An open letter to the creator of the primal battles.

[Sanlord]

Alot of "I'm-better-player-than-you" here people need to ask to SE solve things and not fight between players just cause they think it's noobness issue and not a server issue... which they(SE) have clearly accepted this as issue that need to be fixed.

[Rjain]

Alot of "I'm-better-player-than-you" here people need to ask to SE solve things and not fight between players just cause they think it's noobness issue and not a server issue... which they(SE) have clearly accepted this as issue that need to be fixed.

Yeah okay let's make what, in practice, is a ludicrously easy battle even easier.

Let's compromise. When the server is fixed in version 2 or whenever they decide to do it, they decrease the time available to escape from cracks and plumes or whatever else exists in other fights. That way, people don't need to complain about lag anymore, but are still going to get their butts kicked if they're not on the ball like they should be.

Again, I have lag, I am probably one of the most laggiest players in this entire thread. Like I said, 8 FPS at times with a really crappy university connection. I rarely get hit by the cracks and plumes. If I can do it, anyone here can do it. By saying that, I'm not boasting about "how much better I am", I am saying that you guys need to stop relying on your faults to make things easier for you, grow some confidence, practice, and learn how to do it properly.

[OctaviusEvergreen]

Well, I finally beat Ifrit though Thanks to Octavius Evergreen! Thanks bud no drop though ; ; lol

You're welcome Star! I've trained myself to expect Dark Matter after every run to avoid disappointment. But let's not go there...

[Delsus]

Yeah okay let's make what, in practice, is a ludicrously easy battle even easier.

Let's compromise. When the server is fixed in version 2 or whenever they decide to do it, they decrease the time available to escape from cracks and plumes or whatever else exists in other fights. That way, people don't need to complain about lag anymore, but are still going to get their butts kicked if they're not on the ball like they should be.

Again, I have lag, I am probably one of the most laggiest players in this entire thread. Like I said, 8 FPS at times with a really crappy university connection. I rarely get hit by the cracks and plumes. If I can do it, anyone here can do it. By saying that, I'm not boasting about "how much better I am", I am saying that you guys need to stop relying on your faults to make things easier for you, grow some confidence, practice, and learn how to do it properly.

Hmmm, you in the UK and what University are you at? I was at Sunderland Uni and thier net was decent, in my free time I would pop to the library and play some FFXIV and thier net connection would be decent and I barely got any latency from that end, your uni needs to suck less, seeing as thats whats being thrown around in this thread.

[Rjain]

Hmmm, you in the UK and what University are you at? I was at Sunderland Uni and thier net was decent, in my free time I would pop to the library and play some FFXIV and thier net connection would be decent and I barely got any latency from that end, your uni needs to suck less, seeing as thats whats being thrown around in this thread.

I am in Canada. Japan is pretty much on the complete opposite side of the world for me. So not only am I farthest away from their servers, I am on an internet connection that is constantly being leeched, and I am playing on a laptop with low FPS. The lag complaints here are no excuse. I am doing perfectly fine on Ifrit, because I know what to do. It is time other people start learning what to do instead of wasting their time wishing for things to be easier.

Don't get me wrong, I am totally for improving servers and decreasing lag, but I don't want that to make the battle easier. If they do that, they should make the fight more difficult.

[Krausus]

I used to be like you.

Then I realized how to not suck.

I used to blame every loss/death on lag, then after realizing how to do the fight properly and how to recognize stuff, I will die maybe once out of every 10 fights now. I very rarely fall into yellow HP on this fight now. It's not lag. It's rarely lag. Sure lag will get you killed, but there are some things to keep in mind.

1) Don't look at the ground. Eyes on Ifrit at all times. You are not looking for cracks or plumes. You are looking at his pose patterns. If he begins to crouch, start running, cracks will appear. If he bends over and reaches up, plumes are appearing. Plumes are nothing anyway because if your tank is doing his or her job, you will never be hit by them no matter what anyway.

2) Never ever use a job ability or weapon skill until Ifrit does.

If you can follow the above two, it doesn't matter how much lag you have you'll be fine. I am playing on a laptop at like 8 FPS at times and have a shitty university connection and again I rarely get hit by anything. If I can do it, anybody here can do it unless you're on dial-up or some shit.

I used to be like you.

Then I realized how to not suck.

And use the chat log because it is infinitely times better then watching Ifrits poses.

Just sayin is all.

[RemVye]

I used to be like you.

Then I realized how to not suck.

And use the chat log because it is infinitely times better then watching Ifrits poses.

Just sayin is all.

Oowwwwww somebody get some Neosporin cause this man got burned.........BAM!

[Delsus]

I am in Canada. Japan is pretty much on the complete opposite side of the world for me. So not only am I farthest away from their servers, I am on an internet connection that is constantly being leeched, and I am playing on a laptop with low FPS. The lag complaints here are no excuse. I am doing perfectly fine on Ifrit, because I know what to do. It is time other people start learning what to do instead of wasting their time wishing for things to be easier.

Don't get me wrong, I am totally for improving servers and decreasing lag, but I don't want that to make the battle easier. If they do that, they should make the fight more difficult.

Must have been somone else that said they were in EU sorry lol.

We arent asking for them to make fights easier, we are asking for alternative ways to make fights in 1.20, 1.21, 1.22 and 1.23 a challange, there are plenty of ways to do it while taking the current latency into account, while I do prefer fights that you are moving around rather than the old tank and spank, right now with the latency the formor is harder to implement well, what about dark moogle has an attack that you have to move off a danger area, once you see the danger area you have half a sec to move, that for example would be impossible with the current servers because the danger zone would blow up before you see it, thats a more extreme example and I know that on ifrit there is alot more margin for error. Its just an example of what the devs could do and with decent servers but right now it would be impossible to do.

[Rjain]

I used to be like you.

Then I realized how to not suck.

And use the chat log because it is infinitely times better then watching Ifrits poses.

Just sayin is all.

The chat log lags even more than the monster visuals do so no sorry.

[Krausus]

The chat log lags even more than the monster visuals do so no sorry.

lawls I think not.