input delay kills the game

[Eclipsed]

Was just thinking about this, this weekend. It is so frustrating and is what makes it impossible to take this MMO seriously. I have been playing MMO's since 1999 and have raided at a high level in every major AAA release since then. Now I am not saying I am some leet world class player or anything, but I have always been considered above average by my peers at any role I have ever played in them. And avoiding mechanics has never been a problem for me. I have never been the guy who stood in fire, or failed to move, etc... But the number of times I get hit by mechanics here, when on my side I avoided them by a mile, is just ridiculous.

[Pence]

Was just thinking about this, this weekend. It is so frustrating and is what makes it impossible to take this MMO seriously. I have been playing MMO's since 1999 and have raided at a high level in every major AAA release since then. Now I am not saying I am some leet world class player or anything, but I have always been considered above average by my peers at any role I have ever played in them. And avoiding mechanics has never been a problem for me. I have never been the guy who stood in fire, or failed to move, etc... But the number of times I get hit by mechanics here, when on my side I avoided them by a mile, is just ridiculous.

Maybe you just need more practice? I'm doing it as 230ms perfectly fine

[Eclipsed]

Not saying that practice doesn't help, but you are fighting the system not the boss here. I can go to any other MMO in existence and play a fight I have never seen before and avoid AOEs all day long and never get hit. Because other games prioritize functionality over looks. In other games when you are out of the circle, you are out of the circle. We all know it exists, don't pretend that it doesn't. Just because you are ok with mastering a broken system, doesn't mean that the system isn't broken. Sure I've trained myself to be even more careful and move pre-emptively too when possible, but that is still in itself just proof of how flawed this game is compared to others.

[Besame]

I am glad I read this link because on a few encounters, Titan was always one, I have seen myself way clear of the knockback and still got punted. My pc is optimized and connection excellent. never had this issue playing Wow, SWtOR, Wildstar or any other game but this one. Now I do not feel like a spaz...bless you hehe.

[Sylvain]

Im gonna support éclipses hère.
Just yesterday I was doing susano.
when dodge the water puddle after the rocks. I went to the other side of the arena and ended up dying in the middle of it because the game considered I was still in it. We are talking a good 3 ley line diameter away from the puddle boundary which the game didn't record. I'm not even talking about weaving skills too fast and ending up loosing cards and getting no buffs.
People can call lag or wathever, but I don't suffer something remotely close in any other game no matter which server I pick.

Ff14 with 50ms is actually more clunky, lag wise, than wow with 400-500ms, and I've raided every WoW end game from BC to Cata so I know what dodging a telegraph is.