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lady808lady808 Member Posts: 107 Arc User
edited December 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
Does anyone know what ability/power/skill/daily it is that causes the gods awful lag? I know some/a lot of peeps will probably point fingers at my video card, connection, or computer. BUT it's none of those... I've been playing this game since Beta with no issues. Even with big fights with tons of peeps and junk going on. No problems. My graphics are turned down hella low so that's not it either.

Occasionally though, some fights (talking about the Tiamat fights) I get stuck in an instance with some jerk/s that keep on using whatever it is off and on. It's intermittent so I'm guessing it's a daily. I know a little while back peeps were saying that Hallowed Ground was causing issues. Has that been fixed or could that be the source of the problem? Someone mentioned KV from GFs could be the source, but I've fought alongside GFs using KV in there and no issues at all. I've also done the Tiamat fights quite a bit recently, and MOST times things go off without a hitch. No lag, smooth run, everything fine... Again though, I occasionally get stuck in an instance with someone using whatever it is. So my question is, I guess, does anyone have any idea what it is?
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  • tarftgmtarftgm Banned Users Posts: 169 Bounty Hunter
    edited December 2014
    Knight's Valor.

    ****ing hate and curse any GF that uses that power in large/crowded areas (Tiamat for example).
  • xxmantaraxxxxmantaraxx Member Posts: 362 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    I just recently ran into this for the first time today. Had great connection, grafix have never been a problem and this came out of the blue 2x during the fight. Its was bad though, dropped to like 3 frames per second for a good 15 seconds. Like you said its infrexenecy made me think its a daily or combination of dailys.

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  • katamaster81899katamaster81899 Member Posts: 1,157 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    All of the rumors claiming that a certain "power" is the single and sole cause of the lag are absolute horse****. The only power that was confirmed to cause extreme lag a while ago was Knights Valor, and that has been patched so it only effects 5 players, which solved the lag issues caused by it.

    Do not change the way you play your character because some random whining pug complains you caused them to lag out and lost Tiamat.
    Do not be the ****** that screams at people who uses an encounter or at-will that "causes lag".
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  • caunsidhcaunsidh Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 272 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    I agree with katamaster81899. People shouldn't change their play style because someone doesn't want to lower his or hers graphic settings.

    I'm not sure what kind of ancient device would people have to use in order to have "lag" on absolute minimum (although, technically, that isn't a lag).
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  • dragoness10dragoness10 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 780 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Smoke Bomb same as that ice spreading thing Wizards do, or continuous blinding light from Clerics. It not just one particular thing. It's everything at once.
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  • frishterfrishter Member Posts: 3,522 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Supposedly endless consumption caused issues with astral seal and supposedly it was fixed, but I'm unconvinced it has. The devs are horrible with optimisation and not breaking things. MC went for so long with lag issues outside. In those circumstances it's not the players hardware at fault. It's bad coding.
  • inthefade462inthefade462 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    dragoness10 wrote: »
    Smoke Bomb same as that ice spreading thing Wizards do, or continuous blinding light from Clerics. It not just one particular thing. It's everything at once.

    If your problem is graphical in nature then several abilities when used by 24 other plays can cause graphics hiccups and stuttering.

    However what you are describing is caused by certain combinations of abilities, which are generating a huge volume of network/processing traffic which lags out everone in an entire instance. The power combination is astral seal + burning guidance (dr boon) + shared burdens. Shared burdens was changed last patch to reduce the occurrence of the issue (mentioned in patch note as fixing a memory leak) and that has cleared a lot ofit up. However when multiple clerics with these boons/feats use astral seal on a head (such as when a zerg run) then it can still cause lag.

    Just avoid using astral seal or avoid zergs and you shouldn't have any lag issues.
  • vasdamasvasdamas Member Posts: 2,461 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    caunsidh wrote: »
    I agree with katamaster81899. People shouldn't change their play style because someone doesn't want to lower his or hers graphic settings.

    I'm not sure what kind of ancient device would people have to use in order to have "lag" on absolute minimum (although, technically, that isn't a lag).
    Seems like you did not read what OP said. Some people have spent like 10k $ on their computers and still get that lag even at lower settings.

    Oh and yes, you're welcome to play the way you want of course. Either it's Needing an item and running away or griefing by using broken stuff. Just don't be surprised one day when you realized that like 60% of veteran population has you on ignore.
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  • caunsidhcaunsidh Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 272 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    vasdamas wrote: »
    Seems like you did not read what OP said. Some people have spent like 10k $ on their computers and still get that lag even at lower settings.

    Please, indulge me with a video of Tiamat "raid" on low settings made by a computer with a 10k $ hardware.

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    As for the main topic of this thread, I do acknowledge there are some hickups, however none of those are game breaking.
    Also, Akromatik has already stated that devs are working on further improvements, so let's just wait and see what will they make of it, and until then simply lower our graphic settings before we enter Temple of Tiamat.
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  • gromme12gromme12 Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    caunsidh wrote: »
    Please, indulge me with a video of Tiamat "raid" on low settings made by a computer with a 10k $ hardware.

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    As for the main topic of this thread, I do acknowledge there are some hickups, however none of those are game breaking.
    Also, Akromatik has already stated that devs are working on further improvements, so let's just wait and see what will they make of it, and until then simply lower our graphic settings before we enter Temple of Tiamat.

    I tested all settings low as possible and my hardware is not "Ancient", still hickups and issues what makes stop playing Tiamat, untill it gets some fixes.

    Same kind graphical issues exist in PvP, with certain power combination you see only "red"... until you get out from that area... its not game breaking, but I try avoid PvP now too untill its fixed.


    Any litle issues in this game are not game breaking as you say... look whole picture.
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited December 2014
    Closing this as this thread will only serve to continue to bring out inappropriate comments, or worse. There are a number of causes of said issues, which the Devs are looking into.

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