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    A3S timing difference between JP and NA?

    Recently my group has been pushing to try to compete with the fastest A3S kill time. On more than one recorded attempt I noticed that the time of the fight and where we were at as far as mechanics was different. The fight is supposed to be completely time based with no forced phase pushes. So my question, is there a difference in timings because of the JP vs NA data centers or is there something else behind this? Here's a screenshot of being at the exact same spot of the fight but the timers 15 seconds apart. https://www.dropbox.com/s/olf5sjb10b...rezia.png?dl=0
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    You have a summoner, they not. Maybe the slow effect of Shadow flare? I think the Scholar did not pop it during debuff up.
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    Videos mit der Hauptgeschichte und ausgewählten Nebenquestreihen (deutsch): https://www.youtube.com/user/KSVideo100

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    Yep, adds phase has no set duration (maybe some enrage if too long, but you'll be most likely will be killed by add reaching water). If you kill last 4 adds faster, last phase starts earlier.
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    I had both videos side by side and their mechanics just happen faster. It's not just the add phase and it wasn't just their video. When I compare to any JP kill vid of A3S the mechanics happen faster for them. When I compare to Elysium's kill vid our mechanics happen at the exact same time. It's not just the add phase. Same thing has happened when we've brought a BLM.
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    Here's a comparison just to show how Lucrezia's fight is just gradually faster for no reason. http://viewsync.net/watch?v=nZ2YxQz1...NjdBqCY6Y&t=25
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    Quote Originally Posted by Haxetc View Post
    Here's a comparison just to show how Lucrezia's fight is just gradually faster for no reason. http://viewsync.net/watch?v=nZ2YxQz1...NjdBqCY6Y&t=25
    It seems off at first until you notice lucrezia's clock and the timer on the other video are out of sync, with the non lucrezia one being 4 seconds behind by the time the add phase starts. I dunno if that means the lucrezia one is being run at more than 100% speed or that the other one is at less than 100% though
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    Last edited by TheMax1087; 11-30-2015 at 09:38 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMax1087 View Post
    It seems off at first until you notice lucrezia's clock and the timer on the other video are out of sync, with the non lucrezia one being 4 seconds behind by the time the add phase starts. I dunno if that means the lucrezia one is being run at more than 100% speed or that the other one is at less than 100% though
    They are both at normal speed. You can check the settings in the same place as the quality options. The only occasion of the times being really off is when nothing is happening because my timer stops. But when they are both going they're less than a second apart.
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    Just throwing this out there, but I don't think that TheMax1087 meant that YouTube wasn't playing at 100%. What if both videos were simply recorded differently? For example, if the frame rate was different for one of the recordings, it might end up being faster or slower when YouTube converts and optimises it. This happens all the time in the real world when 'NTSC' footage is converted to 'PAL' frame rates for European DVDs, resulting in video which gradually goes further and further out of sync with audio/subtitles unless those elements are adjusted too. The fact that you specifically noticed that they start off the same and gradually desync makes me think this is what could be happening here.

    If everyone uses the exact same software and settings then this doesn't apply, but I'd guess some software packages default to different recording settings and it's not implausible some people would configure them differently.

    I'll shut up now as I don't know the fight in question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serilda View Post
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    That's exactly what I meant. For more proof of it, the ability timings match up if you look at the timer on lucrezia's vid and the ACT overlay timer in the other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMax1087 View Post
    That's exactly what I meant. For more proof of it, the ability timings match up if you look at the timer on lucrezia's vid and the ACT overlay timer in the other.
    Wth are you looking at? The timers in ACT and Lucrezia's match. It's so obvious that the timers for abilities are getting farther apart the more you go into the fight. What are you even looking at?
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