Sorry SE, but endgame won't work if you don't fix something.

[Unruhe]

I actually didn't realize people were having this issue. Myself, my boyfriend, and his brother have always dodged just fine without any issues. I wonder where the lag and latency is coming in from? Nonetheless, in every party I've been in I've tried to help out others by letting them know they can use Sprint during the fight if they are having a lot of trouble dodging in general.

It could be luck, or just prudent reaction times.
The problem with the way the game works right now is that every player essentially has a variable amount of latency because the server only polls character positioning every 300ms. Depending on how close you are to the next poll, you could move and have the server update flawlessly. If you start moving immediately after a poll, it effectively adds 300ms to your reaction speed, which can be a killer.

What SHOULD happen is:
AOE cast initiates
AOE cast completes and server checks position of all players in vicinity
Players in the effect are damaged

What IS happening is:
AOE cast initiates
Server polls character locations
AOE cast completes
Server applies damage to all characters in effect range at the time of the poll, regardless of whether or not they moved

It's also a playstyle thing: If you see red and move INSTANTLY regardless of what you are doing, you will generally avoid getting hit so long as your connection is decent -- there is usually enough time to move to safety if you move as soon as the red appears. Problem is with casters and occasionally DRG with their jump lock, it can be tempting to try to finish a cast or an animation. "Oh, well he's casting a 1.5s spell, and I have less than that on my cast, I can finish my cast and move" would work in any other game, provided you moved out of the AOE in time. The polling artificially lowers the amount of time you have to escape an AOE, so any kind of delay can easily result in the player getting hit.

[Silverwalk]

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What SHOULD happen is:
AOE cast initiates
AOE cast completes and server checks position of all players in vicinity
Players in the effect are damaged

What IS happening is:
AOE cast initiates
Server polls character locations
AOE cast completes
Server applies damage to all characters in effect range at the time of the poll, regardless of whether or not they moved

Thank you, your explanation is clearer than my attempt http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1267314

So in the worst case you have to be out of the red before the cast bar finishes by:
300ms + Your Latency + Server processing time

For example with 200ms latency that's more than 500ms or 1/2 second (we don't know how long the server processing time is).

edit: and what's worse is you get a double whammy with latency because you don't see the cast start until the server message arrives at your computer.

So 100ms of extra latency means you have 200ms less time to get out, nearly 1/4 of a second less!

To the next post: exactly! This is why videos show dead bodies sliding long the ground lol, the server says you're dead but is catching up with your movement data afterwards.

[SKYeXile]

Thank you, your explanation is clearer than my attempt http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1267314

So in the worst case you have to be out of the red before the cast bar finishes by:
300ms + Your Latency + Server processing time


For example with 200ms latency that's more than 500ms or 1/2 second (we don't know how long the server processing time is).

Well imagine this as a scenario. A 1 second cast attack. on 200ms ping, factor server ticks at every .333 seconds and client sending packets every .333 seconds.

[1]00000 Server tick sends packet data for AOE attack
0.100 AOE shows up on your client (remember 200ms is for a round trip)
0.300 You react and begin moving. (avg 200ms reaction time)
[2]0.333 server tick and your client sends data.
[3]0.666 server tick and your client sends data
0.700 You have cleared the AOE. your client holds onto this to go with the next packet due to be sent at "1".
0.766 server receives your new packet 3 location
[4]1 server tick, aoe explodes, server calculates based off your last known position(packet 3) your client also sends data that you have moved
1.100 you receive packet that you are now dead.
1.100 server receives your updated movement data.
[5]1.333 server process your new movement data, and sends you packet: "LOL, YOU ALREADY DEAD BRO!"