Jumping off a flying mount?

[TaurusGilgamesh]

I see many players jumping off their mounts while they are still in air. But i can't figure out how they do this. Can somebody explain this to me? Is it some sort of lagging or is there a way to jump off. Cause it would make things easier..

[MaethusXion]

I always assumed it's been lag myself. Seen it often enough, though

[Valenth]

Pretty sure it's lag indeed.

[Culfinrandir]

I've been told it was lag when I asked others but I have my suspicions.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Lag. Try as you might to jump off in midair, the game forces your mount to land when you want to dismount.

[Culfinrandir]

Lag. Try as you might to jump off in midair, the game forces your mount to land when you want to dismount.

I've seen BLM jumping from mounts and casting at the same time with it hitting the target before/as they hit the ground. What I don't understand is why nobody has seen me do the "jump from mount" thing (I've asked and tried to get it to appear I'm doing it). Maybe it's a weird PS3 thing.

[KingOfAbyss]

is it really lag? I don't think I lagged, this just happened from a Kirin, the guy over me and I see many gatherers doing it..

[Anova]

You can force a landing by dismounting in mid-air. If you do so, you will descend at the same speed as falling (great for players flying using the overhead map to find indicators of gathering nodes). If it's a large enough distance from you, the mount is slow to load in and if the same player dismounts the moment they land by pressing the same button, you won't see the mount.

Keep in mind that you will always see your own mount.

As for the casting, I've never seen that happen, but it is likely server lag. I have moved mid-cast before and have the spell finish still. Anyone who has done Titan EX or Titan HM knows that when the server is stressed, character positions may be 1 or 2 seconds behind from where they actually are on the player's screen.

[16bitBounty]

It's lag. I've had several players ask me in the past how I was doing it but on my end I had Dismounted to drop my mount to the ground and dismounted to get off once it hits the ground. Just looks different on their end I guess.

[Callback]

2-player mounts can drop people in midair if the owner teleports away.