：

In pvp ,if you are tryhard,means a lot. In pve 60-80 ms is great. High ping could make stuff happens before you see it. If a boss use a skill,you will be dead before you will be dead before you see the skill,if your ping is really high,thats why is important a ping..i guess at 80ms max,at least for me with 100-120ms i have lag and stuff happens before i see them

Big help...tks a bunch. I would be getting 100ish ping playing NA West and you just confirmed I will have issues (not the end of the world...just preventable issues). Of course I am only talking PvE. I was watching a guy do PvP at 170 ping and while lag was hurting him, it wasn't the end of the world...he just knows that he will never see grand master...lol.