Titan HM - Server Lag

[Otoha]

I remember when I was bad at titan too, I would also blame lag.

Lag is no different from any other game mechanic, it can be compensated for; I still lag at times, but because I know the fight, Im always able to make up for that lag.

[paradigmfellow]

I use the lag to my advantage. I move in such a way that people think I will get hit but I don't. Some people in my FC are like "how does he not get hit by that?" However, that took A LOT of runs for me to be able to pick up the timing.

[MrObject]

If you aren't having an issue it's because you aren't having these issues. Titan is not a hard fight, the plumes give you more then enough time to dodge them, the only difficult thing is learning the bomb rotation, but I live in Canada (so I'm close to the servers), I have a good internet connection and a very good computer. Some days I have absolutely no problems on titan because it's an easy fight and I've run it so many times, but other days I get hit with LS's I was out of instantly, my casts take 2-3 seconds to hit after the cast completion ends and I get hit with plumes I was out of immediately.

There are lag issues, these issues don't seem to be affected by your location, hardware or internet connection and there is no amount of 'anticipating plumes' that will save you from them. There are tons of videos on youtube that show this issue, feel free to look it up.

[Lex_Luger]

Lag can happen at any time within any game. I'm sure people have been hit with legit lag spikes in titan, he'll its happened to me a few times before. People that perpetually die and blame it on lag generally do suck. I read your post and out of curiosity I started to "Look it up" as you said. And so far all I've found is example of people noobing it up, thinking that the void zone animation correlates to being hit or not, while paying no attention to the casting bar. Take this as exhibit A) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfu0i89gpI Idiot think's he's out of it in time. A simple print screen I took proves other wise: http://i.imgur.com/syrX4fE.jpg . This is just one example. I'm sure there are some legit lag issues no doubt, but its no where near as bad as people are making it out to be.

[Nuffy]

you must not understand what lag is

An excuse? I mean the OP makes it a point to mention their fibre connection and super gaming computers.

And I'm the troll? Lol

[Urielparadox]

Last night fighting Titan I got out of range of plume time and time again and would get hit. Twice even I completely casted spell outside of the plume and got hit. I even got knocked off by a punch that I had time to dodge and get a cast off. Their are several people in our FC who have to Fight Titan differently because we have to anticipate the graphic/latencies issues that come. I assume mine come from using a machine barely above the min requirements. This does not make the fun or challenging it makes it frustrating that time and time again you are in the clear. I noticed with mine the cast bar is usually 1/4 the way through before plumes/ red lines appear. I don't have these issues with ifrit, or garuda, it's only in the titan fight.

[Trance_Axel]

I agree with what a few have said already. This is a fun fight. It doesn't need to be nerfed and I totally agree with the SE development team as far as that goes. However, from a technical standpoint, this fight is horrid. The server lag makes it much harder than it should be. Its like someone walking up to you and, every 5 minutes, slapping the controller out of your hand as you play Devil May Cry, lol.

Its really no different than a game with bad controls, though. Its an outside influence that makes the game harder than it needs to be, and something that can, and should be, addressed.

Same goes for Behemoth, Odin and any Coerthas FATE with either a boss, NPC or enemies. You want Gold on those? Its going to take luck and outside influences aligning with the stars, and possibly a sacrificial chicken, in order for it to happen, so I sure hope SE addresses these issues both soon and fully.

Keep the difficulty, get rid of the lag.

[Lex_Luger]

snip.

Ok well, if you're playing a game which has, in your estimation, barely the "minimum" required specs, what makes you think you should be running the upper tier of content? Not that Titan isin't easy mode for many FC's and groups now, it is, but it's the gateway to end game in its current state. I don't understand how you could have been expecting to be a big participant in end game with a sub-par computer.

[Sylvanna]

you must not understand what lag is

Why would you say Nuffy is trolling? Have you no semblance of logic?

[dragonflyseksparade]

Why would you say Nuffy is trolling? Have you no semblance of logic?

The only logical conclusion one can make is that he does not understand the issue that the OP described. Players who make condescending remarks have typically never experienced the lag/delay issue because they live close to a server. The issue described is an accepted bug by devs:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ighlight=delay

Unfortunately many people get a rise out of calling other players bad and enjoy thinking that they are better at the game than someone who struggles due to lag.