Comparing the lag in this game to any other MMORPG is simply not applicable. A game like WoW may be laggy due to inadequate hardware. The problem is intermittent, as when people do log off the problem obviously goes away. FF14 isn't like that. That server lag is built into the game. You'll never find a time where your own spell interrupted as soon as you moved like it does in virtually any other MMORPG. In the case of hardware, all you need to do is either spend more money for hardware or wait for people to quit. In FF14's case, neither more powerful hardware nor quitting solves the problem. The server lag is part of the game itself.