Quote Originally Posted by Borfin View Post
Just... stop calling it lag.

It's not the core issue, the devs themselves have confused the core issue for complaints of lag and this fix does not solve said core issue.

The problem is the positioning check delay and it's a design problem. It's a code problem. It's not a computer, ISP, connection or anything similar problem.

Call it lag and they'll try to fix the wrong thing. Again, they've already confused it once already.

It's not the first time a game has had this problem. We've seen it in other MMOs. Those of us with experience know how to differentiate via spellcasts and other forms of lag testing.

It's not lag.
It's not FPS.
It's not an issue with people moving too slowly.
Pretty much this.

“But lolderp some people have zero problems!!” Some people are not always affected due to the abilities they use in their normal rotation, or have already figured out how to force the server to manually update their position (such as myself). I just regen as soon as I step outside of the circle and all is golden. If I don’t cast that instant spell after I have moved, then kablammo. I find it stupid, but oh well, it is what it is and hopefully is addressed someday. TBH though, without having to watch for/adapt to these problems, most boss fights would probably be boringly easy anyway.

Many games don’t even have the impeding red circle of “BAD IS GOING TO HIT RIGHT HERE” warning, and we can still avoid whatever is coming with ease. The circle isn’t needed in games without this problem. I’m pretty sure the circle is there in XIV to teach us to force the server to update our position. It’s cheaper to force the playerbase to adapt than it is to fix the issue.

Someone posted this earlier, it’s a great example of what I just said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsDM_2K4ZT0
I played Tera EU from NA, and could dodge these attacks flawlessly, no having to force a position update. As stated, that doesn’t happen in XIV which is housed much closer to home. ♥

Obviously, some people will have lag issues. But that’s not the problem for everyone. OP is just blindly blaming everything on lag because apparently that’s the only issue a game can have. *snicker*