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

[ElunaMay]

This is unfortunately one of the reasons I won't be subscribing, it's not just the AOE recognition being off, it has an impact on so many frustrating things

- I interrupt myself constantly when interacting with objects because as I right click it, the server thinks I'm still moving and interrupts me
- I can't ever cancel my spells when I wish to, a pretty common healing method is to preheal and cancel the cast if the target doesn't receive damage, once again half my casts finish when I cancel it a good half second before the end
- Players rubber-band everywhere, I can't imagine what PvP is going to be like with this delay and it was one of my main pulls towards the game
- Instant casts don't feel instant at all, the knock back on CNJ feels so sloppy and unresponsive for example

I'm sorry SE but if you want 9 pounds a month from me, then you've gotta match the competition, and sorry but you're currently lightyears behind WoW in this department, I realise I'll get hate for comparing FFXIV to WoW, but I honestly don't feel anyone who is honest can state that this game matches the fluidity of WoWs combat.

The sad thing is all I need is a little reassurance from SE that they recognise this an issue, instead Mods just seem to post on petty subjects that are nowhere near as gamebreaking as this one.

[Ruprect]

- I can't ever cancel my spells when I wish to, a pretty common healing method is to preheal and cancel the cast if the target doesn't receive damage, once again half my casts finish when I cancel it a good half second before the end

So this^^^

I forgot about this as I have given up trying and just let the overheal hit, if you are 1 second into the cast or more it will not cancel it.

[KikInperi]

I'm sorry SE but if you want 9 pounds a month from me, then you've gotta match the competition, and sorry but you're currently lightyears behind WoW in this department, I realise I'll get hate for comparing FFXIV to WoW, but I honestly don't feel anyone who is honest can state that this game matches the fluidity of WoWs combat.

If people rage at you for mentioning WoW I'm gonna be pissed, because this is actually a really good point. But unfortunately you're probably gonna get told to "go back to WoW if you love it so much!!11!11"

Anyway, +1 for you and logic.

[GabrielK]

If I move at the moment such a thing appears and the area isn't excessively large (since if the are is large enough i may get out of it in a nick of time but still get hit... false feedback is FALSE, feels horrible), I never get hit. But from the OP movie it's deadly clear she moved instantly and still got hit, that is not her fault.

There is an insane delay/server lag and they should really improve this client-server communication code, also they should install European servers, move the currently "European" ones to a European data center.

Overall this makes the mechanics and overall response of the game feel sluggish and unpleasant, which doesn't happen to me in any other mmo from the past 4-5 years. And I've raided quite a bit, I've encountered no awkward sluggish server response/reaction client-server horrible interaction outside of some remote temporary problems with the servers which don't count.

[azrya]

-I was exactly like the video posted on the first post!
-I am in the US and have comcast.
-I never had this issue in any other game.

I was getting EXTREMELY frustrated being yelled to MOVE OUT of the AOE when on my screen I very far out of it. I stopped doing Titan and started googling. Long story short someone somewhere (I totally forget where I read it) said "The servers registers your location when you activate another ability." While it only checks every .3 seconds if you hit an action which causes you to face the target then it will re-register where you are that instant.

I normally have the tank targetted.

I created a macro.
/facetarget <tt>

I put this macro on my 1 button.

I haven't been hit by Titan's AOE since.

Instructions for use.
Notice AOE, Run out, Hit 1, Heal

This has worked for me. I don't know if it will work for anyone else, but I hope it does help some of you.

[Comicbookguy]

that's the thing that bothers me, you don't know if you dodged AOE till 2 seconds later.

I'm clearly out of the RED before the RED disappear, but yet, 2 seconds later, I see I died to AOE.

Is my processor too slow or something??? Latency??

[GabrielK]

snip

Thanks for the tip !

But still, they need to fix the game (whatever the problem is, this client-server sync issue), such "workarounds" should not be the norm in order to play/enjoy the game :|.

[Rydin]

I hate to say it, but it's on people's end. I have 13ms, I'm capped my fps at 60 and I don't get hit by anything in Titan Hard Mode unless I screw up real bad or like that funny attempt yesterday when I got freed from a rock in a landslide XD was funny tough: ''I'm freeeeee guys yay ... Ahhhh faaalliiinnnggg

I have a 30ms ping, rocking a Radeon HD 7970... we carry people through Titan.... often 7 manning it to get that person the win. I've even got a little Allagan gear (one of the best geared Dragoons game wide)
I don't get hit. period.

However....

Just because I know to move before the ability happens doesn't make it right.
If it's a 2 second cast time yet I really only have 1 second to move, then that is INACCURATE and BROKEN.

And frankly, your blind acceptance is PATHETIC. You pretend it separates the men from the boys but in reality, it's just another major developer getting away with lazy ass programming, and you're an enabler.

What if Street Lights did that? Amidst all the accidents would you tell people
"Hey, you guys just have to learn to stop while it's still green!"

Because that is exactly what is happening.

Learning to adapt to broken mechanics doesn't negate the existence of broken mechanics.

And it doesn't make you 1337. It makes you look foolish to imply that it does.

So congratulations.. you're one of the many people that learned to ignore the on-screen indicators, since they are not helpful.
Even more congratulations are in order for being one of the gullible players who thinks that is ok.

[azrya]

Thanks for the tip !

But still, they need to fix the game (whatever the problem is, this client-server sync issue), such "workarounds" should not be the norm in order to play/enjoy the game :|.

I agree 100%.

[KikInperi]

All the right things

Preach! +1