Hello everyone. Is it worth to purchase VPN to reduce packet loss and ping? I also have problems on logging in sometimes it says error e84: “Too many login retries at your location. Please try again later”. Please help.
Short answer no, long answer maybe.
I’m a network engineer by trade; what you’ll need to try and work out is what route your data is taking to get to the SEA server.
Lets make some stuff up for the sake of visualising.
Lets say you’re in New Zealand, and you connect to SEA.
You might find your data path is NZ (1 hop) > AU (4 hops) > China (2 hops) > Singapore (1 hop).
As an Australian, I know that data inside the country often HAS TO go via Sydney.
So if you enter in Queensland, you need to hop at least another state (to Sydney) before it hands you off, probably to Western Australia, then out to SEA (continuning to china, then to Singapore).
As another random hypothetical, lets say you have a tunnel to Paupa New Guinea. You might then hop
NZ (1 hop) > Paupa (1hop) > Indonesia (1hop) > Singapore (1hop). cutting out the HUGE delay that is copper connections bouncing data around Australia.
So TLDR, it’s all about what path your data takes, and if forcing a change in that path, is going to result in less (or faster) hops.
If you can confirm the answer is YES, then you’re better off renting a VPS, and running your own WireGuard server.
That way you data isn’t being stolen by an anonymous group of VPN owners, and your can control exactly what and where you server is located, and you’ll have zero overhead of other users.
Hi. Im located in SEA area. I often experience packet loss up to 60 sometimes. Will having a VPN improve my connectivity? I have 60-70 ms ping in SEA/Japan server. Will this give me a smooth connection?
This. Your ISP’s routing can sometimes cause issues (at least they did for me) and using a VPN can ensure that your connection to a game server will be using the best route.
My head burning… I live in Japan and hope for better SEA ping as Japan server is unplayable
Yeah this 100%. OP if you want a simple way to change/check routing, I recommend mudfish.
hi there. does mudfish reduce ping and packet loss?
Hi, yes if routing is an issue. You won’t be able to know til you try. It costs $3 to try for 3 months of bandwith. It works from browser so easy enough to try