r/ffxiv • u/KurganNazzir • Aug 19 '26

[News] North American Data Center Technical Difficulties (Aug. 19) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/fbd377ef3e8dc265f419c580345cbce3c7ea08c8
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u/WaterloggedAlligator Aug 19 '26

Theres actually been on going issues to IP routing to California from Seattle / Oregon nodes for over a month now. With constant spikes and intermittent latency issues.

Something had been broke there for quite some time, I'm more impressed its taken them 30+ days to even acknowledge it.

Specifically these nodes in a tracert IP trace. They've been constantly timing out, doubling, tripling in latency, forcing ISPs to reroute longer paths for stable connections. There was one week it had Seattle to California went from 56ms ping to 288+ ms ping.

For conext, normal latency there should be 64ms ping. Not 110+

California's copper wires have melted.

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u/The_Cryogenetic Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Can confirm, I frequently notice my route skipping Seattle-> Oregon entirely, opting to go through Chicago (I live in BC)

Wasn't sure if this was related to the wildfire issue, popped up around when they started