DIP, DUCK, DIVE, DODGE!

[Dyne]

One problem with this idea; lag. It won't work withe the current UI.

Yeah, they need to make the engine a whole lot more efficient and use less resources. FFXIV actually has a much higher minimum system requirements than Tera. FFXIV needs 9800 gt, Tera only needs 8800 gt, yet Tera looks just as good if not better in the graphics department, much faster, much flashier.

[Capita]

Yeah, they need to make the engine a whole lot more efficient and use less resources. FFXIV actually has a much higher minimum system requirements than Tera. FFXIV needs 9800 gt, Tera only needs 8800 gt, yet Tera looks just as good if not better in the graphics department, much faster, much flashier.

I hope you know that the 9800 GT and the 8800 GT are basically the exact same card. The 9800 GT is just a rebadged version of the 8800 GT. >_>

[AnaviAnael]

One problem with this idea; lag. It won't work withe the current UI.

I'm with Molly here. What you seem to forget is that the servers are in Japan, and thus there's a lag between what happens ingame and what we see onscreen. It may only be a second or two, but it'd be enough to wipe a tank/party/ally under the Tera system.

On top of the server lag, there's also good, old fashioned crappy ISP lag. Imagine how many people would die and respond with, "Sorry guys, didn't see the attack. Lag."

[Rentahamster]

I'm with Molly here. What you seem to forget is that the servers are in Japan, and thus there's a lag between what happens ingame and what we see onscreen. It may only be a second or two, but it'd be enough to wipe a tank/party/ally under the Tera system.

On top of the server lag, there's also good, old fashioned crappy ISP lag. Imagine how many people would die and respond with, "Sorry guys, didn't see the attack. Lag."

NA players who play on the Korea-only servers for Tera have little issues with lag (relative to what one might expect at first). It operates a lot like a FPS, and being based on the Unreal Engine 3, I assume it is optimized in a lot of ways for responsiveness. The main problem with FF14's lag lies not in the server distance, but rather the unopitmized game itself that relies to heavily on server-side checks.

Whenever the FF14 devs mention "fixing the server issues" it is always in the context of repairing the netcode, optimizing the servers, etc, and not about implementing regional servers.

[Jennestia]

NA players who play on the Korea-only servers for Tera have little issues with lag (relative to what one might expect at first). It operates a lot like a FPS, and being based on the Unreal Engine 3, I assume it is optimized in a lot of ways for responsiveness. The main problem with FF14's lag lies not in the server distance, but rather the unopitmized game itself that relies to heavily on server-side checks.

Whenever the FF14 devs mention "fixing the server issues" it is always in the context of repairing the netcode, optimizing the servers, etc, and not about implementing regional servers.

While true, there is still a noticeable difference in performance from people outside of korea playing versus those in korea playing. It's not horrible to the point of unplayable, you'll just have to deal with and get used to being less accurate and responsive than your korean others.

[Rentahamster]

While true, there is still a noticeable difference in performance from people outside of korea playing versus those in korea playing. It's not horrible to the point of unplayable, you'll just have to deal with and get used to being less accurate and responsive than your korean others.

Right, and it's not as bad as one might initially suspect. I was just trying to point out that this:

What you seem to forget is that the servers are in Japan, and thus there's a lag between what happens ingame and what we see onscreen. It may only be a second or two, but it'd be enough to wipe a tank/party/ally under the Tera system.

is not a major issue for NA players.

[Vanguard319]

One problem with this idea; lag. It won't work withe the current UI.

Another problem is that the *** won the war for the soul of the battle engine. Even if the UI had the capabilty, SE would still go with AA, simply because the "Target Audience" demanded radical change with total disregard for consequences of that descision, and AA was the icing of that radical change.

Knee-jerk reactions: ruining everything since god knows when.

[Firon]

Another problem is that the *** won the war for the soul of the battle engine. Even if the UI had the capabilty, SE would still go with AA, simply because the "Target Audience" demanded radical change with total disregard for consequences of that descision, and AA was the icing of that radical change.

Knee-jerk reactions: ruining everything since god knows when.

Since you wanna call people *** ill call you an *** the current battle system sucks *** and I'm sorry that you like it.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Yeah yeah, tera flashy ecc. Too bad: the game sucks. It already lost half subscriptions, EVEN with a cool action sistem.

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

Yeah yeah, tera flashy ecc. Too bad: the game sucks. It already lost half subscriptions, EVEN with a cool action sistem.

Who cares? Nobody is arguing that FFXIV should be Tera.