I live in Asia and play forever on a one-bar connection…
…meaning that when I fight Vanaduke's mask phases, my shield always registers one full second AFTER I PRESS THE FREAKING SHIELD BUTTON. Therefore, I would like to ask if I can continuously send support requests for GMs to help me play the mask phases (because I can't block anything) and let me handle the body phases without help.
But since lag isn't a game bug, I want to know if I can even ask for help from GMs about this.
I guess I'll just have to stick to knowing that I can never be able to defeat Vanaduke legitimately.
I doubt that you could. It would set a bad policy, even if unwritten. If for no other reason you'd get people going "This is too hard! I can't do it... herp derp, lets call a GM and tell them that we're lagging reallllllllly bad!" And unfortunately you know people would do that.
~Gwen
Anyone in America or Europe (where the servers are located) shouldn't be allowed to complain, therefore you wouldn't have people making fake lag complaints.
I live in Asia for real and have bought (in chronological order):
750 CE
Battle Pack
Starter Pack
2x 30-day Elevator Pass
20k CE
So I can't even get a Blackened Crest even though I've probably invested more than the average player. Wow.
I also "live in Asia and play forever on a one-bar connection", "meaning that when I fight Vanaduke's mask phases" I use good tactics to make sure his mask is consistently doused.
Said similar tactics also "let me handle the body phases with" ease.
"Therefore, I would like to ask if" people can continuously learn how to fight better instead of using lag and geographical area as an excuse to make unreasonable requests.
On a more serious note:
How to decrease lag in FSC:
- It starts to un-lag about the 30th FSC trip and vana fight.
- turn all your graphics way down low.
- make SURE that the party leader is in the same area as you (Asia/Oceania), or when you created the party to either have: Joined a PUG, or created it yourself. If you join a friend on the US server and go solo, chances are your lag will get sky-high.
- Learn to predict their moves better, and always MOVE AWAY instead of standing and shielding standing in place. (it helps to practice this as a bomber and going into a room full of retrodes)
- Don't open any other torrent based programs... or things that use up bandwidth.
- Memory leaking: yes it happens, so I'd strongly recommend you reboot your computer
- I used to have to reclient every level or so, I still do sometimes, but solves the issues mostly.
I've beaten Vana more times than I can count, vendored at least 6-7 Ancient Plate items, and have a CoA and FoV xD
Plus where's the fun in asking a moderator to do all the work for you? :P
Alternatively, if you've "invested more than the average player" you can always buy one off another player for 2.3k - 2.5k CE or thereabouts xD
P.S. "I live in Asia for real."
Whenever I see a ghost bullet coming at me during Vanaduke's mask phases, I raise my shield but it doesn't block until after I take damage. That's all. You didn't have to make a big deal out of it.
Actually, there's a place you can stand to pwn the mask really well solo, and a place you can hide in a group (near the upper right fountain and behind the lower right fountain respectively). You could also back away from the mask at the 2 mark to get a head start on the bullets.
Since it sounds like you don't run with a guild or friends, I'd advise running with PuGs anyway instead of solo. Just make sure to pick your team right; one shiver and one blitz.
Do you have any idea how many support requests OOO would be getting if lag was permitted? :o