Okay, the lag in this game is literally KILLING me.
Some dude decided to make a fiend stratum before FSC in the current Vanaduke gate. I tried it multiple times.
- Attempt 1. Died on first depth of T3 thanks to screen freezing and suddenly finding myself dead.
- Attempt 2. Died on third depth thanks to a Devilite projectile hitting me half a second after I pressed shield.
- Attempt 3. Died on third depth again, for same reason as above.
South America exists too.
Palying with 2 connection bars is a miracle.
Kekeke.
/me loves having spare Valkyrie Armor lying around.
Miracle?
What do you call playing with 1 connection bar?
I'm fine playing with one bar connection in PvE despite the whole 'shield dun work' thing, and not being able to kill trojans easily, and the whole I killed you before but apparently your back alive fine and dandy. along with the charging weapons when your just trying to use the normal attack, the regular floating in the air deal and not being able to participate in haven Olympics such as fountain races as no one wants to give me a 2s handicap.. Everything is pretty much kill-able for me apart from SL in which I just Lagg out.. and somehow reappear at the garden at the end.
PvP is the one thing that gets me; auto aim doesn't work so I can't get a lot of hits - I'm only useful for base capping and spamming charges where they might hit. not to mention the whole dead before anyone enters my screen thing.
I'm just afraid that when we actually do get servers or I move over-seas just to play the game, I'll never get hit and everyone will die.
Try looking for the thread I started in 'New Recuits', "Tips for reducing lag? collection", and try out the advice there, especially Handlabor's ones in downgrading your system appearance. It really helps, with almost no graphics lag at certain times (even with a one-bar connection). Heck, I can even solo FSC levels (except the big guy's place) without dying too much, something that was impossible for me before. Extreme lag does occurs sometimes, but the instances are decreasing.
Asides from that, just be patient. If there's one good thing that comes out from me playing SK with lag, it's that it teaches me to be more patient and just try my best despite the situation. Three Rings already have their hands full trying to fix the bugs with the Missions while having to endure endless criticisms from some quarters, even as they had been criticized before for not releasing the Mission soon enough. Opening a new server halfway across the world is no mean feat either, and requires a lot of planning and tests to avoid major problems later.
Does this encompass New Zealand? I'm a bit fuzzy on world geography.
More servers +1. But methins it'll take some time.
Plus more than one!
I'd settle for an SE Asia server :3 Would that solve PVP issues though?
After having played with a couple friends in other parts of the world, I can feel their pain.
Also: hi vincey. (off topic)
I find it okay, sometimes I find fiend attacks are a bit too fast for the latency.
But yeah Oceanic/Pacific server would be nice. =)
We need better connection in NZ! Not only do attacks damage you even after you shield, but in Lockdown GFs and DAs and kill you from literally half way across the screen. MORE SERVERS!
Azkaellion is so right. I had to come back to plus one that too! Ohmahgawwwd!
And hey Imp <:D
Yes. Everytime I get too close to lumbers and when they start attacking, I go "this is gonna hurt!"
Same for twacker spin attacks and devilites.
PS: Graphic lag =/= connection latency.
I played with one red bar always .
Learn how to deal with it.
I played pvp with one red bar. I have little issue sometimes . It's about skills.
Sometimes I do know even if I have the best connection, I may not win those pro players.
It's all boils down to skills and how u manages it.
if u want more servers u gotta pay money to get them :D
@Azkaellion
Pretty much everything you said lol XD Don't forget running past traps and stull getting hit when they activate a second later.
@Icycloud
You'll need an extra helping of those skills though. In LD, you'll have to guess where players will be, not just attack by where the screen shows them lol. Shielding, dodging, aiming and retreating(manouveres in general) won't work, so your skill range will have to be very developed in specific areas(eg like guessing what players will do and remembering not to trust your screen). And if your screen freezes, then, I'm sorry to say, almost no amount of skills will get you out of that. Even worse would be a prolonged disconnection. Instant kill without revving chances.
Same, and I've learnt how to deal with it. The point is, we shouldn't have to deal with it. Our experience of SK so far is worse because of lag, so just think how crazy life could be on a yellow connection! Imagine the possibilities! :D
aside from setting your graphic setting to low or move to either US or europe country
yes please we can haz azn and oceanic server plox?