An open letter to the creator of the primal battles.

[Renshi]

The Chat log is one of the only thing that is directly connected to the server and transmits real-time informations. Therefore is the best tool to check for Ifrit's attacks like Eruption and sh*t.

For everything else, just check if Ifrit is doing a Swipe! Everytime he does that, the next attack could be a TP move!

[Rjain]

The Chat log is the only thing that is directly connected to the server and transmits real-time informations. Therefore is the best tool to check for Ifrit's attacks like Eruption and sh*t.

For everything else, just check if Ifrit is doing a Swipe! Everytime he does that, the next attack could be a TP move!

lol My chat log once said ifrit was doing an eruption after the explosion happened. The chat log is not immune to lag. The UI in general is full of lag.

Regardless, chat log or poses, it doesn't matter. I never get hit by eruption from looking at poses, these guys use the chat log. Those of you who are looking at the cracks are doing it wrong. Save that for porn.

[Renshi]

lol My chat log once said ifrit was doing an eruption after the explosion happened. The chat log is not immune to lag. The UI in general is full of lag.

'the hell? There's something wrong with your chatlog then. There's only one filter that needs to be activated for the Ifrit battle (here I have my tab called IfriTron® which only detects when he readies his TP moves). Try to do that, and you'll see that the chat log isn't laggin'.
But like you said, if you're moving one second after seeing a crack under your feet you're best to cast a Sentinel instantly or take all the damage, because you'll not have enough time.

[Rjain]

'the hell? There's something wrong with your chatlog then. There's only one filter that needs to be activated for the Ifrit battle (here I have my tab called IfriTron® which only detects when he readies his TP moves). Try to do that, and you'll see that the chat log isn't laggin'.
But like you said, if you're moving one second after seeing a crack under your feet you're best to cast a Sentinel instantly or take all the damage, because you'll not have enough time.

See here's another thing. While that's all well and good for some people here, obviously with what I stated earlier that's not going to work for me. I am running on a laptop, in windowed mode, with low FPS and not much screen real estate. Why bother filling up more real estate with another window when I can obviously see when he's going to do an attack?

If it works for you, fantastic. I am in the process of building a computer so eventually I won't have to deal with the low FPS and small real estate again; however, considering the pose method works equally well (if not moreso) plus the fact that it doesn't take as much room, I don't even see how it matters as there is no dice to the argument. He crouches, you move, cracks will happen in 1-2 seconds.

[Renshi]

See here's another thing. While that's all well and good for some people here, obviously with what I stated earlier that's not going to work for me. I am running on a laptop, in windowed mode, with low FPS and not much screen real estate. Why bother filling up more real estate with another window when I can obviously see when he's going to do an attack?

If it works for you, fantastic. I am in the process of building a computer so eventually I won't have to deal with the low FPS and small real estate again; however, considering the pose method works equally well (if not moreso) plus the fact that it doesn't take as much room, I don't even see how it matters as there is no dice to the argument. He crouches, you move, cracks will happen in 1-2 seconds.

Hmm... playing in a laptop is not the best thing, especially with FFXIV. Sorry, I didn't know this, but if you're playing in low FPS it can't be helped. I hope for you that you'll have a good PC soon!

[Rjain]

Hmm... playing in a laptop is not the best thing, especially with FFXIV. Sorry, I didn't know this, but if you're playing in low FPS it can't be helped. I hope for you that you'll have a good PC soon!

The thing is though that even with my low FPS and insane lag I still manage to do everything effectively with little to no error lol. Which goes back to my initial point that there's no excuse for people doing poorly "due to lag" because it's not lag it's human error. Lag is a challenge, the goal is to overcome the challenge by doing better.

[RemVye]

The thing is though that even with my low FPS and insane lag I still manage to do everything effectively with little to no error lol. Which goes back to my initial point that there's no excuse for people doing poorly "due to lag" because it's not lag it's human error. Lag is a challenge, the goal is to overcome the challenge by doing better.

LAG is the easiest and most common excuse across a ton of games. Playing an FPS and someone dies "WTF LAG!", MMO "Why did you get hit by the fire?" "WTF LAG!", Tetris "Why did you get the Z on the bottom..." "WTF LAG!"

Poor LAG can't even come to his own defense.

[Delsus]

Hmm... playing in a laptop is not the best thing, especially with FFXIV. Sorry, I didn't know this, but if you're playing in low FPS it can't be helped. I hope for you that you'll have a good PC soon!

Awww Renshi, dont dis laptops, I play on one, and get around 15-30 FPS depending on circumstances.

To play FFXIV on a laptop you need to put alot of money in because overall laptops cost more than PCs because.

a. you cant really build your own because the parts arent usually available.
b. OEMs need to make all the parts smaller for laptops, which costs more money to manufacture etc etc.

[Renshi]

Awww Renshi, dont dis laptops, I play on one, and get around 15-30 FPS depending on circumstances.

To play FFXIV on a laptop you need to put alot of money in because overall laptops cost more than PCs because.

a. you cant really build your own because the parts arent usually available.
b. OEMs need to make all the parts smaller for laptops, which costs more money to manufacture etc etc.

Well, I'm playing on a "laptop" too. Don't worry man, I don't dislike laptops, but I don't prefer them as gaming platforms =)
Story is that: I bought my computer in order to just work and play some low-end games. Since I like drawing and doing some little good works, I've aimed on a powerful set up, having an i7 960, Mobility Radeon HD4850 and 8GB of RAM.
I've never thought to use my computer on games like Final Fantasy XIV, but when I tried I discovered some of the true powerz of my computer, and can play high-end games just fine.

Conclusion? FFXIV runs good on an iMac!