Titan LAG complaint thread

[Jamal]

How to reduce your lag (possibly):

STEP ONE: unlock your frame rates via system configurations -> scroll down

STEP TWO: Download and install Leatrix latency fix

[Pooky]

Freezing for 5 seconds at a time isn't part of the general responsiveness lag the game has. Its something different that doesn't happen to everyone, so you should look into that more. As for the responsiveness issue, it exists. Everyone knows it exists. Many many many many many people adjust and work around it as evidenced by the millions of Titan HM kills. When you get hit by a plume or a landslide, just accept your screw up and try again. Going "OMG I WAS SO OUT" doesn't help. Maybe 2.1's more responsiveness in specific areas thing will help, but until then, you gotta dodge quicker.

[whilke]

I wasn't defending them, I was just distinguishing from the overall lag term. I've never seen the game purely freeze, and would still assume it was my machine / a rendering glitch that caused it, and not lag, though some people do call it "fps lag".

The game is not freezing up on him, he just described it improperly. He's getting packet loss so the local simulation stops running (no more movement, spell effects, attacks, etc.) for several seconds, and then all of a sudden it speeds up very fast to catch back up with where it should be.

It's not video lag, it's not fps lag, it's nothing to do with his local CPU. It's purely network based, and how their network protocol was implemented.

[Alcyon_Densetsu]

I'll just leave this here:

• Thread: Sorry SE, but endgame won't work if you don't fix something.
  (1,621 replies • 136,659 views) → Early feedback
• Thread: .3 Second Positional Update Delay (Requesting Dev Response)
  (583 replies • 36,617 views) → More specific feedback
• Thread: Why the netcode issue exists, and why it cannot be fixed.
  (199 replies • 18,207 views) → Technical considerations
• Thread: Letter from the Producer LIVE Part X: Will the netcode issue be honestly addressed?
  (142 replies • 10,606 views) → Open Letter to SE

The one in bold is probably what you're looking for (its OP, among other posts, is quite enlightening on the issue; the thread contains many interesting discussions about the netcode, as do the others linked here). The point of these threads was to concentrate our feedback so that SE could read them without going all over the place. I strongly suggest we remain organised on such issues, it's better for us, better for SE, better for the game. As for the last thread linked above (courtesy of yours, truly), it was meant to get an answer from SE; and regardless of the actual role it played in the outcome, the answer happened, as someone already mentioned above:

Q2: You have said that in FFXIV: ARR, the character's position is checked by the server once every 0.3 seconds. However there are times where the character receives AoE damage even though the character on the screen is outside of the range. Seems like the information on character's position is not up to date. Is there any plan to make an adjustment to this?

A2: If we apply faster response times in all areas, the load on the servers will be too much. Therefore, while it will only be for certain areas (for example high-level content and the Wolves' Den), you will be able to notice the faster response times. Please stay tuned!

So I suggest we all wait for patch 2.1 to be released (Dec., 17th), try the faster response time implemented by SE in HL/PvP areas, and get back on them with our observations. Until then,

Have fun playing the memory game on Titan & Coil.

[Goodberry]

I found the best solution. It's quite easy, and good for my wallet too. :P

[Katai]

I found the best solution. It's quite easy, and good for my wallet too. :P

I too have applied this solution. Haven't encountered the problem since. :3