Hello all;
So far as a WAR I have cleared everything up to T5. I can farm all the EX primals easily as well. Granted I have more time to play than most but I have also played MMO's for quite some time.
The raid content could be much better if latency was fixed. Not everyone experiences this but most do and its very apparent on Titan EX. No other MMO or game I own lags except for this one. It's not Verizon Fios, it's not my PC. It's your infrastructure. Find and fix the problem please.
I wish there was a better way to customize buffs and debuffs. Adding "auras" around your character when buffs such as "Grease lightning" are applied would be helpful as well. Having to look at a tiny square is a strain. An aura would make this easier to notice and more fun!
Fun daily quest that are more than go grind or collect this.
Client side hit detection. I hate to bring up WoW but it is a perfect example. This goes hand in hand with the latency to make a horrible experience sometimes.
Addons!
So far it's a great game and I am enjoying it very much. Thanks!
50 WAR/MNK/CUL/ARM
My experience 45 days in.
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01-28-2014, 03:30 PMremidiMy experience 45 days in.
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01-28-2014, 03:50 PMAnapingofness
I'm glad you're enjoying the game ^^ -tosses confetti-
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01-28-2014, 04:05 PMSeirra_Lanzce
but what about ppl like me who never experience this at all? since day 1?
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01-28-2014, 04:07 PMwhoopeeragonAbout your example, Greased Lightning actually provides an effect around the character. To be fair, it's not very apparent, but there IS an 'aura' effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by remidi
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01-28-2014, 04:20 PMMhaericThe Greased Lightning effect is pretty darn obvious at the second and third tier, given that it's a blend of highlighter yellow and green. I will grant that the first tier effect is less obvious, since it is smaller in size and only a pale grey.Quote:
Originally Posted by whoopeeragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeFr0BajFtI
Quite a few buffs have visual auras like that, such as Astral Fire, Umbral Ice, Wrath, etc. All of them quite obvious.
I think the design decision they made behind which buffs have visual displays is that if it's a self buff to do with your job's core mechanic it has a visual representation to make it easier for you to manage that mechanic. If it's just a buff that doesn't impact how your character operates significantly, then they just left it as an icon so you aren't lit up like a christmas tree. -
01-28-2014, 04:25 PMItseotleA surprising amount of people play with all effects on. There nice to look at from distance but as a melee I find they make my job harder by hiding the mob(s) and player(s) placement under huge flashes of light and ice (I'm talking to you Holy & Freeze!), not to mention orientation for positional attacks. I find setting my "Party Members" effects to "Limited" not only fixes this but ... and here comes the point... makes it so you can see Greased Lightning on yourself :PQuote:
Originally Posted by whoopeeragon
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01-28-2014, 04:32 PMMhaericI'm one of them, although I do turn off effects from those outside my party since that significantly impacts fates like Odin and Behemoth and is really the only situation that the non-party member setting impacts gameplay. The only things that really block my view of what's going on are LBs and monster effects which can't be turned off anyway.Quote:
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01-28-2014, 04:39 PMThorauku
A better indication for Divebombs would be nice. That way players wouldn't need to improvise for a better view / hearing of the sound of it.
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01-28-2014, 06:32 PMLunarEmerald
I think the problem is how demanding the aoe cast bars are.
Titan's weight of the land gives the player less than a second to react or you will get hit. When you take into account latency delay then it's even less time. When I see weights appear on my screen, the cast bar is already halfway full. If I'm not moving the instant I see them, I get hit and sometimes I get hit anyway.
As it stands weight of the land is about a 3 second cast and it takes 2 seconds to run out of one from the center. By the time the visual effect for weight appears, 1-1.5 seconds may have already passed. -
01-28-2014, 07:29 PMFayto
Holy crap, I for once agree with someone on General Discussion. Good job.
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01-28-2014, 07:30 PMOmaganahttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jk7z_CL02B...femotiona5.gifQuote:
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01-29-2014, 01:59 AMremidi
Thank you for all of the kind replies everyone. MNK is my second job and I just started playing him seriously yesterday and I can see when GL is at 3 stacks but something more obvious would be nice. Addons would help with that. I think I should have brought up WAR's wrath. There is zero indication you are at 5 stacks aside from abilities lighting up on your hotbar. I can deal with it no problem, but an aura would make life a little easier.
