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

Originally Posted by carlos777uk

Having reached the stage in this game where I need Titan HM, I am inches away from not subbing any more and finding another game. I know the fight, am a seasoned MMO player and have had no issues regarding reaction time ever before. Getting hit with Weight of the Land when I'm clear of it is making me look like a nub and I'd rather simply not play than face this frustration night after night.

Exactly. In virtually every other online game, when someone makes a mistake and claims it's lag, I think to myself, right... lag. In this game I almost always give them the benefit of the doubt.

So who else canceled their sub renewal? ^^

Originally Posted by Knosis

So who else canceled their sub renewal? ^^

I didn't cancel my sub, but i think i'm paid up till January 6th. I'm pretty sure i'll be moving on to something else after that. But i might come back when this is released on ps4. Right now i can't do much on the ps3 with all the issues this game has on the console. Fates are so crowded during prime time that enemies don't even spawn in for me, only other random players and their chocobos. Big issues like this should have been addressed already. SE is just way too slow to fix anything on the game that matters. The same reason DCUO failed, too many problems and too slow on fixes. And i won't even start with this lag/delay they have. Also, why do i need to wait like 2-3 seconds after doing an action to hit an instant ability? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of it being instant?

Originally Posted by DeceptionsWrath

Also, why do i need to wait like 2-3 seconds after doing an action to hit an instant ability? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of it being instant?

I know as far as that is concerned, SE has come out and said it was intentional and working as intended. I believe it had to do with the skill animation. I am with you though. If they're gonna make the animation go off prior to the effect of the ability applying, then they need to adjust the cast time to reflect that. I have had times where my Rage of Halone ability will actually interupt after starting with two slashes because I was running between targets to rotate combos on when things wouldn't group nice.

Originally Posted by Sunarie

I know as far as that is concerned, SE has come out and said it was intentional and working as intended. I believe it had to do with the skill animation. I am with you though. If they're gonna make the animation go off prior to the effect of the ability applying, then they need to adjust the cast time to reflect that. I have had times where my Rage of Halone ability will actually interupt after starting with two slashes because I was running between targets to rotate combos on when things wouldn't group nice.

The delay is just such a pain on BLM. Trying to change between astral fire and astral ice with that ability(forgot the name) during fates can be a real pain. Especially when you add the lag in there with that delay. Which means i'm spamming that ability for like 5+ seconds to get it off lol.

Originally Posted by DeceptionsWrath

The delay is just such a pain on BLM. Trying to change between astral fire and astral ice with that ability(forgot the name) during fates can be a real pain. Especially when you add the lag in there with that delay. Which means i'm spamming that ability for like 5+ seconds to get it off lol.

Yeah, I had to majorly adjust when I decided to use my no damage ability (Hallowed Ground) because it takes almost full second for the effect to actually apply. So it's gone from a "emergency" skill to, "well it looks like I might be in an emergency soon" skill.

Originally Posted by Goreth

Exactly. In virtually every other online game, when someone makes a mistake and claims it's lag, I think to myself, right... lag. In this game I almost always give them the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah, I'm in the same position. Anytime someone cries lag to me in this game my response is usually "Yeah, it does that.." I think one of the more frustrating things for me is knowing that it's a problem, but seeing players absolutely rip apart fellow players for getting hit. A majority of the time I'd be willing to bet that player that died to landslide was out of the effect.. especially when I see them go flying in a direction other than where they were standing (doesn't have to be across the room, just moving to the side of where the AOE hit should have been enough). Or players that die behind the stone pillars after Garuda does her AOE attack and so on.

I've even seen players die to the last boss in AK's catastrophe attack, and when their body falls it's behind one of the pots with everyone else (usually the healers, presumably because they can't see the cast bar even with a focus target on the boss, and sometimes don't immediately notice the animation). Yet the people in the group will almost always tell them they suck, or they need to dodge better, or call them a noob. The issue is not only frustrating in the sense that you know you get hit when you were clearly out on your screen, but then that's followed up with people berating you constantly.

I paid for three months, if it's not fixed.. or at least addressed in that time frame, I won't be continuing my subscription until I see it has been fixed (I really do love the game otherwise).