Closest 'district' to Australia? - Guild Wars Forums

Guillotine · Apr 25, 2005, 09:09 AM // 09:09

Hi,

I live in Australia, and wish to play with the lowest ping possible. I think S. Korea is the closest (or is it?), but wish to play in a place where the main language used is English.

Which country out of the 3 should i play?

Xellos · Apr 25, 2005, 09:16 AM // 09:16

I'm going with Europe judging by the global map. Your underneath Europe somewhat. Asia might be a bit farther, but nothing gets worst then America, which is diagonally opposite from you.

I could be totally wrong though.

NiknudStunod · Apr 25, 2005, 09:21 AM // 09:21

If you have a good connections you should be able to play on any district without much problem. I regularly play on foriegn disticts in other games with no noticable lag.

Rhys · Apr 25, 2005, 09:30 AM // 09:30

I play on the American servers with no lag except at the Hall of Heroes, but that may be due to the fact I have a below average computer.

In any case, you should try all three. You can change countries several times so pick the one that works best for you.

Deagol · Apr 25, 2005, 09:56 AM // 09:56

I'd choose America for the language. I *did* choose America for the language, even though I live in Europe. My skills in German and French are rather poor.

US tend to be the "hub" of the Internet world. Even data between European countries are sometimes routed through the US. So also for that reason America is the obvious answer if there is no local server.

Peiah · Apr 25, 2005, 10:54 AM // 10:54

I played on the American servers without any problems.

Viktor · Apr 25, 2005, 11:07 AM // 11:07

America is the safe choice. Europe had nothing to offer during the last BWE, too many diffrent languages and lower usercount. Anet only addressed the issue of less users, and it's really the least of my concern

Scaphism · Apr 25, 2005, 11:23 AM // 11:23

It's a hidden "feature" that you can only switch regions 5 times per account, so don't start hopping back and forth with abandon, unless you want to get stranded wherever hop 5 lands you.

Deagol · Apr 25, 2005, 11:29 AM // 11:29

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Originally Posted by Viktor

America is the safe choice. Europe had nothing to offer during the last BWE, too many diffrent languages and lower usercount. Anet only addressed the issue of less users, and it's really the least of my concern

More users will also adress the language concern, as the game will try to divide people into districts depending on their language setting. I think that is why I sometimes felt everybody talked French, and other times that everybody talked German, when I played in the European world. I simply ended up in a French or German district, because too few English-speaking players were on. With more players, that should happen less frequently.

Nonetheless, I also choose America.

spiritofcat · Apr 25, 2005, 11:30 AM // 11:30

For the last BWE it asked you to choose between America and Europe, saying that if neither applied to you that you should pick America, so I think they might add more options in future and automatically offer the choice of changing to the new localities to anyone on the American option but not to the others.
I'm an Aussie and I played in the American world during the BWE.

Rizzen Khalazar · Apr 25, 2005, 01:55 PM // 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guillotine

Hi,

I live in Australia, and wish to play with the lowest ping possible. I think S. Korea is the closest (or is it?), but wish to play in a place where the main language used is English.

Which country out of the 3 should i play?

Hi Mate,

You will be fine to connect to the US servers.

Bgnome · Apr 25, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00

from what i understand, worlds are not necessarily "server" based. you connect to the closest server to you regionally. but the "world" you choose designates the majority of districts available to you. if you live in Europe and choose to play in the American world, you will end up "further away" than most players in the American districts. there may be a slight difference there when compared to people from the same region playing together.
on the flip side, this would mean if people in the US chose the Korean and European worlds but played exclusively with other Americans in the International districts, they should not see a difference in performance.
that is my take on it anyway..

Guillotine · May 04, 2005, 12:54 PM // 12:54

Thanks for the replies, i have one more question though

So far im leaning towards America, but im curious to know how the lag will be the same as the other regions? For example, on Counter-Strike, i would get 10-30 ping on Australian servers, yet get 500-1000+ on American/other countries?

Also would having a higher ping affect pking? I played Conquer Online with 500 ping and it was rather hard pking due to me not being able to constantly follow them/attack.

Thanks!

