The State of Machinist in DT - Let's talk about it (again).

[Serenaya]

Agreed on finding solutions to make it easier overall. However, it feels like until now these have been band-aids. These kinds of issues would be far less common if the communication between server and the player's computer didn't add the extra delay when weaving, as outlined in this post: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...tions-normally.

As a content creator yourself, I'd like to ask you or anyone else you might know to address this issue directly with the devs during Fan Fests or any other similar venues. Forum user Nekkowe gave them a very detailed account on the problem and even got a response from in-game support so they do have the information, but we have not had any response on the matter whatsoever since then.

You can find Nekkowe's original bug post here, the video evidence asked by in-game support here, and the in-game reply here.

I feel like this is a problem they just don't have the capacity or ability to solve. It's something that's never spoken about, never addressed and is even denied if previous Media Tour Q&A's are anything to go by (the EW one specifically was the one that quizzed Yoshi on higher ping affecting gameplay and they said there wasn't sufficient information. That was before that bug report specifically, but still I realise the Q&A is directly mentioned in the thread you linked). I think Mr Happy even did a similar thing. I've never seen video's of his be acknowledged either and he's made plenty regarding the state of MCH in general. DT's Media Tour did not talk about it much, if at all presumably because they'd know it'd be dodged but... who knows. It's disheartening.

Either way, it certainly feels like an issue that's being pushed under the rug whenever possible, and I'd love to hear anything at all about how this stuff works from the dev's point of view but unfortunately I'm unsure if I have the reach to get that to happen. Thank you for this though, I'll see what I can do, if anything.