I've been having some major lag issues lately. I tried reporting it as a bug and submitting a ticket several times to tech support with no answer at all from them on the issue. It does take away a lot from the game when trying to quest or do dungeons to progress. But how can anyone enjoy a game with a 2-10 second lag and it isn't our fault at all but SE end on making sure the servers are operating correctly. The problem isn't my internet cause the latency to the server is only 50ms with a 58 mbps and 38 mbps, which is pretty fast for gaming:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2950215930 .

It isn't my gaming rig either:
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Character Creation)
Tested on:9/6/2013 11:51:17 PM
Score:16151
Average Framerate:154.938
Performance:Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.

Screen Size: 1920x1080
Screen Mode: Full Screen
Graphics Presets: Maximum
General
-Enable HDR rendering and improve overall graphic quality. : Enabled
-Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling) : Disabled
-Use low-detail models on distant objects. (LOD) : Disabled
-Cache LOD data only when necessary. (LOD Streaming) : Disabled
-Real-time Reflections : High
-Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing) : FXAA
-Transparent Lighting Quality : High
-Grass Quality : High
Shadows
-Self : Display
-Other NPCs : Display
Shadow Quality
-Use low-detail models on shadows. (LOD) : Disabled
-Shadow Resolution : High - 2048p
-Shadow Cascading : Best
-Shadow Softening : Strong
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering : Anisotropic
-Anisotropic Filtering : x16
Movement Physics
-Self : Full
-Other NPCs : Full
Effects
-Naturally darken the edges of the screen. (Limb Darkening) : Enabled
-Blur the graphics around an object in motion. (Radial Blur) : Enabled
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion : Strong
-Glare : Normal
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Enable depth of field. : Enabled

System:
Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130531-1504)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz
16328.941MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670(VRAM 4010 MB) 9.18.0013.2049

Benchmark results do not provide any guarantee FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn will run on your system.

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