Yoshi-P says discussions about FFXIV on Switch and Xbox One are "Positive"

[GunksFoy]

Categorically false. I'm sorry but you really need to stop speaking about something you know nothing about.

I mean, I played on PS4 and have dozens of friends that do as well, and not of them nor I have experienced what you claim. So I actually DO know something about it. But regardless of your ranting, the game is playable and very enjoyable for thousands of people on PS4.

EDIT: And I have locked my PC to 15 FPS and my PS4 has never looked that bad, or even close to it. Not even in Hunts/24mans. If you're having this much trouble, you might check your internet.

[Maeka]

EDIT: And I have locked my PC to 15 FPS and my PS4 has never looked that bad, or even close to it. Not even in Hunts/24mans. If you're having this much trouble, you might check your internet.

Internet connectivity has absolutely nothing to do with Frames-Per-Second lag.

[GunksFoy]

Internet connectivity has absolutely nothing to do with Frames-Per-Second lag.

True, but someone playing on PS4 without a frame counter could easily perceive Internet lag as frame skipping/tearing/dropping. I played on a 1 mbps satellite internet connection from launch 2013-mid 2015, they can look very similar at times.

You folks literally have multiple people in this thread telling you that PS4 is not bad at all and that it's totally fine, yet you keep reaffirming that we know nothing and that PS4 is unplayable. Makes it hard to take you serious.

[Maeka]

True, but someone playing on PS4 without a frame counter could easily perceive Internet lag as frame skipping/tearing/dropping.

Uh, no?

If this is what you think then you have no clue as to how a game actually runs.

I played on a 1 mbps satellite internet connection from launch 2013-mid 2015, they can look very similar at times.

Here's a hint: The satellite wasn't the problem. It was your hardware.

You folks literally have multiple people in this thread telling you that PS4 is not bad at all and that it's totally fine, yet you keep reaffirming that we know nothing and that PS4 is unplayable. Makes it hard to take you serious.

I'm not saying anything about the PS4 in my last post, I'm talking about any online game on any platform.

When you have Internet Latency, you will experience the following:

1). Your abilities not doing what you tell them to do, OR, you use an ability, see the animation, but no damage is done/no healing done until 2-3 seconds later.
2). Everybody around you is standing still for 1-2 seconds at a time and teleporting around.
3). You notice that here's seconds here and there where nothing happens and then another second where a million things happen at once and it tends to be rather loud.
4). You get hit with stuff you weren't anywhere near.
5). You click on NPCs and nothing happens for a second or two.

During all of this, your framerate and visuals should be working absolutely fine. This stuff is done client-side, and you can even be outright disconnecting entirely and the game will continue to function. Want to experiment? Unplug the ethernet cable (assuming you're wired, if not you'll have to unplug your wireless router or something instead) on your hardware while playing the game. You'll have about 10 seconds to experience the effects of a total disconnect.

Note that framerate drops are NOT a part of the problems that you will experience.