FFXIV Bug/Game Mechanics Problem Thread

[Grey Jorildyn]

In any leve where a mob will transform into another mob, if the original mob type is aggro and you aggro it by sight instead of via attack, it does not transform if it is supposed to. You'll be able to fight the mob til it has 1 HP and never be able to kill it. To fix this you either have to die and run back to the mob and attack it to make it transform or reset the mobs and reengage them to force transformation.

Just awful.

[Eanae]

Just got booted from a server crash, log back in, and my linkshell is missing. >_>

[Ddz]

Switching from Mining to Botany or vice-versa: upon approaching an interaction point, for several minutes I get "Action cannot be performed at this time", regardless of whether other players are interacting at the point or not.

Also, not sure if this is intended but, interaction points for mining/harvesting/quarry/logging stay visible even after they has been exhausted.

[Sign]

Switching from Mining to Botany or vice-versa: upon approaching an interaction point, for several minutes I get "Action cannot be performed at this time", regardless of whether other players are interacting at the point or not.

Also, not sure if this is intended but, interaction points for mining/harvesting/quarry/logging stay visible even after they has been exhausted.

Do you mean when the log actually says "The mining point collapses" etc? or do you just mean it stays visible even after you are finished because that is what is is supposed to do.

[miokomioko]

There's a huge delay sometimes between switching classes and being able to do that class-specific interaction. For example, if I'm facing a body of water on Alchemist, and I hit my Fisher macro, obviously the first thing the macro does is equip my fishing rod. However it's not until 10+ seconds after the macro is completely finished when the "(!) Fish" option finally comes up. It's either severe lag or intended delay for class-switching on the fly... but I feel like it's too inconsistent to be an intended delay.

The same goes for switching from Fisher to a crafting class and waiting for the "Synthesize" option to appear.

[Ddz]

There's a huge delay sometimes between switching classes and being able to do that class-specific interaction. For example, if I'm facing a body of water on Alchemist, and I hit my Fisher macro, obviously the first thing the macro does is equip my fishing rod. However it's not until 10+ seconds after the macro is completely finished when the "(!) Fish" option finally comes up. It's either severe lag or intended delay for class-switching on the fly... but I feel like it's too inconsistent to be an intended delay.

The same goes for switching from Fisher to a crafting class and waiting for the "Synthesize" option to appear.

For me, the (!) appears immediately when I switch from class to class. I just get the "Action cannot be performed at this time" for several minutes. It's also intermittent; sometimes I am able to switch and perform immediately...

I did encounter changing to Goldsmith (after I had stupidly paid the 200 gil facility usage charge at Camp Bentbranch) and had to wait several seconds for the Synthesize ability to become available.

@Sign: Thank you!

[Leelya]

I came across an interesting Bug today while partying. When I attempted to "spam" Light Swing as my MRD I was missing out on Class EXP I had gained throughout the fight.

When I tried letting my animations completely load before moving to the next one. It solved the issue.

However, it seems faulty that I could simply negate class EXP owned my "spamming" Light Swing.

[Snowknight26]

In heavily populated areas, players' names become '_pc########' for a fraction of a second before the name disappears and then a second later reappears with the correct one.

[Maaglin]

For the switching classes dealy, I always get a delay when I switch on DOL classes for about 10-15 seconds before I can perform an action. I think this is just normal delay when changing. It's never happened for multiple minutes.

[jwang]

Not sure if this was mentioned yet, but sometimes after switching classes abilities will not display properly on the bar. For example, switching from armorsmith to pugalist results in Pebble Throw icon still in the #1 slot. Also related, when this happens all other abilities cannot be changed out. You can remove them, but not change them. When you go to try to swap locations for it, they will say that XXX ability is equipped already. When you go to use the action in combat, it will refuse to do so. Restarting the game will fix this though.

[Izzy]

Is it too widely known/accepted about the XP/SP bug in parties (with 4+ people) to count it as a game bug in your list? Not getting XP/SP on leve mobs and XP mobs when you have more than 3 people is down right stupid.

This is still not in the OP, and is quite frankly the most fucking annoying bug ever.

[Kurokikaze]

I agree, add that bug to your OP please. It's quite possibly the worst bug in the game for a lot of people.

[arshesney]

I've seen it mentioned in another thread, but not in this one: during combat if animations overlap (due to spamming commands or mob tp moves right after your attack) it can happen that the last one isn't shown and, for animation that have your character move towards and back again from the mob to swing at it, the character will just end up moved right next to the mob.
While this might not seem an issue, it is especially bad for MRD since you will lose the Steadfast stance as a result.

[xerodok]

I've seen it mentioned in another thread, but not in this one: during combat if animations overlap (due to spamming commands or mob tp moves right after your attack) it can happen that the last one isn't shown and, for animation that have your character move towards and back again from the mob to swing at it, the character will just end up moved right next to the mob.
While this might not seem an issue, it is especially bad for MRD since you will lose the Steadfast stance as a result.

