FFXIV PVP LAG ISSUES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozU_...ature=youtu.be

i can't be the only one with this problem, its only a 15 seconds clip but you will get the idea...

I have comcast cable, live in san jose california and seem to get this 85% of the matches..

Why grind r30 if this is what we have to deal with?

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Originally Posted by allymarie

I have comcast cable, live in san jose california and seem to get this 85% of the matches..

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None of this really matters, unfortunately.
It's the game itself, not any ISPs (well, for the most part anyways).'

Additionally, the changes they made for instances in the 2.1 patch (to reduce lag or whatever) REALLY screwed over some people, based on a variety of factors that I probably can't name.

The code of the game promotes 'natural' lag. It's incredibly silly for PvP, but works decently for PvE.

yeah i figured i'd add it since people will probably assume isp at first glance

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Originally Posted by LongNu

The code of the game promotes 'natural' lag. It's incredibly silly for PvP, but works decently for PvE.

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so all of us get this 85% of the time?

we are all familiar with this unfortunately

i really like this game, its just very frustrating... they have to do something about this or the game will sink

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Originally Posted by allymarie

so all of us get this 85% of the time?

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Not to the extreme all the time, but this is sadly somewhat normal. Can't say I recall many games without seeing some form of teleporting, warping, skills not even going off and the like.

what really gets me is the ANIMATION will still do its thing, yet nothing happen?

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Originally Posted by allymarie

so all of us get this 85% of the time?

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I actually don't have your problem and we're not far apart (Comcast, Daly City, CA). I don't know if I'm just lucky but the only time I've seen that happen is when my internet completely drops for a few seconds (I should really yell at Comcast about that).

i just pinged 184.107.107.176

i have an average ping of 90ms to that NA data centre

The worst lag spikes are when it spikes soon as you sprint, and it cancels your sprint putting it on cool down while still draining your TP, dumbest thing I have ever experienced.

Yeah there is a big thread on the subject, lots of people experiencing it, I had that problem then I gave Wtfast a shot, totally new game for me, however I shouldn't have to not only pay for my ISP, a monthly sub to a game and a proxy server, it's something that really needs to be fixxed.

Every third to fifth fight is like described in the video for me, pretty fun.

Get Battleping. I have verizon FiOS and I skip around the Wolves' Den and constantly slow down/start back up unless I'm running Battleping. It completely eliminated the issue for me. You might say to yourself, "Well it's ridiculous that I have to use an outside service to play the game" but that's the way of things right now.

My life changed after getting Pingzapper, especially in Wolves Den.

The issue is gone after I tried WTFast. I hope SE gets their act together though, I don't see myself paying for a third party service just to play their game the way it's supposed to be.

I get this lag -- but what is that "other" thing in PVP causing what looks like a sliding effect of people. I have 35mb, wired connection, but when I am chasing people they are all over the shop. Naturally they are szig-zagging and randomly changing direction, but what is displayed is like they are ice-skating inside the spinning lottery ball selector...

Someone I asked said it is the update delay, where they appear to be running forward, change directions, but their direction isn't updated for 0.X seconds, so they appear to keep going forward -- then the position updates and their character appears to slide to where it actually was all along.

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Originally Posted by Buckles

I get this lag -- but what is that "other" thing in PVP causing what looks like a sliding effect of people. I have 35mb, wired connection, but when I am chasing people they are all over the shop. Naturally they are szig-zagging and randomly changing direction, but what is displayed is like they are ice-skating inside the spinning lottery ball selector...

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That would be scholar lustrate. If we cast it while running it appears like we are ice skating "inside the spinning lottery ball selector". The change of directions is just us running in a different direction. You don't see our legs moving because someone at Enix programmed the spell to appear as a static standing animation, rather than showing our legs moving so it looks like we are sliding across the arena until the spell animation is over.