Help me understand AOE markers

[HamHam]

The problem is this. On the server side, the markers appear first, then on your client, by the time you see the market, you are already late. By the time you react, you are already at the end of the casting.

This doesn't seem to apply to the cast bar. So, it is better to see the mob casting bar, rather than rely on the aoe marker.

[Ruprect]

The problem is this. On the server side, the markers appear first, then on your client, by the time you see the market, you are already late. By the time you react, you are already at the end of the casting.

This doesn't seem to apply to the cast bar. So, it is better to see the mob casting bar, rather than rely on the aoe marker.

As a healer I am not watching the enemy cast bar, I rely on visual cues from the boss. This is unacceptable for the lag time to be this long, I have never played a game that is this bad with the lag. My ping to their server is like <50ms and no matter how fast I get out sometimes I get hit.

Does anyone know a way to do focus target? That way I could focus the tank and still see the enemy cast bar. I vaguely recall there was another game that had that option and it was great, just cant remember which one right now.

[Ruprect]

SE has accepted this as a bug:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-everybody%29

Not sure if they are doing anything about it yet but at least they are aware.

[KimimiAvesta]

Thank you for letting me know! I'm happy to hear it's not simply a case of "move faster" or "pay more attention" - means I'm not going mad XD

[Delrosa]

Ok it isn't exactly a bug, its what is called server lag. You see what happens is the server sends your system a message, your system pops up the aoe box, you move, your system tells the server you moved and the server goes thats nice but the aoe actually went off when the attack bar was at around 50% so too bad. It is really bad in XIV, also sucks when trying to stun. How much you wanna bet SE claims they are working on it for the next 10 years or so without doing a thing about it.