The Navel (Hard) plume animation-damage impact out of sync

[complexxL9]

I have stable connection, my ping to Montreal datacenter is 120ms.
video footage: http://youtu.be/5kEQyVUypJ8
you can see that character receives damage even after being out of aoe for around 1 second.

Time: 2013 09 09 around 21:33 GMT 0

Frequency:
Extremely often

World name:
Cerberus

Character name:
Soul Pierce

Class/Level:
Archer(Bard) 50

Party or solo:
Party

Area and coordinates:
The Navel (Hard)

Steps:
1. Plume appears beneath character feet
2. run out of it in time - character off the plume area while plume is still on the ground
3. character still receives damage even if he is away from the plume at explosion moment

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[Jahaudant]

Watch Titan's cast bar, you are inside the aoe radius when he finishes the cast and thus you will take damage.

The damage is 'delayed' only because the animation after the cast has finished is quite long.

Titan has a specific order of abilities for each of his phases, you need to learn these and be ready to dodge Weight of the Land. Dodging it by visual cue alone is difficult and I'm sure this is intended.

[Jahaudant]

Reference

[complexxL9]

So you are saying that animations not being in sync with when the damage actually connects and character dying 3 meters away from aoe area is all good?
You just explained how it happens and how to workaround it (aka visual cues are no good watch cast bar), but that does not justify this flawed design in any way.

[Jahaudant]

Visual cues are no good, neither is watching the cast bar, but that's not because of the animation / damage disparity. The cast time is so fast it's really difficult to get out of it if you only avoid reactively. Learn when its coming and react pro-actively. This is just a tip to help you clear the fight in the future, unrelated to the actual issue.

The problem lies in the fact that the animation is long. The attack lands when the cast bar reaches the end, then the actual animation of the attack is:

Hit is registered - This is the actual 'damage impact' you are trying to describe
The 'pools' start the fade out
The pools disappear completely
The explosion starts - This is where you thought the 'damage impact' occurs?
The explosion reaches its peak 'intensity'
Damage is displayed

I agree, it's misleading and could be fixed by having the animation start at about 50% of his cast bar, or something like that?

Edit: Since it looks like you guys get past heart no problem here's his skill order for his post-heart phase:
Mountain Buster > Stomp > Weight > Bombs > Landslide > Mountain Buster > Weight > Gaol > Landslide > REPEAT

Edit 2: I see you suggested pretty much the same thing on your video comments.
I also just want to clear up the misconception that these attacks are impossible to dodge because they think their latency or server lag is making the hits land after they have escaped the aoe radius. This isn't true. It's just really bloody fast.

[quieren]

Agree with complexx... As a caster on that fight its annoying to have to keep a mental note when to blindly run around when its almost time to avoid this mechanic all because the graphics are not matching the intended effect. 3 circles in the earlier phases and 5 in the later doesn't mean 9 others need to dance around to see if they get targeted or not. The point being made here is the graphics need to match the actual mechanic, not make up a strat outside of the intended mechanic. Put the epeen away and use common sense. This is a reporting bug page, not come here and brag how you did it page.

[Jahaudant]

If the graphics did match the intended effect you still wouldn't be able to dodge them if you are currently having trouble and that's my point. It's just an extremely quick attack that's very hard to dodge.

I'm not bragging, I didn't even say I've cleared the fight. His skill rotations are buried under hundreds of threads in other forums and really hard to find. It seemed like OP might have use for them. I apologize for trying to help?

[complexxL9]

I'm not worried about clearing the fight, it bugs me that animations are out of sync with what is actually happening, I've just used this fight as an example for report as I had video footage for it, but it happens all over the game.