Hello there! This short post tries to help our dear customers who play far away from us and because of this, have lots of connection problems.

It's important to note that this network latency is not the server's fault, in most cases it's simply an internet infrastructure issue, or the distance itself.

The main issue is, that in most cases every message that is sent to our servers, travels a far too long road. This can cause pings over 600ms for people from Australia, or New Zealand.

There was a really useful post a few weeks ago, that I wish to refer to:
http://forums.perpetuum-online.com/post/6156/#p6156

After testing a few times, I can clearly state that in many cases, I was able to ping far away places with at least -200ms than normally.

So, how to gain this network shortcut, and how's it working?

Anchorfree is a free, VPN (virtual private network) application. You can download it here:http://www.anchorfree.com/

What this application does, is that it routes your network traffic, so your connection will not jump trough tons of network hubs, as it will first jump to the vpn center, and try to navigate from there. This result in much quicker traffic, if you are playing far from us. This software will not only route Perpetuum; it will route every application that wish to access the internet on your computer, while turned on.

To use the software, just download it and turn it on. Simple to install and use. If you don't wish to use it just turn it off.

Finally, here's some nice test images from Hungary to Australia.
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3269 … iaping.png

Please note that if you play in a nearby country (close to Hungary), this application will probably increase your latency, as it does not jump to the nearest spot. It will always jump to the center first, so the ping from the center of the Anchorfree should be same for everyone, and depending on the ping to the software's center, you may experience better or worse network connection to us.

Please also note that when you use this service, your whole network traffic goes through it, and we can't confirm or guarantee this service to be secure or trusted. Using not well protected applications (login to a website without https, and so on) is not advisable. (thx GLiMPSE!)