devs attitude to players

[KokonoeAiyoko]

They had and still have this obnoxious behavior with FFXI, and it continued on to this game. They just simply don't give a care about their players. The game could end up getting near it's death like with FFXI currently, but they still won't do anything to entice their fans. The playerbase is shrinking on FFXIV, it's not dead yet, but all this blatant uncaring and condescending tone they respond to us with is enough to make me skip out on this game. They best clean up their act soon because there are plenty of other options out there and we don't need to be treated like we're 4 years old when it comes to updates or tweaks.

[Mezolitik]

I'm on the PS3 and I don't get hit by anything

I seem to have the opposite issue to many people, in that everything functions server-side (buffs activate, attacks land) but the animation doesn't trigger at my end. I've mentioned it before, but it's not unusual for mounts to take 10-20 seconds to load. And I can't count the amount of times I've had to stand and wait for an NPC to load - or killed an enemy before I've drawn my sword.

I'm on the PS3, and the lag is hilarious. Interestingly, in a different city, on a different connection, and on the PC, I have the same problem.

[PoiPoiKuroi]

Main problem is people calling it lag even if it is not about lag but about how the position checks work

That is lag though, read up on the definition
There are many types of lag, controller input lag, network lag, display lag, position update lag.

[tymora]

Bandwidth != Latency

[HamHam]

The problem some of you, who are saying you have lagged, failed to see is that if it is true that there's a lag problem, then everyone in the party has to be lagging also. If it is on the server side, then everyone lags, if it is your computer, network connection, ISP and other factors, then well, it's not SE fault.

I've been in this fight and have seen people complain that they can't dodge because of lag, yet, the other 7 were fine. Except for that one person who keeps f'ing up and then blames it on lag.

[Mujen]

Honestly I wish more developers had the spine to tell their players they are wrong. But I have an oldschool mentality. I don't think games should change or be updated because something is considered "too hard" or "not good enough". You do what you can with what you're given.

I'm sorry 1990 wants it's attitude back.. it's 2013 and "big company" online games are just becoming sorrier & sorrier. F2P games are actually on par if not almost better than most & this is subscription based so if the free guys can get it right, why pay for something.

Latency issues are a problem, "memorize the fight" is not a valid response; it's a game not a homework assignment.

[Mujen]

The problem some of you, who are saying you have lagged, failed to see is that if it is true that there's a lag problem, then everyone in the party has to be lagging also. If it is on the server side, then everyone lags, if it is your computer, network connection, ISP and other factors, then well, it's not SE fault.

I've been in this fight and have seen people complain that they can't dodge because of lag, yet, the other 7 were fine. Except for that one person who keeps f'ing up and then blames it on lag.

So how do you explain getting knocked off the platform when you dodge behind Titan for a landslide? IE.. you are BEHIND titan, landslide finishes & you're knocked off in the direction BEHIND titan.. Seriously titan isn't hard don't try to defend it by calling ppl bad, game has issues and ppl keep sweeping them under the rug. There is no skill in memorizing a pattern and running around right before weight of the land comes up.

[Aegis]

I've been in this fight and have seen people complain that they can't dodge because of lag, yet, the other 7 were fine. Except for that one person who keeps f'ing up and then blames it on lag.

What if that person is in another region (EU/Australasia)? Is it their fault for being born too far away and they should stop being bad and be born closer to SE's servers next time?

The infrequent location checks are manageable for those in NA because ping is lower, they are crippling for someone in, say, eastern europe. We've all seen people die yalms away from the explosion. Well that's where they were when the cast bar completed on their screen. They dodged it. The servers didn't update with that location in time.

[Ryger7]

There's a thread in the general forum, filled with complaints about this issue, that is getting close to 150 pages. There are countless of threads in the technical support forum. There's even one thread that sums up all these issues that was moved to ACCEPTED BUGS --> http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-everybody%29

How can people still come in here and claim its a l2p issue? If the game works perfectly for you, then that's great! But it sure as hell doesn't for a large part of the player base. My ping to the servers is around 100-120 and I'm using a high end computer, yet the game is nearly unplayable for me. For those of you who played WoW, I've been in a top 50 guild for several years and I know how to move out of fires, but in this game I get hit by aoe's all the time even though I'm clearly out of the areas in time.

[Sixmp]

To all those people with lag, stop your downloads and make sure people are not watching TV, youtube etc.