Aborted · May 05, 2005, 08:13 AM // 08:13

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coycub · May 05, 2005, 08:39 AM // 08:39

I'm in Melbourne and play on the American servers on a 512k adsl. Hardly any lag for me so far and hardly any foreign language which is a bonus!

Nosyd · May 05, 2005, 09:37 AM // 09:37

I play in America and live in the UK. I have no ping problems at all. There are to many different languages on the Euro server, its so annoying.

Apr 25, 2005, 09:09 AM // 09:09	#1
Guillotine Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	Closest 'district' to Australia? Hi, I live in Australia, and wish to play with the lowest ping possible. I think S. Korea is the closest (or is it?), but wish to play in a place where the main language used is English. Which country out of the 3 should i play?

Apr 25, 2005, 09:56 AM // 09:56	#5
Deagol Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denmark	I'd choose America for the language. I did choose America for the language, even though I live in Europe. My skills in German and French are rather poor. US tend to be the "hub" of the Internet world. Even data between European countries are sometimes routed through the US. So also for that reason America is the obvious answer if there is no local server. Last edited by Deagol; Apr 25, 2005 at 11:25 AM // 11:25..

Apr 25, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00	#12
Bgnome Elite Guru Join Date: Feb 2005	from what i understand, worlds are not necessarily "server" based. you connect to the closest server to you regionally. but the "world" you choose designates the majority of districts available to you. if you live in Europe and choose to play in the American world, you will end up "further away" than most players in the American districts. there may be a slight difference there when compared to people from the same region playing together. on the flip side, this would mean if people in the US chose the Korean and European worlds but played exclusively with other Americans in the International districts, they should not see a difference in performance. that is my take on it anyway.. __________________ [quote=Sausaletus Rex]...When you respond to a thread in [Q&A] make sure, and I mean damn sur

Apr 25, 2005, 09:16 AM // 09:16	#2
Xellos Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: No Idea	I'm going with Europe judging by the global map. Your underneath Europe somewhat. Asia might be a bit farther, but nothing gets worst then America, which is diagonally opposite from you. I could be totally wrong though.

Apr 25, 2005, 09:21 AM // 09:21	#3
NiknudStunod Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005	If you have a good connections you should be able to play on any district without much problem. I regularly play on foriegn disticts in other games with no noticable lag.

Apr 25, 2005, 09:30 AM // 09:30	#4
Rhys Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Profession: D/W	I play on the American servers with no lag except at the Hall of Heroes, but that may be due to the fact I have a below average computer. In any case, you should try all three. You can change countries several times so pick the one that works best for you.

Apr 25, 2005, 10:54 AM // 10:54	#6
Peiah Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia	I played on the American servers without any problems.

Apr 25, 2005, 11:07 AM // 11:07	#7
Viktor Elite Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden	America is the safe choice. Europe had nothing to offer during the last BWE, too many diffrent languages and lower usercount. Anet only addressed the issue of less users, and it's really the least of my concern

Apr 25, 2005, 11:30 AM // 11:30	#10
spiritofcat Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Guild: Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD] Profession: E/Mo	For the last BWE it asked you to choose between America and Europe, saying that if neither applied to you that you should pick America, so I think they might add more options in future and automatically offer the choice of changing to the new localities to anyone on the American option but not to the others. I'm an Aussie and I played in the American world during the BWE.

May 04, 2005, 12:54 PM // 12:54	#13
Guillotine Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	Thanks for the replies, i have one more question though So far im leaning towards America, but im curious to know how the lag will be the same as the other regions? For example, on Counter-Strike, i would get 10-30 ping on Australian servers, yet get 500-1000+ on American/other countries? Also would having a higher ping affect pking? I played Conquer Online with 500 ping and it was rather hard pking due to me not being able to constantly follow them/attack. Thanks!

May 05, 2005, 08:13 AM // 08:13	#14
Aborted Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	fgfggddgd

May 05, 2005, 08:39 AM // 08:39	#15
coycub Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	I'm in Melbourne and play on the American servers on a 512k adsl. Hardly any lag for me so far and hardly any foreign language which is a bonus!

May 05, 2005, 09:37 AM // 09:37	#16
Nosyd Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005 Location: England	I play in America and live in the UK. I have no ping problems at all. There are to many different languages on the Euro server, its so annoying.