I keep avoiding Aoe(s) from Boss(es) but still get hit.

[Haibel]

Running 10MBPS DSL. Average ping to server is around 200ms.

MBPS means nothing to gaming. Thats just a measure of how much data you can transfer at a given time frame. How BIG your pipe is per say.
Ping time is what your looking for and nothing else. As long as your < 500ms this game should be hard to you.

[Tiggy]

This is a blatant lie, though. To this day, I have not encountered a single boss that required me to dodge pre-emptively.

Same. There is always enough time to react. You must react very quickly though.

[Worm]

It's a common issue that has been around since beta, they have fixed it to a better state, but in order to avoid the dmg of a monster AoE attack you have to be out of the AoE zone before the casting bar reaches 50%, I remember reading something like that around here but in order to be sure don't wait to the last second before moving away from the boss AoE zone and you shouldn't have any problems.

I have not experienced this even once, I very often wait long before getting out of AOEs. I almost never get out prior to 50%.

[Haibel]

Same. There is always enough time to react. You must react very quickly though.

the biggest thing I have found is if I'm getting a little on the slow side, Stop attacking when you dodge. if you try to squeeze an
attack in while your moving out, the server is recording your position inside the aoe. So if I notice I got hit moving out, I stop swinging
on dodges afterward. If I get out, then I know i'm lagging a little and pay attention a little more.

[Alukah]

OP, you just opened pandora's box, now all SE white knights will call you (and anyone who lags) a liar for 10-20 pages.

[Haibel]

OP, you just opened pandora's box, now all SE white knights will call you (and anyone who lags) a liar for 10-20 pages.

I have a hard time believing a 15ms ping is unplayable. Especially when I play with no problem at 150ms. There is a myriad of things that could be wrong,
including how he came up with his 15ms ping to begin with. There are a bunch of players on these forms that has a large amount of networking knowledge
that could help, Myself included. It's not white knighting to tell people they are flat ass wrong on there assumptions on how the internet works and who's
the cause of their connection problems. Let the other thread on the front page saying it's SE's problem that their FIOS connection is hitting a bad node on level 3.

Myself and others could help, but saying numbers with no proof with get you no where with us.

[MageBlack]

Don't wait for the "last second"?

[Haibel]

Don't wait for the "last second"?

Yeah that's a helpful comment.

[Elazu]

OP, you just opened pandora's box, now all SE white knights will call you (and anyone who lags) a liar for 10-20 pages.

This has nothing to do with white kniting, although this was an expected response from someone like you.

Fun fact: Blaming the game because you refuse to dodge is not the way to go.

[MageBlack]

That was for the op who stated several times they got hit when they waited till "the last second". Also check your ISP, some of them see the FFXIV client as a "torrent" style program then limit the bandwidth (iirc). This has been an ongoing issue for some time. I have never had the problem myself but I know it exists although it has become less of an issue than it was in the past, it is still not eradicated. Also try playing off "peak server times" and see if you still have the same issue. Sorry for the "less than helpful" response before. it was a little tongue in cheek.