Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Tiggy]

The latest frustration for us is Rafflesia, but more specifically Thorny Vines. One vine connecting two people is usually simple enough for people to handle, but occasionally people run the same direction, I suspect because latency issues cause each person to think they're in front of the other, so they keep running, expecting the other to reverse course.

BOTH players must run away from each other. If they are expecting the other person to correct for them then you will run into this problem. It shouldn't be "so they keep running, expecting the other to reverse course." Fix that problem and you'll be fine. If you are tethered to another player move away from them. If you are tethered to two players move away from both. This needs to be done in the most direct path possible. The only time where this doesn't work is if one player is already against the wall. In those cases it is 100% on the other player to cover the rest of the distance.

For your example it isn't the game making you powerless. It's your players aren't doing the right thing so they are getting everyone killed.

[Tirocupidus]

BOTH players must run away from each other. . .

I'm well aware of how the mechanic works, you didn't understand what I said. Both players are running, but each sees themselves at a different point than the other sees them due to latency. This leads to one person thinking they're running the correct direction, with the other person following them. However, the other person sees that they are the one running the correct direction. Other players may see them running very close to each other. Each person thinks the other should change direction, and they're both right according to what they see. Usually this gets fixed soon enough by one of them changing, but sometimes they both change the same way or neither change, thinking the other will. Multiple vines compounds the problem. Most often we're fine, but like I said, a single bad break can bring the end.