IS THIS A JOKE?! NOTHING was done to fix the netcode.

[Hitome]

The content is unplayable for me at the moment. Watch the video. You don't need "skill" to beat Titan extreme. You need a connection that FFXIV servers like and play friendly with.

No need to hide behind excuses: you need some skill. Maybe go find some.

[Aegis]

No need to hide behind excuses: you need some skill. Maybe go find some.

Now, I have a lot of sympathy for those with the problem OP raises. I suffered from it myself. I managed to beat Titan before tweaking my own settings by purely knowing his rotations and moving before plumes appeared. No amount of skill could compensate for the crippling lag in that fight.

After tweaking my settings, I'm fine. I don't get hit by avoidable stuff unless I wasn't even expecting it to appear (say, standing in the wrong place for Ultima Ex). Should I have to tweak those settings? No. Have I needed to do this for any other online game? No. Would I pay extra for tunneling/VPN? Not a chance in hell, I'd pick another game first.

However, those tweaks did work for me, and I can play this game.