Quote Originally Posted by Antonio_Xul View Post
One thing I do want to ask, are the Japanese forum tripping out like we are? Is there anything on their forum? If not, maybe someone who speaks Japanese should post something on their forum.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...3%83%AB/page21
There are complaints about the snapshotting and people leaving. There was one post about cheaters, but it was to tell people never to complain about cheating because then it is "promoting" it. Classic! In other words, the dreaded crackdown won't be happening.

Quote Originally Posted by RyveSontek View Post
So if you want to keep believing it's "bad netcode", you're gonna stay bad at it.
For the past 40 years of gaming in North America, slow hit detection has only happened due to lag. Final Fantasy XIV is one of the few games that has a purposeful delay between hit detection and appearance. The common person who encounters a situation like FFXIV would think it's because of lag. It's bad enough for a game to have a lag problem, it's even worse that the lag is a part of the design. It should be shameful, but it's FFXIV where the developers are coddled and praised. Our sub money is treated like a donation.

A lot of people love FFXIV as-is only because it confers a status by which they can feel superior to others. When it comes to the actual core mechanics, it is very difficult to be a fan.