Difficulty of normal content.

[DKMR]

That said, it's probably something deep in the code from 1.0 that they can't easily remove or change, so we gotta live with it or quit.

Thankfully, it rarely happens outside of extreme or savage or ultimate, but i somewhat agree with you on this side point, but also I don't think this is what the thread is about.

I'm also qutie sure it's why almost no mechanics in FFXIV are truly fast. You have PLENTY of time to dodge everything if you notice early enough.

Snapshotting does happen outside of extreme and savages.
I just wanted to add that ping does not effect much in FFXIV as long as you have a stable ping that does not go up or down too much when you're playing. I play on high ping since I play in the NA server but I'm not even in NA, but I do fine when I dodge the mechanics. It's just whether or not you're used to the timing that's all.
I have better ping advantage in the JP servers, but because I'm not used to the low ping I actually sometimes run into the mechs too fast and get hit even though I'm really familiar with the fight (for example time difference mechs).

[MakariaZofura]

I have a friend who plays from Bangkok on the NA server, and she's consistently pink logs on everything... wow! I'm amazed.