Lag avoiding AOE tricks?

[Azazela]

I literally leave the AOE a second before it hits and I'm always like half the size of the AOE from it.

Running to the sides from frontal cone AOE doesn't help. Running THROUGH the enemy does, but you have to keep on running so far that you can't melee attack him from the back.

This is seriously ridiculous, I literally have to use sprint sometimes to avoid AOE that is 360 degrees.

In every other MMO I played, saying sorry lag, was just a way to make an excuse for your screw up. Here it is just THAT freaking bad, I avoided only ONE AOE in an evening by using normal running speed and position, how it's actually supposed to be.

[Murugan]

Spam an ability once you are clear, even if it is on cooldown this will force the server to check your position and eliminate those "lag deaths".

Distance doesn't matter at all, I only dodge to the very edge of the effect the only part of your character that counts is a tiny point in the center now.

[Shaone]

Yeah I have been having that issues for the last week, although really extreme... wasn't even seeing the red circles or cast bars then getting hit out of nowhere... another fun one was being alive on my screen and dead on other peoples for over 10 seconds in one Garuda run, and Garuda being invisible most of the fight)...

I got in contact and my ISP has acknowledged the problem and is working on a traffic priority signature to give the game highest network priority, and have (so far) fixed a path issue shown in tracert which was sending the game traffic on a crazy doubling-back-on-itself route. Ping was down from 250-300ms to 100ms last night.

I'd suggest getting in contact with your ISP just in case they can help, and if they have support forums post there, as you might well find other people are having the same issue which might give them more of a nudge.

[ProtosOmega]

As a predominant tank, I have been noticing this as well. The dungeon I am up to I just can't dodge attacks, even if I am hugely out of the AOE of the attack.

[Mishari]

Spam an ability once you are clear, even if it is on cooldown this will force the server to check your position and eliminate those "lag deaths".

This!
And setting the client to "No FPS Limit" also helped alot in my case.

[Azazela]

Spam an ability once you are clear, even if it is on cooldown this will force the server to check your position and eliminate those "lag deaths".

Distance doesn't matter at all, I only dodge to the very edge of the effect the only part of your character that counts is a tiny point in the center now.

Will try that.

[Razzle]

Welcome to FFXIV... I feel your pain... But it wasn't fixed since 1.0 so I'm not sure if it will fix anytime soon... Delays in AOE marks and animation is like a trademark stamp of this game by now LOL

[Seraphita]

Try upgrading your dial up.

[HumsterMKX]

1 other trick is running out of zone then running back in before the AoE goes off.

But PLEASE do not do the above if there are signs of stacking.

[Azoryl]

Move as soon as the area appears... or better yet anticipate the area and start moving prior to it showing.

The only time I get hit is if I try and squeak out the last few seconds of a cast.... I bet a large majority of the deaths from AE's are people trying to finish a cast before moving.