Sorry SE, but endgame won't work if you don't fix something.

[Eclipsed]

So how do so many people do it ... every day?
voodoo?

Its lag... computer lag, net lag, or brain lag. pick one.

The brain lag is just a troll... Is it computer/net/server lag? yes of course it is genius.

What you are just ignoring is that every other MMO on the planet has some method built into their game that provides for some compensation technique of one type or another that provides for a reasonable amount of lag to allow everyone to have an enjoyable gaming experience that is at least relatively similar to everyone else. This game has absolutely NOTHING of the sort so it's a complete gamble whether one person will be able to do the same thing as another at a given point in time. Some people may be closer and have lower pings, or better computers but we aren't talking about people who have ridiculous lag like 1.5s or get 10 fps. We are talking about people who have reasonable latency and reasonable fps but even that small amount can make all the difference here because the server coding is crap and there is no compensation built into the coding like it should be.

[vincent1]

if you have read many of these posts, there seems to be one thing in common with people that have progressed despite this bug. they all say they have memorized the fights and are not paying attention to the visual cues. i think that says a lot right there.

and what it says is not good. i wish they would make some sort of announcement about this issue.

if it is working as intended, then tell us and we can decide to stay with the game or not. if it is a flaw, then acknowledge it and tell us what is going to be done about it.

[Staris]

I have not memorized it at all.
Still beat it.
next excuse?

[complexxL9]

I have not memorized it at all.
Still beat it.
next excuse?

You beating it does not imply the problem isn't there. I beat it too, but I can clearly see the problems, you are just not good enough to notice them.

[Staris]

do you want me to come over and use your computer to beat it for you?

[Eclipsed]

I've beaten it too, around 40 times or so. And to echo the sentiments of the poster above, that still doesn't mean that it isn't a terrible experience due to the issues.

[De-Kus]

If you survive it, you can laugh about getting hit after standing for up to 2 seconds to "save zone". But for the ones that dungeon mechanic expects you to evade, it's pretty much mandatory to start evoiding before you see something... I wonder how that difficulty will be improoved. Will the server simulate addional lag? LOL. No serious. This is the worest lag trouble I have seen on a major game even after 1 month after the release. If your servers are still overloaded, then add more!

[Fuz]

I'm afraid they'll go ToRtanic.

[Kupofried]

Kupofried chocobo, wants this to be heard or else no more chocobos for you.

[Stormblessed]

We'll easily get this thread to breach 100 pages in the coming week or two. I don't understand how we haven't had a community rep response yet. The most likely situation is that the reps have passed this thread (and countless others) onto the developers and are being told to sit tight whilst they work out if they can do something to improve the netcode + international lag.

It would be nice to just get a crown tagged onto the thread so we know that it is in fact being looked into and not just ignored. The thread requesting for different retainer outfits got a full dev response in about three pages! How insignificant is that compared to this game-breaking (for many, not all I acknowledge) design flaw.

I've subscribed for 3 months in the hope that Squeenix will decide to expand the server farms(or preferably have local region servers for NA/JP/EU) and revamp the code enabling much quicker position updating (30ms would be fine! This is 2013, that shouldn't be a problem with the hardware available today! At the very least a hybrid design in which the client can overrule the server) However if there is no progress on this front, or at least a showing of intent of progress then I'm afraid I'll just let the subscription die. I thought that my monthly payment was supposed to be precisely for this kind of improvement? The improvement of game's responsiveness will cement me to this game much more than bringing in Lightning, the character that epitomises everything that's wrong with games these days in my opinion (flashy graphics/animation with no gameplay or story creativity/substance).

That's my two pence and I'm entitled to them!