Thread: .3 Second Positional Update Delay (Requesting Dev Response)

Errrrm, don't think this is still a problem, wireshark says it's 0.1sec positional updates, with positional updates also given with skill commands submitted. Tested quite a bit to make sure it was accurate. Seems this happened ~week or so ago, I know it used to be .3sec updates.

Originally Posted by ByakkoSeven

Errrrm, don't think this is still a problem, wireshark says it's 0.1sec positional updates, with positional updates also given with skill commands submitted. Tested quite a bit to make sure it was accurate. Seems this happened ~week or so ago, I know it used to be .3sec updates.

I don't know that I would consider Wireshark an official source.. as the .3 second update thing came from Yoshi himself, along with a statement that those with a great connection would still see a .1 second delay on the cast bar (perhaps Wireshark misinterpreted this?). Given the responses, and what I see in the forums, and the video examples, something is still an issue. Using skills after you get out of an aoe doesn't work for everyone, though it does seem to work for some. Please don't assume it's not a problem for others, when it clearly is, just because you don't have issues with it.

Originally Posted by Sybreed

I've been a high end raider in EQ, I played WoW for 7 years and was a raider in that game as a main and off tank nearly the entire time, on MUCH crappier computers than I have now, and I have never before seen bosses and encounters in a game that are ONLY hard because you're getting hit by boss moves when you clearly shouldn't be. I can't think of any encounter in any dungeon or raid in any mmo I've played before that this was so true of.

This is what really gets me. I'm not new to raids or dungeons. I've been playing MMOs since I was 18, got a job, and could afford them myself (mom and dad wouldn't pay a sub). That's a decade of MMOs for me.. from Shadowbane to WoW, CoH/CoV and Rift.. I've played almost every MMO on the market at some point (and I'm including a slew of F2P MMOs I've messed with), and done end game stuff for a good 5-6 of them. This is the only game I've ever been hit when I was out of a ground effect before the cast bar was done.

Originally Posted by ByakkoSeven

Errrrm, don't think this is still a problem, wireshark says it's 0.1sec positional updates, with positional updates also given with skill commands submitted. Tested quite a bit to make sure it was accurate. Seems this happened ~week or so ago, I know it used to be .3sec updates.

Out of curiosity, how are you able to tell which outgoing packets contain positional updates? I've taken a look via WireShark recently to try and diagnose a network issue and the packets bound for FFXIV servers appeared obfuscated/encrypted from what I saw - not completely, as some things like character names appeared at times... but all other data was unintelligible using WireShark alone.