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Separate Auction Creation and Auction Records to Reduce Interface Lag and Server Load

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Tue, 09/27/2011 - 05:30
Uruku

When the "My Auction" tab is accessed in the auction house in order to create a new auction, the game will freeze for extended periods of time due to the auction record being loaded from the server. With about 500 records from material sales (cannot be helped since many of them only sell in singles), this freeze can easily last 5 seconds or so every time one attempts to create a new auction, not to mention the occasional auto-refreshes that occur while in that tab.

Although it can be helpful to view past auction results when creating new auctions, this is not as important as looking at current market prices, especially when you already have a good idea of what an item's normal price range is. The benefit of having the auction record next to auction creation is therefore lost amidst all the freezing and lagging.

Please separate the auction creation function and auction records to reduce interface lag. As a side benefit, this can marginally reduce the server's load as well.

Edit: Just recorded a 14 second freeze!

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