The delay of Hallowed Ground is unacceptable

[aray0002]

Ignorant comment.

OP isn't talking about that. OP is talking about the ability being used and going on CD and still dying. This is purely server lag. Client side recognised you've used the ability and Server side does not, which leads to your death.

This is it 100% accurate statement. You blame SE but the game built on dedicated Servers that pull from All Worlds is the real problem.
There is LATENCY ISSUES that SE will blame your ISP and you will Blame SE.

The winner here is clearly the client that has a faster stronger Internet at home. If your using Wireless ... try going back to Ethernet connection. If your using Ethernet try doing a PING TEST.. Maybe your ISP is doing a throttle back during peak hours.

Never can tell with ISP and games that depend on PING times less than .05 seconds. It's never going to be fair to the average internet subscriber.

[SwordCoheir]

This is it 100% accurate statement. You blame SE but the game built on dedicated Servers that pull from All Worlds is the real problem.
There is LATENCY ISSUES that SE will blame your ISP and you will Blame SE.

Actually it's got nothing to do with latency. Actions, damage, and effects don't carry through until the animation has either finished or overwritten by another action. I mean haven't you ever noticed how damage from Fast and Savage blade's short animation always seems pretty instant, but you never see the damage on Rage till the the 2.5 second GCD is almost up? Being Hallowed ground has a ridiculously long animation time compared to most of their other abilities it becomes very annoying for players who aren't used to this delay to anticipate when to use it, which kind of contradicts it's usage of saving yourself in a instant. Another solid few examples would be Maim and Jump and Chaos Thrust on WAR and DRG all three abilities have a reasonably long animation and damage shown is always delayed till the animation is finished or interrupted by another animation.

[Phai]

Animation delay, i feel ur pain tho... But tbh i like it this way, makes us stay a few second ahead of the fight is half, or more of the fun in encounters, thats what tanking is about

[Mosis]

Wo now lol. i agree that hallowed ground does take longer then i'd like. you cant really use it as a last resort because if your healths critical u may die while waiting on the animation. i personally try n use it if another character needs healed or raised. then the healer doesnt have 2 worry about me. binding coil's also a place you'll use it often as well. tho one skill issue shouldn't be enough to make u quit. think about it anyways. if 1 person complains then says their gonna unsub then theres no problem to fix anymore. i agree theres a slight tweaking needed but dont let it ruin your experience

[AzumaKun]

Wo now lol. i agree that hallowed ground does take longer then i'd like. you cant really use it as a last resort because if your healths critical u may die while waiting on the animation. i personally try n use it if another character needs healed or raised. then the healer doesnt have 2 worry about me. binding coil's also a place you'll use it often as well. tho one skill issue shouldn't be enough to make u quit. think about it anyways. if 1 person complains then says their gonna unsub then theres no problem to fix anymore. i agree theres a slight tweaking needed but dont let it ruin your experience

What this guy said.

[SynMaris]

Maybe you should zoom out.

[TheRac25]

Maybe you should zoom out.

yes this is the problem!
but i heard it only works when theres 8 people on your private server so, meh who knows

[Shan]

if a wow-like battle system is broken like this, why should i bother playing this game, why not play wow?
(I hate wow now, please don't make me hate FFXIV too , SE,

[whilke]

The amount of times I've used benediction, it goes on CD, and the target still dies...makes me a sad panda.

[Tupsi]

The amount of times I've used benediction, it goes on CD, and the target still dies...makes me a sad panda.

Basically, Yoshida has stated he won't sync this up as it'll cause stress (on either the server or the players or ...some reason.) So it's not lag, just the system they went with it :\