East coast NA ping is terrible

Sethires·Jul 19, 2015·1 votes·451 views

It's no secret and I'm pretty sure everyone else on the east coast agrees with me that it just sucks to play especially in ranked if your ping is like 110 and sometimes spikes to 210 it's terrible. There needs to be an East coast server. My idea is to make the current LAN server the new east coast NA or to make another server for the east coast or somehow make connecting to California faster than it is now. Because with all of the people playing now about 65 million now it went from 77 to 110 and that is a huge difference we need better ping in order to enjoy the game to the fullest

6 Comments

SiytherJul 19, 20151 votes

serously stop beating a dead horse on this Riot has stated they have no intenion of having an east coast server ever. their crappy ass idea for improving ping and such is garbage its not working. ive given up on plying ranked here on the east coast.Roit is being discriminatory with this they must hate east coast players or something lol jk

DrCyanideJul 19, 20152 votes

Most players, including those on the East Coast, have noticed a 30 ping drop. If you're not, follow the guidelines at the bottom of the Roadmap articles to find out why your ISP sucks.

I suspect in about a month we'll see the post about moving the servers to a central location, seeing as the North and South bridges are finished now.

SiytherJul 19, 20151 votes

nope no drop at all its worse not that im complaining but i just stopped playing ranked cause of it. ping has increased by 10 over the last few months and stabilty has gotten a touch worse as well. now belive me im lucky that i hardly ever have issues with ping ping spikes or packet loss just need a better and lower actual ping in game. I sometimes play on LAN and i get less than 50 ping there. what a diff is all i can say but unfortunatly i speak little spanish so ranked is out of the question there as well. i just dont see why Riot thinks that having an additional server would screw the game up as far as que times and such, there are more than enough ppl playing league and no i really wouldnt want 30 min que times either. its just an unfortunite situation that will probally remain the way it is 4ever

DrCyanideJul 19, 20151 votes

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nope no drop at all its worse not that im complaining but i just stopped playing ranked cause of it. ping has increased by 10 over the last few months and stabilty has gotten a touch worse as well.

That sounds like your ISP messed up in directing your traffic, which is something Riot warned might happen in those articles and told players to contact them if that was the case so they could fix it.

i just dont see why Riot thinks that having an additional server would screw the game up as far as que times and such, there are more than enough ppl playing league and no i really wouldnt want 30 min que times either. its just an unfortunite situation that will probally remain the way it is 4ever

The problem is people like me. I grew up in what would be "East Cost" territory, but now live in what would be "West Coast" territory. I have friends in both regions that I like to play with. Making a separate server means I'd have to make and maintain another League account to play with the friends I can currently play with on a single account. It's not about matchmaking with strangers, it's about letting friends play together.

FlysideJul 21, 20151 votes

There is no way that is Riots reasoning. If it was they would have just made switching from east to west simple and free.

DrCyanideJul 22, 20151 votes

It's probably not so simple on Riot's end. Lets think of what needs to happen for "simple and free" transfers on Riot's end:

Usernames have to be checked on the destination server before moving. If there's a conflict, the "simple" solution is to assign a default username to the player, such as "player_25367". Needless to say, not ideal.
A system needs to be put in place to preserve usernames after the transfer, so that when you transfer back you're not stuck with "player_25367" because someone liked your username and waited for you to jump servers.
Player's Runes/Masteries need to be moved from one server to the other. For an individual player, it's probably not too bad, but compound the problem with the number of people you have transferring back and forth each day this adds up.
Player's Content needs to be moved from one server to another, including the purchase history and refunds available. Riot needs to move this because first and foremost they are a business, and if they can't keep track of your transactions they'll lose your business.
Match History needs to be transferred back and forth.
Player History needs to be merged between "Trusublime" and "player_25367", since it's the same player in both cases.
Match History needs to be adapted so that it can access players on different servers in the same history.

And this is just the high level list of what has to happen. That's not taking into account the deeper "how do we actually do this?" discussion. And no, the current Migration system isn't good enough, since it's basically meant for one-way trips, not repeated round trips.

Then you have to set up a separate data center for the servers, complete with it's network infrastructure and IT personnel. Add to this the extra time Player Support has to put in to explain to people why their old username is taken and they're stuck with "player_25367", and it is definitely not "free" to Riot.

At the end of the day, while it's a bold undertaking, the roadmap that Riot has set out for the NA Server is a whole lot better than simply standing up an East Coast Server.