MercArcher Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) Just had a roughly 40v40 in Ilum I'm on a core i7 oc @ 3.9 ghz, an Radeon HD 6970, 12 gb ram. I average ~150-200 FPS and it droped my FPS to single digits and then crashed the game of half the people in the zone. This game handles crowds terribly. Edited January 2, 2012 by MercArcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Somehow that doesn't surprise me. I have a pretty good gaming rig too and I get massive drops when I go to the fleet if it's crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercArcher Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Somehow that doesn't surprise me. I have a pretty good gaming rig too and I get massive drops when I go to the fleet if it's crowded. It's extremely unfortunate because large scale pvp is extremely fun, but this game just can't handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodalus Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) Their forum and website servers can't handle large crowds, their forums can't handle search traffic so they remove it, the gtn can't handle traffic so they remove them from all but 2 locations and unlink those, they finally add the gtn search back in but as a 3rd layer filter because they can't handle the search traffic, their servers have small population caps with miniscule population caps in each shard of a zone because they can't handle traffic. . . Sorry, but I needed to get that rant out. Oh, and sorry about the terrible run-on sentence above, too. Edited January 2, 2012 by Vodalus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercArcher Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Their forum and website servers can't handle large crowds, their forums can't handle search traffic so they remove it, the gtn can't handle traffic so they remove them from all but 2 locations and unlink those, they finally add the gtn search back in but as a 3rd layer filter because they can't handle the search traffic, their servers have small population caps with miniscule population caps in each shard of a zone because they can't handle traffic. . . Sorry, but I needed to get that rant out. Oh, and sorry about the terrible run-on sentence above, too. The optimization in this game makes me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamus_Divinus Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Worrying! I've never crashed in over 6 years of MMO PvP due to large numbers. In SWG we sometimes had 100 vs 100 at the Imperial Prison on Dathomir and though the slideshow was annoying I never crashed once because of it. 40 v 40 crashes people's systems atm on Ilum? Worrying indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJediKnight Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Why would anyone need 12 gigs of RAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockaday Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Just had a roughly 40v40 in Ilum I'm on a core i7 oc @ 3.9 ghz, an AMD HD 6970, 12 gb ram. I average ~150-200 FPS and it droped my FPS to single digits and then crashed the game of half the people in the zone. This game handles crowds terribly. Wow...so how about no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belialle Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Yikes. That doesn't bode well. It's OK, guys. They'll fix it. Surely they'll fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kourage Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Worrying! I've never crashed in over 6 years of MMO PvP due to large numbers. In SWG we sometimes had 100 vs 100 at the Imperial Prison on Dathomir and though the slideshow was annoying I never crashed once because of it. 40 v 40 crashes people's systems atm on Ilum? Worrying indeed. You ever played an AoC Siege Battle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Why would anyone need 12 gigs of RAM? Because it costs less than a nice dinner? Might as well get more than you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetMalice Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Why would anyone need 12 gigs of RAM? I have 48 GB =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercArcher Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Because it costs less than a nice dinner? Might as well get more than you need. pretty much spot on with this one. already had 2 2gb sticks, got 2 4gb sticks for $30 and now I have 12gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrelosDarksky Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I see this complaint on EVERY mmo game forum that has some PvP in it. Someone tell me ... what MMO game can take 40vs40 PvP and NOT drop the FPS to single digits? Seriously .. WTH do you people expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriox Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 This should be the number one thread on the forums. This, above all else, is a death kiss to your MMO because it informs so many other design decisions and creates so many limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 pretty much spot on with this one. already had 2 2gb sticks, got 2 4gb sticks for $30 and now I have 12gb. I did the exact same thing and noticed a huge improvement in SWTOR. Critics like to point out that SWTOR can't use more than 4 gigs, and they're right, but that means SWTOR CAN use 4 gigs and windows can use all it wants too without having to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I see this complaint on EVERY mmo game forum that has some PvP in it. Someone tell me ... what MMO game can take 40vs40 PvP and NOT drop the FPS to single digits? Seriously .. WTH do you people expect? Actually.. WoW can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Why would anyone need 12 gigs of RAM? "Nobody will ever need more than 640k of main system memory anyway." -Bill Gates ...How much of a geezer do I make myself seem by actually knowing what the quote refers to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrelosDarksky Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Actually.. WoW can. Not according to my RL friend (who likes to have WoW vs ______ debates with me all the time) ... and yes .. he has an Alienware PC. He is a WoW fanboi and even he laughed when I told him about this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercArcher Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 I did the exact same thing and noticed a huge improvement in SWTOR. Critics like to point out that SWTOR can't use more than 4 gigs, and they're right, but that means SWTOR CAN use 4 gigs and windows can use all it wants too without having to share. Streaming needs ram Fraps needs ram Always better to have more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Not according to my RL friend (who likes to have WoW vs ______ debates with me all the time) ... and yes .. he has an Alienware PC. He is a WoW fanboi and even he laughed when I told him about this thread. I have no problem with huge fights in WoW. Just because it's Alienware doesn't mean it's still good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dire-Wolf Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I see this complaint on EVERY mmo game forum that has some PvP in it. Someone tell me ... what MMO game can take 40vs40 PvP and NOT drop the FPS to single digits? Seriously .. WTH do you people expect? Not to be all pro WoW and stuff but... I was in a 100+ vs 100+ wintergrasp match in WoW before they put size caps on the teams and I was able to play fine with my fps not dropping below 20. This was on a low end two year old gaming PC with me playing from Australia. I should also point out that WoW has had a 40 vs 40 battleground since it first launched that most people can play fine. Large scale battles in mmos can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercArcher Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 he has an Alienware PC. Are you trying to say his pc is good? Because alienwares are terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baedun Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I see this complaint on EVERY mmo game forum that has some PvP in it. Someone tell me ... what MMO game can take 40vs40 PvP and NOT drop the FPS to single digits? Seriously .. WTH do you people expect? Planetside. Hopefully Planetside 2 as well...it's important for an MMO to be able to handle large scale PvP (for those who enjoy it of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSamourai Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 The Fleet is fine on my system until ~ 100 people are around...anything after that and it goes to single digits. Same goes for large scale PvP, basically worthless in this game (same for WARO...guess they didn't learn their lesson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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