[Feedback] Please fix/improve the delay in the game

[Tux2665]

For me I can just say that the way it is designed, castbar starts -> telegraph appears -> castbar ends - damage gets evaluated now -> telegraph fades out + attack animation starts is very poor concept. It is unintuitive, because people do not understand taking damage they seemingly escaped (the animation is the most visible part of the workflow to the player) and it creates perception of lag even when there is none. The server tick being very poor also adds to that perception most likely, but changing the synchronization of cast, telegraph, animation and damage evaluation can do a great deal to defeat the perception of lag/delay without any backend improvements whatsoever. That's something they should definitely look into. The intuitive thing is to get damaged when the animation ends and you can literally see yourself taking the damage, simple as that.

[Elissar]

Fix delay and bring us 1.0 animations

FFXIV would easily be a 10/10 MMORPG.

[Jagick]

Fix delay and bring us 1.0 animations

FFXIV would easily be a 10/10 MMORPG.

I saw a few 1.0 cutscenes recently and I have to wonder how the game went from all those custom animations to virtually every interaction involving static characters reusing short emotes that players have.

[DPZ2]

I saw a few 1.0 cutscenes recently and I have to wonder how the game went from all those custom animations to virtually every interaction involving static characters reusing short emotes that players have.

They totally replaced the underlying game engine, for one.

[Esmoire]

I know the delay is a huge turnoff for people coming into FFXIV from other online games. I think it's the kind of thing you get used to playing at a high level (at least in PvE; frustrating as all hell in PvP), but like, that's like learning how to tiptoe around nails on the floor. I would classify general game feel as the most important component, and I can't grade FFXIV very well unless they address the underlying issues.

[PeaTearGriffin]

Yes please, the lag/delay in this game makes pvp really annoying sometimes.

[MuraBoy]

Reminder that this game is 12 years old

[Valence]

Reminder that in 12 years of time improvements can be made.