Video representation of - Desynchronization and Delay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1TwV7fO5tk

Original Clip without freeze frames, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOkGEZjkwos


Overview

Time it takes for client to acknowledge combat
has started after active mode has been initiated(Enemy name turns red): 4.04 seconds.

Time it takes on-screen player damage
to show after combat has started: 5.00 seconds.

Time it takes enemy to enter active mode
after player has entered combat: 2.00 seconds.

Time it takes enemy to deal damage to player
after combat begins: 2.12 seconds.

Time it takes enemy to turn to the player
after combat begins: 2.92 seconds.

Time it takes enemy's attack animation to begin
after damage for ability has already shown (health bar going down): 0.92 seconds.

Time it takes on-screen damage to show
after player health bar starts going down: 1.9 seconds

Using second wind nearly instantly restores health, but
player loses control of avatar for 2.12 seconds after button is pressed.



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Note: My internet connection is almost without flaw.
I am located in California and I believe the servers are all in located Japan.
However my in-game latency icon is always green.

Please syncrhronize the game to be fluid and natural.

Delays are not limited to combat:
Depositing items into the Bank (retainers)
Conversing with an NPC
Crafting
Nearly everything has massive delays.

My belief is the client is excessively reliant on the server.
While using this method can provide some degree of security...
if the data isn't in the client it can't be data mined.

An example of the client not needing server acknowledgement would be when distributing stats.
You can spam your enter key as fast as you want and the stats get distributed.
The server comes into play when you hit Apply, which makes perfect sense.

Please do not improve delay, fix it entirely.

I sincerely don't know how they are going to fix this issue, but they must if they want to have a successful relaunch of the game. That said, this is a known issue and there are several threads about it, some, even with Com rep responses indicating something is being done, alas!, no more info is given to us other than a request to wait patiently.

Anther good video to show some problems.

I have to wonder though if this isnt a problem for the JP client and only those outside of the Asian Market. Here is why:

I do behests all day long. Every time I play with someone who's obviously playing from an Asian country I notice that they start running for the Behest Mobs about 7-10 second before they even show up on my screen (I play in Canada). Meaning, the Behest Mobs are showing up on JP players screen as I see it 7-10 seconds before I see the behest Mobs.

This isnt the glitch where there is a red dot outside the yellow circles that you can some times see giving you some proir directions. Ive tested it many times this week and every time, the JP players are getting an obvious head start on the mob spawns.

This has to have a tie in with the over all major server lag problems. But I just wanted to add this to the pile of evidence towards there being critical problems with server structure and lag.

Anyone able to provide some comparison numbers from Europe or Japan?

Note: I pinged a few different Japanese IP addresses and it resulted in 100-120ms range of response time.

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Originally Posted by towel

Anyone able to provide some comparison numbers from Europe or Japan?

Note: I pinged a few different Japanese IP addresses and it resulted in 100-120ms range of response time.

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This isn't a latency issue. Even japanese players have these problems.

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Originally Posted by Grim_Lion

I do behests all day long. Every time I play with someone who's obviously playing from an Asian country I notice that they start running for the Behest Mobs about 7-10 second before they even show up on my screen (I play in Canada). Meaning, the Behest Mobs are showing up on JP players screen as I see it 7-10 seconds before I see the behest Mobs.

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I'm in Canada too and I'm always running off before anyone else is. Here's why:

If you check your /clock, the registration ends at :03 or :33, about 1 second later you can check your map and see where the behest targets are. The targets won't appear on the minimap until about 5 seconds after registration ends. If you're only relying on the mini map as your indicator, you'll be left behind.