titan hard (hard for high latency)

[Azrael]

The way I see it, you develop an extra 'skill/ability' to be able to factor in the latency to the mechanics, and maybe you 'have' to pay a little more attention to the patterns/timing since you have less time to react, but whether or not that makes you a better player I can't say. For me personally, it is just something I do now, because it has always been this way. Would this make me a better player if I moved to lower latency? Maybe. Players with higher familiarity or awareness of boss mechanics and positioning always seem to do more successfully than those who lack such things, assuming all things are equal of course.

Exactly, so it also work the other way around, it's harder for people with higher latency.

Plus you got the same problem as me/us with latency, not having a server in your region, I really don't see why you are against this topic.

[Jynxii]

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The difference is that I've been experiencing this problem since I've started playing MMOs, and instead of letting the latency ruin my experience, I took it upon myself to try and work with it.

How can you over come latency? Acknowledge the delay and adapting to it would be a good start. Positioning is even more crucial as any delay will likely mean you have less time to react, for a number of reasons. By far, some mechanics are easier to overcome with these tactics, but when all else fails, you have to rely on the predictability of most MMO boss encounters. If Titan's pools come 15 seconds after his line AoE, start moving 14 seconds after the line AoE. Yes some times you'll still get caught out, and these aren't fool proof in anyway but it is better than sitting on your hands waiting on a European data center, right?

Heck, I can even walk into AoEs as they 'go off' on my screen because I can reliably predict when it is going off server side because of being extensively exposed to 'crippling' lag that makes encounters 'impossible'.

Edit: For the record, I am not saying that you're a bad player, just that there are probably things you haven't tried/exhausted that are within your power given the situation. If you can host/maintain a data center in Europe, then you could probably get the latency fixed, however if you can't this 'issue' is likely to be around for awhile.