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01-29-2014, 02:05 AMC-croftIt may not be Verizon FIOS or your PC. But it's not exactly their infrastructure either. The internet backbone in the US has arthritis along with a hunchback. Here's looking at you level3 palo alto hop.... Here's looking at you....Quote:
Originally Posted by remidi
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01-29-2014, 02:10 AMremidiQuote:
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I'm not going to argue about this in this thread as there are multiple post(hundreds) on the tech forums about it. The servers are in Canada(bad decision) and it's SE's ISP. If you have been told any different its from bad info or people are lying. The only way to fix this is for SE to change their ISP and/or put a server in the USA. You can say whatever you want but when this is the only game I own out of hundreds that lags...yea. It's on their end and they can fix it. It cost money so they are trying to avoid it.
I don't see how anyone can deny this anymore when there are literally hundreds of post in the tech support forums from people all over the world with various ISP's complaining. I love this game and we as players are on the same 'team'. We all want to enjoy the game and have fun. Many times we can't due to SE. -
01-29-2014, 02:22 AMC-croftYou make it sound like Montreal is a whole different continent. It is just north of Vermont. Essentially, it's an east coast server. I would love to have a west coast server. I am not saying SE doesn't have some work to do on their end, but you can only do so much when the routing to get to Montreal is shit. I still manage to have fun when playing from Cali and can consistently dodge most everything and even when I can't, I still have fun with my FC mates.Quote:
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01-29-2014, 02:28 AMPseudopsiaI'm going to add a lot of players don't experience lag in other games because of the server location. For example WoW has many datacenters that are closer to most players: New York, Chicago, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. FFXIV only has Montreal datacenter for NA/EU. Further you are from datacenter the more hops and the increase chance of hitting a device that causes latency issues.Quote:
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01-29-2014, 02:31 AMremidi
I live in Buffalo, NY. I have played on servers on other continents that have less latency. I have never played a game that had their data centers in Canada(Well maybe a BF4 server, but that had zero lag). I have a feeling that the routing on the way there is horrible, but I know nothing about Canadian ISP's. Plain and simple..they need more data centers. If the game grows I believe they will. If not it will be one of the things that makes this game fall.
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01-29-2014, 02:42 AMC-croftQuote:
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I most definitely agree with both statements. The Montreal DC is going to bust sooner or later. MMO's aren't as bad but playing FPS like CoD or BF and I see a huge difference between east coast or west coast. Especially going to the east coast. I am not as surprised that I have issues going to Montreal. What does bother me is that SE is paving the streets of Montreal with gold, but it doesn't matter when I have a dirt road to cross to get there. But like I said, the game is more than playable for me, and I still have fun. Most likely because the hard fights have memorization of what's coming so I just move a half second sooner. The only thing I hate is coincounter in AV. No matter how much moving I do, I know I am going to eat 90% of glowers. -
01-29-2014, 03:51 AMWellGramarye
WAR gets a bigger and bigger DBZ like aura around them the more wrath you have, and there is visual explosion/shine when you hit 5 stacks.
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01-29-2014, 04:39 AMFaytoMy Canadian friends all tell me that was a horrible place for them to put a data center. Your complaints and statements are accurate.Quote:
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01-29-2014, 04:59 AMHaruka-Akemi
To be honest after the 2.1 patch i never had lag issues neither on titan hm nor titan extreme
Sure i lag spike here and there but its very rare
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01-29-2014, 05:00 AMNaunetThe difference between actions being detected client side and server side is not something that people just made up, though.Quote:
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01-29-2014, 06:44 AMC-croftNever said it was.... Data latency is happening it doesn't matter what is in the data as it all experiences the same issues...Quote:
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01-29-2014, 09:49 AMsaber_altertitan EX is much...much worse. i died multiple times the last run i did as a dps because of server lag.Quote:
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