Managed to play a bit on a friend's account. Honestly, probably the most fun I had in EW content, even with the hit detection kicking my shins once or twenty times per match.

Though as someone who lives in SA, I'm pretty much used to it by now. I was expecting the event to be "you move 3 seconds after you press a button" unplayable, and was pleasantly surprised it didn't come to that. I'll most likely play it a lot just for fun after I resub.

That being said, sad to see that the problem is likely universal and is weighting down a pretty good event so much. Please consider improving the online structure, Squeenix, for the love of god