I wish one of the developers would see this. I can only hope that my story is believed. You see, I have a satellite based internet connection via HughesNet. It is fast enough to play MMORPGs, but I will always have a ping of around 750 milliseconds. That puts me at a disadvantage, but because of the way that my character skips around due to latency, the people that I am playing against can also have a hard time fighting me. Well, a few days ago, I got banned from DC Universe Online. I had only just started playing it a few days ago, and only got to level 13, but they threw the hammer down on me and accused me of cheating and doing things that I wouldn't even know how to do.

I didn't cheat. I never cheated. I just have a very bad internet connection.

Now I'm worried. I want this game. I would love to play this game. I wouldn't mind paying a subscription fee. BUT... what's to say I won't end up getting banned here as well because my internet connection is causing false flags on the anti-cheating systems? They wouldn't even let me appeal because, in their words, their systems were "extremely accurate". Not accurate enough, it would seem.

The FAQ for The Elder Scrolls Online says this...

...and that gives me reason to pause. Does a satellite based internet connection count as a regular connection? It's fairly common in rural America, but I would like assurances that if I buy the game, and I play the game, that I won't be banned for something that I didn't do. And if I get banned, can there at least be a fair appeals process that doesn't begin and end with "The system is perfect, go to hell."? Because that's more-or-less what DC Universe Online told me.

Here is a picture of my ping for good measure. A big nice, fat "F" grade from an independent test site.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n147/The_Huntsman/Ping.png

I duno how they would define it as there is no standard for what "regular" means.

That said, I personally would not consider satellite to be regular. As you've experienced it has rather high lag time which causes problems for you and others.

The only surefire way to know would be to wait for the game to launch and call up support with your question.