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

[HealBus]

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I can do endgame just fine all the up to T5, doesn't change that the combat system is probably one of the most unresponsive ones I have ever experienced. I played MMOs on my old terrible ISP and it was much more smoother than this game.

Looking forward to PvP where this problem would be glaringly obvious.

[Tupsi]

I can do endgame just fine all the up to T5, doesn't change that the combat system is probably one of the most unresponsive ones I have ever experienced.

Hence: You'll want to get people to stop playing otherwise SE won't really "see" the problem if people are utilizing their product day by day. As someone said, it's an MVP, that was the entire purpose of ARR to begin with - People said over and over during 1.x that making an MMO like FFXI or 1.x or anything other than an "MVP" type of MMO won't sell or be successful, so in all reality..we only have players to blame as well for the product we got.

In terms of MMOs, you say the combat system is the most unresponsive you've experienced, GCD would do that - Yet you'll also have groups of people feeling otherwise about the system - What is SE supposed to really..comment on if you have people perfectly fine with the game and experiencing no issues and others the complete opposite? No matter what SE says (just look at their responses to other subjects) people will still feel SE is doing "nothing" about issues.

[Tashigi]

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I am not sure if you're serious.
Okay, I'll bite, even though this reeks of trolling.

So lets say I clear Titan HM with no issues (Which currently, I do). Does that mean I am more "skilled" than the average person who is currently having problems?
If this was Guild Wars 2, where there is even more red zones/circles than this game and it's far less forgiving in Fractal Dungeons (Difficulty Level 10-20+ where Agogy Debuffs are applied without red zones and you have to dodge based on the combat animation itself/or the flying death ray/ball coming your way); then yes, that would be true. Because in that game, this 0.3 internal delay, nor the other latency/lag issues exist. You dodge and when you do, you really do dodge. If you get hit, it will be clear to you and everyone in the group why you got hit (You'll be inside the red zone as you take damage, not outside).

Now, FFXIV.
Here, you play a memory game. And you can not tell me that you do not. You and me have both memorized the mechanics to the point we do not react to the red zones, we just react based on memory.
This is how you beat Titan HM and other similar bosses. You play a memory game, lock in the pattern of attacks and hope you're ahead of the red zones; otherwise... you know what happens.

Square Enix needs to address this if they hope to have an enjoyable game; not an often frustrating memory game.
While I and I am certain everyone in this thread, has and for as long as they can put up with the frustration, will continue to support the game; everything and everyone has their limits and when patience is tested, that limit is often reached sooner than later.