Quote Originally Posted by Darrcyphfeid View Post
I could only imagine how much a change like this would mess up jobs with any sort of cast timers.
How could adding the same audio and visual feedback mechanics GCD skills have to oGCD skills POSSIBLY mess anything up...?

If you press a GCD skill and it cannot activate at that moment, the game tells you.

All I want is for oGCD skills to do the same. They don't need to queue or buffer at all, but if I press the button and the skill isn't going to activate, I want the game to tell me so it doesn't silently fail in the middle of a complex rotation.

The servers have been exceptionally hit or miss since the launch of SB - I haven't seen an "Excellent" rating in months - but that's still a mostly separate issue from what OP is describing and requesting. As long as your ping isn't being erratic you can readjust with a little practice.
Have you tried any other modern AAA MMOs? I think you'll find that even a modest ping influencing the order in which things happen in combat is an issue that's exclusive to XIV.

Why should we let XIV off the hook for this...?