Aim for a lower latency for improved performance.
Aim for a lower latency for improved performance.
The only way to boost your ping is by being nearer to their servers than the FN servers. They maintain a tighter link to FN and other game servers, reducing latency between them and the game itself. However, if the delay in sending data to their servers matches the direct route to FN servers, you won’t notice any gains.
I'm based in India's western region. Which servers are nearest to you?
I'm connected to the Asian servers now—I think I moved there recently since my ping dropped from 190 to 100. My up speed is 20 and down speed is 15, with a 30 ms ping to the nearest server.
It's tricky to determine proximity based on hop count rather than physical distance. For instance, servers might be nearby yet require 100 hops due to routing. They have a ping test available, though it didn't load properly and only shows DOTA and LOL. Checking that could give some insight. The most reliable method would be using KillPing directly, but I don’t have any details on that.
I just tried it out, but it displays much higher ping than what I experience while playing.