NA WEST AND NA EAST

RenownedEvil·Sep 14, 2015·4 votes·4,837 views

I was hoping for 2 NA servers like NA east and NA west. Ever since the server change my ping spiked and my client keeps disconnecting. I know I am not the only one with this ping spike and I hope that riot will make 2 NA servers for better player experience, if they make this server change it will help a lot of people in NA. If Riot chooses to make this server change then they should allow NA players to pick NA east or NA west depending on their location. After the player chooses they should charge RP for another server change like it is now.

13 Comments

ImWonderPiggySep 14, 20154 votes

If such a big company could make servers in the first place then why not make 2 for 1 region, I mean europe has 2 servers as well and they hardly lag. When riot has so much money too this is a good idea. I SUPPORT IT. item 3070 Amumu

DrCyanideSep 14, 20151 votes

Europe has two sets of servers in the same city. The EUW and EUNE were set up for population.

As far as costs go, Riot has done the more expensive option, so saying their trying to take the cheap option doesn't make sense.

Thirdly, I'm in Utah and my ping dropped 20 with the server move. Just how small of a geographical region do you intend for a proposed "West" server to cover?

ImWonderPiggySep 14, 20153 votes

He did say players can choose NA east or NA west so if the east one works for you then you can select that one. Reading the whole thing helps.

SmokedAlmondsSep 14, 20152 votes

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He did say players can choose NA east or NA west so if the east one works for you then you can select that one. Reading the whole thing helps.

And then people have to choose between friends and ping.

There should have been 2 servers from the beginning. But now it is, in my opinion, too late.

DrCyanideSep 14, 20151 votes

My point is more "why do it?" than "can it be done?".

If a server is set up to only serve about 1/4th the US*, then why should there only be two US servers? Wouldn't it be natural to assume there should be 4? Or are you implying that there should be preferential treatment to those who happen to live in a state actually on the Pacific coastline? Because I can tell you my ping would be even less if there was a server in Denver, and players on the Atlantic coastline would have a smaller ping if there was a server in Atlanta.

What makes the West Coast so special that they can't play with the rest of NA? That they, and only they, should get their own server?

As I previously mentioned, Riot spent a lot more money on the POP system than they would have just making separate servers and splitting NA up. They did it to keep the community together, and as someone who has friends on both in the West and in the East I appreciate that. I don't think there's any logical reason at this point to ask for a West Coast Server. It would negatively impact my ability to play with my friends, and it would be a very noticeable increase in maintenance for Riot for minimal benefit for players.

* I'm limiting my comparison to the US geography since there's a lot of empty space in the northern parts of Canada and I don't know population distribution as well.

DK ZoroxSep 14, 20153 votes

I think is a great idea na west and na east would help many peoples cases and if its such a big deal they can change their system to be more like dota so when u que in for the game you get to choose which server you wanna que in for instead of having all these servers but im guessing its too late for that and as far as friends go idk how you can have a friend tht you hangout with and stuff if he lives on the other side of the country think of it from eu perspective a kid has a friend in eu west but hes in eu east so he still has to choose between it so wats the difference if we do i think it would be amazing so that about everyone will have lower than 60 ping all around na

TurquoiseYoshiSep 14, 20152 votes

Some people think this is a bad idea for some reason. I think that this is a great idea, but apparently some people think there are flaws in it.

MisterHealYoGirlSep 14, 20152 votes

The main issue is that you'd be bisecting the player base. Since there are fewer people in queue at any given time, all queue times would roughly double, and skill variances within games would likely also rise. There's also the economic issue of maintaining two servers; it's a lot cheaper to just do upkeep on one and make it serve everyone as well as it can, especially now that Riot has invested so much money in moving their whole operation. Finally, splitting into NA East and West could also cause some screwy stuff in the competitive scene, since teams wouldn't be able to play against each other on the same server; one would always have a ping disadvantage.

ImWonderPiggySep 14, 20152 votes

Teams in the LCS all live in LA so that would come in under NA west. The LCS takes place there too. Europe has LCS as well and they are doing fine so why not NA. I feel like this is unjust to NA players on the west coast because now every time i play i have to move my laptop, mouse, mouse pad, charger, and headset to my router so i can have a wired connection, otherwise i always lag.

TurquoiseYoshiSep 14, 20151 votes

1: Many people are used to long queue times by now and just do something else in queue. If you're just standing there waiting for 3-5 minutes, you are obviously going to be bored.

2: I can see the problem about the recent move, but I can't see it costing that much compared to the three South American servers.

3: Most teams, if they want to be competitive, move to the West coast anyway. It wouldn't be too big a change.

Dilly29Sep 14, 20152 votes

I fully agree with this idea i think its great europe already has their own eu west and eu east which helps all the players get what they want changing the server to chicago screwed alot of people over i get that its expensive but since europe and north america are roughly the same size i think it would be more fair that we get an na west and na east just like the europeans did

SmokedAlmondsSep 14, 20151 votes

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I fully agree with this idea i think its great europe already has their own eu west and eu east which helps all the players get what they want changing the server to chicago screwed alot of people over i get that its expensive but since europe and north america are roughly the same size i think it would be more fair that we get an na west and na east just like the europeans did

Both EU servers are in the same place, they don't have 2 servers because of ping.