Download a trial of fraps and record this occurring.

[Gulkeeva]

I almsot feel its a bug to have a "yellow" con monster to give me near 30 H2H skill points (no one else has touched it/it didn't reset moving around) guess its something telling me to do party play with a healer and fight something hard enough to hit me 200+ (but then I won't be even to do damage.. wut?)

also the exp from crafting feels... maybe to good, I'm sure SE will be nerfing it at some point, because it gives like 3-4X the "class" exp compared to going out killing stuff
for example a craft 250 exp is like 800-900 physical exp, but combat exp 200-250 is like 300

[Zeille]

I've seen it mentioned in another thread, but not in this one: during combat if animations overlap (due to spamming commands or mob tp moves right after your attack) it can happen that the last one isn't shown and, for animation that have your character move towards and back again from the mob to swing at it, the character will just end up moved right next to the mob.
While this might not seem an issue, it is especially bad for MRD since you will lose the Steadfast stance as a result.

Attack animations sometimes move your character. Try playing Marauder and stand still until Steadfast kicks in, then attack a few times in a row. Occasionally the animation will bug out and your characters position will change canceling the Steadfast buff.

Mobs have a tendency to forcefully move your character if they bump into you too. Obviously, these are very minor bugs that only affect the Marauder class. It sucks when you want Steadfast up because it provides some nice bonuses, but your character keeps moving all around without you touching any movement keys.

What am I invisible

j/k, glad someone else finds this annoying.

[Tsutsumiko]

Strange Linkshell bug we encountered in my Linkshell the other day...

The Situation:
-I am a normal member
-Friend is Linkshell Leader
-Friend decides to change Linkshell Emblem to something different
-Friend then immediately pearls another member

The result (Spoiler'd for Huge)

Spoiler: show

http://i52.tinypic.com/2pyrpt0.jpg

Apparently doing so causes the person above the Linkshell leader to become the new Linkshell leader? Anyone else want to try this?

When both people log out, it resets but it was still weird.

[TacoTaru]

I started noticing this bug last night and I didn't see it doing a quick browse through the list. I'm pretty consistently CON in my party and without fault at some point in the night during exploring/griding/leves peoples name will start showing up as:
Taco Taru
???/???
as if the person is in a different zone. This is annoying because I don't have any way to see if they're close to dying without targeting them, and that's a pain in the ass in its own right as if I press up for quick target on myself, hit cure, and then start targeting party members, the target won't swap.

Worse off is the new bug I started encountering yesterday where it shows up as dead:
Taco Taru
0HP/0MP
Their name doesn't appear over their head (everyone else stills has theirs) and you are unable to target them. The only way to keep this person alive is stand next to them and spam AoE cures.

Is their a fix/work around to this bug that people have found? I'm having a hard enough time with the targeting system and lag, but adding this to the mix just makes playing CON even more frustrating and irritating to my party members when they have to constantly tell me when they need cures or I just spam cure and end up dying from the hate.

[Tsutsumiko]

I started noticing this bug last night and I didn't see it doing a quick browse through the list. I'm pretty consistently CON in my party and without fault at some point in the night during exploring/griding/leves peoples name will start showing up as:
Taco Taru
???/???
as if the person is in a different zone. This is annoying because I don't have any way to see if they're close to dying without targeting them, and that's a pain in the ass in its own right as if I press up for quick target on myself, hit cure, and then start targeting party members, the target won't swap.

Worse off is the new bug I started encountering yesterday where it shows up as dead:
Taco Taru
0HP/0MP
Their name doesn't appear over their head (everyone else stills has theirs) and you are unable to target them. The only way to keep this person alive is stand next to them and spam AoE cures.

Is their a fix/work around to this bug that people have found? I'm having a hard enough time with the targeting system and lag, but adding this to the mix just makes playing CON even more frustrating and irritating to my party members when they have to constantly tell me when they need cures or I just spam cure and end up dying from the hate.

This, as some people suggested, might have to do with the game appears to be "Peer-to-Peer" connections. If that's true, it means you're not connecting to them properly and therefore can't target them. I really hope that it isn't that way because it seems like an awful way to do things.

[Jackyl]

Two more for the list:

1. Selling items to the npc does not always work. When you click on the final 'sell' button, it just sits there. Sometimes closing all the menus and retrying works, but a lot of times it does not. I often had to resort to simply discarding items because I couldn't sell to the npc. Many linkshell members were also having the same problem.

2. At one point last night, my linkshell members and I were all able to see someone else's retainer standing at the 'call retainer bell' right there in the Adventurer's Guild in Ul'dah. (pretty sure the retainer's owner was standing there interacting with it) I was even able to target the retainer and browse its bazaar. I didn't try buying anything but it would have probably worked.