A ton of people are okay with the net code as-is. We’ve integrated the lag into our strats, such as managing “snapshots” and “slide casting”. People have made numerous illegal third-party tools that include features like assisted slidecasting, calling out mechanics to prevent snapshotting, drawing maps on the ground, and packet-sniffing to alter server calls. And because most FFXIV players support the modding community (“it doesn’t affect anyone! Who cares!”) people will generally be okay with the game. Because it’s only bearable when people cheat. Of course, Square knows this, and they don’t give a shit. FFXIV has a plug-in architecture that runs circles around most online games despite being “prohibited”. No one cares. Just consume the product.

Suffice to say, Blizzard went from an indie developer to part of one of the world’s largest and wealthiest entertainment companies in history on the back of a single MMO with good net code. Square Enix is falling apart at the seams despite four major MMOs and two of the OG RPG brands. There’s a reason why that is. People won’t care until they look at the past ten years they’ve wasted in this laggy cesspit and realize they’ve gained nothing of value.