Why is this game such a chore...

[ddwarbird]

I love this game, I really do. It has a beautiful art style and its Final Fantasy which is good enough reason for me to play it. However I am getting really annoyed at two things that seem to be consistent in the game.

- The Staggering Difficulty Spike and The Length of certain tasks - This really shows that Square Enix are dragging their heels a bit here. The length to do the simplest tasks is annoying and not really that fun. The overall difficulty of the game is more like it was designed for Japanese audiences who never really do anything else but play this game. However there is virtually no real support in the game for more casual players.

- The lag of AoE's on boss fights - I dunno why this is happening as I NEVER had this problem in WoW. There is some lag between skillshots which means even if you move out of it, you will still get hit. This is EXCEPTIONALLY annoying on Boss fights, why is this happening in the first place?

[Anorex]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

[ddwarbird]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

I mean just in terms of expecting high levels of reaction time. I wouldn't advise this game to players who are dyspraxic and have coordination difficulties.

[Ransu]

I mean just in terms of expecting high levels of reaction time. I wouldn't advise this game to players who are dyspraxic and have coordination difficulties.

I'd hate to see you play other MMO's. In terms if reaction time and speed this game is incredibly slow.

[Kuwagami]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

one shot mechanics which stops you for the time you master them (difficulty), and then become trivial when you master them, rendering the fight boring and easy as hell (here's your spike)

No fight remains difficult no matter how many times you beat it (provided you aren't solo and have a dedicated group, ofc)

I don't experience AoE lag.

And ? Lots of people do experience AoE lags (hopefully I don't. The other tank in my FC does though).

People should stop with the "I never experienced it so it must be wrong"

[TheRac25]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

not everyone is a pro at team jump rope like yourself

[Diavolo]

I don't experience AoE lag.

[Vespar]

I don't experience AoE lag.

You might not but many people do, its more of mild latency issues but it is enough to get you killed in things like weight of the land, landslides, etc. I play on a NA server using on a not-so-great ISP connection in Japan run by an American company (military), and some days I'll have great speeds/latency and can dodge like a pro... other days, I cant get out of an aoe to save my life. It has nothing to do with my play style since on my screen I'll be on the edge of the arena but a weight of the land in the center somehow kills me even though I obviously ran out of it and am miles away :P

[Sparky]

I don't experience AoE lag.

You might not but many people do, its more of mild latency issues but it is enough to get you killed in things like weight of the land, landslides, etc. I play on a NA server using on a not-so-great ISP connection in Japan run by an American company (military), and some days I'll have great speeds/latency and can dodge like a pro... other days, I cant get out of an aoe to save my life. It has nothing to do with my play style since on my screen I'll be on the edge of the arena but a weight of the land in the center somehow kills me even though I obviously ran out of it and am miles away :P

Well there is the problem I would imagine. Not really the game's fault that you're stuck with a patchy internet service.

[XiXiQ]

Well there is the problem I would imagine. Not really the game's fault that you're stuck with a patchy internet service.

When the game has their hand out for money from people from the southern hemishpere, and have no servers anywhere near them, then yes, it's the game's fault. Latency is dictated by distance from server. (lag/rubber-banding, etc is typically due to packet loss and distance has little affect)

No-one is expecting a full rewrite so checks are made client-side - but there has to be other options they should consider, like adjusting the cast times presented to the client taking pings into consideration. Or just add the extra .5 second people need in those situations and be done with it.