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zedfighter
Member Posts: 93 Arc User
Do not allow combat companions to be summoned in town!
What I see every freakin day... gobs of polygons around the alter I have to render. Gobs of polygons at each gate I have to render, gobs at the AH and at quest NPCs.
Not only does this look like an extremely lazy developer decision, it's taxing everyone's systems just that much more.
They aren't necessary and serve absolutely no function whatsoever while in town.
What I see every freakin day... gobs of polygons around the alter I have to render. Gobs of polygons at each gate I have to render, gobs at the AH and at quest NPCs.
Not only does this look like an extremely lazy developer decision, it's taxing everyone's systems just that much more.
They aren't necessary and serve absolutely no function whatsoever while in town.
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This is actually a good idea. Anything that can be done to improve performance in congested areas gets my vote.
I might also suggest mounts, but I'm guilty of riding from one end of the place to the other because...well, I'm impatient. If they did it, though, I'd cope.
I just wish we could customize our companions like we can our BO in STO.
How about an option to not show companions in non-combat areas? That way everyone can decide for themselves, depending on their hardware, esthetic preferences etc.
An even better idea for those having graphics problems.. is to set an (off) selector for other companions... in the video options.
I'll go one further, kill companions all together. I really hate this idea. They've already stated their interest in creating "pet classes" but why even bother? Pets aren't unique at all...
I agree, the clone army makes me shake my head every time I see it.
Typical moronic response to any performance related thread.
In GW1 you could deck out your heroes with nice looking gear. You couldn't summon those in town and no one was crying about it.
I know that example is not exactly the same, but it's the same idea.
This idea I like for sure.
I really like this idea as well.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
I hate going to Protector's Enclave, it's the only time the game crashes on me. I'd like to take it a step further and add an option to disable the showing of other players as well (and their stupid mounts!).
Yeah, I like laughing at the idiots that payed 200 bux too.
This. The companions have to be summoned to earn XP, and between turning in quests in a town, to professions, to invocations.. there are just a lot of opportunities to earn experience while in town.
An option not to display them, I can live with, but they need to stay in a summoned state until the experience sharing mechanics change. Although I suspect people want to force others to observe their $40 Zen Store purchased pet.
Typical counter reply Funny that, not everyone lags. I don't. Its your crappy PC that is the problem, don't blame it on other people just because they have a pet summoned and request that their pet be turned off. It is your system that is having the problem, not some mythological epidemic you make up in your head that everyone suffers from.
Not only some mounts growl a lot, but when you are too lazy to get off the mount. I guess they don't care that you obstruct the line of sight to the vendors. Lack of courtesy and laziness. LoL
I probably render 3 times as much as you guys do, in town I have a stable FPS of 40-50 with 2 680GTX 4GB Vram.
If you have technical problems consider upgrading.
Also remove mount from city and pvp, since from you get a mount it beccome a horse riding competition. Ore makeseparated cavalry pvp with battle mounts.