weird thing about casting

[Molly_Millions]

Yea I have been getting this casting bug and have died several times due to not being able to cast a heal/sleep.

I'm guessing its a latency thing, just out of curiosity are you guys from NA or EU ?

NA here.

I doubt it's lag though, logging out and logging back in doesn't fix lag.

[Jinko]

NA here.

I doubt it's lag though, logging out and logging back in doesn't fix lag.

It fixes syncing issues though which are generally caused due to lag, hence people having problems with their actions recast timers.

The recast timers although a different problem can be an issue for some and not with others, I would make a bet that its all intertwined somehow.

Even jp ppl really suffers lag, mayne a bit less than us, but a lot anyway.. I just had one in PT 2 days ago while doing AFs , and he said that he live to the side of server, and he still lagged a lot :S

There are two forms of lag going on.

One is network latency -Your connection to SE server (this is fairly minimal 150-300 ms)
The other is Server lag - SE server processing speed which is horrendous and why they are changing to new servers, this is in the 2-3 second range)

That being said I know a guy who has played in both Japan and Europe due to work and he said the difference is fairly noticeable.

bug report submitted. you all should do the same here:

https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...a=1&p=0&fo=279

Sent.

[Molly_Millions]

It fixes syncing issues though which are generally caused due to lag.

I would think that if it were due to lag we would have seen this occur prior to patch 1.21. I never had this issue prior to Thursday. Since there was a code change directly related to when you can or cannot cast, it's fairly safe to assume that somebody broke something in that area.

[Jinko]

I would think that if it were due to lag we would have seen this occur prior to patch 1.21. I never had this issue prior to Thursday. Since there was a code change directly related to when you can or cannot cast, it's fairly safe to assume that somebody broke something in that area.

Possibly, considering this game is running on a server made of spaghetti and duck-tape anything could happen.

I thought I should mention that its not caused due to moves moving you either, ie toads grabbing you with their tongue or goats head butting you.

Interruption rate is much higher but this hasn't been the case for me many times either as when you are interrupted you still cast the spell.

Another thing to mention is that in some cases you cast a spell and the cast bar doesn't even come up yet you still cast the spell, which make you think the spell isn't casting. (in many cases you press the button again and stop the casting and its just a viscous circle of button spamming and a dead tanks)

[Molly_Millions]

Possibly, considering this game is running on a server made of spaghetti and band-aids anything could happen.

Fify. :P But it's so true.

Being someone who works in QA, my heart goes out to the poor saps who have to QA test this mess.