Server latency from ... (gulp) ... Australia?

[evilstarship]

I found a thread about server latency from way back in 2015 that says there's no plans for a US server and that latency should never be higher than 200ms "unless you're in Australia"

Unfortunately .. I am in Australia.

I have rubber banding issues when fighting enemies as an engineer .. they start to chase after my turret but then snap back in front of me suddenly once my ranged ability fires off. I haven't measured my ping but it feels like it could be over 200 or even as high as 500, just from the way the game feels for me to play right now

Wanted to ask if there is still just one EU-based server? When I signed up I got a confusing message about a server wanting order players, and I thought it sent me to a different server but now all I can see when I press "servers" is Martyr's Square so I guess its just that one EU-based server for now?

Any other tips that might improve my latency here? I know I could run an ethernet cable through my house so I'm not running on wireless and it might help a little but I'm not expecting that I can do much else since the server seems to be EU-based, can I?

[Eonfuzz]

Hey Mate, welcome to RoR! Sad to see you've chosen the worst faction to play as, perhaps if you rolled a destro character you'd have better ping?

[evilstarship]

perhaps if you rolled a destro character you'd have better ping?

Thankyou I’m happy to be back!!

Just to be sure .. You’re kidding right .. faction choice wouldn’t actually affect ping would it? Or is there some sort of population related lag on Order side?

I just wanna be a dwarf lol

[wargrimnir]

perhaps if you rolled a destro character you'd have better ping?

You’re kidding right .. faction choice wouldn’t actually affect ping would it? Or is there some sort of population related lag on Order side?

I just wanna be a dwarf lol

Faction doesn't matter, you're just on the other side of the world is all. Ethernet would definitely help. A proper VPN might do you some good as well, the server is located in France if you go that route. Find one that's a couple dollars a month and test it out first, the free ones are all scams anyway.

[evilstarship]

Faction doesn't matter, you're just on the other side of the world is all. Ethernet would definitely help. A proper VPN might do you some good as well, the server is located in France if you go that route. Find one that's a couple dollars a month and test it out first, the free ones are all scams anyway.

Ah wow ok I do actually have a VPN. I always thought vpns would slow my connection down .. so that’s interesting to hear and I’ll have to try it out and report back. Thanks

[pvprangergod]

The server network had really bad lag issues for some players recently and basically you had to use a VPN to fix the problem. Hopefully it remains stable in the future.

[abezverkhiy]

Playing from AU with and without VPN - ping is 320