Biggest pressing issue (#1): My laptop isn't very fast and my game has lagged before, which is ok, but all of a sudden this morning I started lagging differently:
the game seems to run fine, but I'll walk around and ill slide all different directions or after i stop ill slid. its not just the interface lagging behind my controls, my knight will go from the running motion to standing up after i stop, and immediately slide. It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens often enough to where it makes the game virtually unplayable. Attacking also was an issue, my knight wouldn't complete the attacking motion/sword swing or i would swing my sword and the attack wouldn't register, or the extra graphics of charge attacks would be delayed. sometimes i would also like jump halfway across the room, or go slowly, like i was running through water. A couple guys told me that it was an issue with my computer, which makes sense because no one else seemed to be having that issue and which doesn't surprise me, but I want to understand why its happening, not just "because your computer is slow." also if there's a way to fix it.
Other issues i'm having that id like to find out more about:
#2. I lag (i.e. screen momentarily freezes) when large groups spawn or when multiple bombs (like in blast network) go off. ex: sometimes i freeze when in parties of 3 or 4 when i step on the group button that starts the battle with the jelly king, and the first few levels of roarmulus twins runs are frustrating because of lots of lagging. Vana is ridiculous, I can't even function in the last battle. I assume this lagging for spawns or high-graphic situations is because of my 7-year-old Dell Inspiron 1526 laptop and its basic, non-gaming-oriented hardware setup. I set the game and java to high priority a few months ago when i started playing again (at this point im tempted to try realtime if my comp would let me), which made a difference fer a while, but now that im used to it ive gotten greedy and want less lag. i've also set the graphics settings of the game to the lowest/most-slow-computer-conducive levels. is there anything else i can do settings-wise either of my computer or the game to decrease this lag? im running off the normal client and not off of steam, i dont know if that makes a difference. steam just takes FOREVER to download.
#3. periodically the game will log me out. It'll take me back to the login screen, so ill log in and it'll take me back to where ever i was, as if nothing had happened, although sometimes this will result in my dying while i was logged out since i wasn't there to control my knight in the meantime. i can tell sometimes if this is coming when i go to type something in the chat and press enter and it doesn't show up, like my knight won't say it and it won't appear in the chat list. within a couple minutes of that happening, it logs me out. i doesn't happen only when i start lagging badly, in fact it hardly ever happens then; it usually occurs during normal gameplay when i'm running smoothly. again i don't know if this is an issue with my computer or if a server is having a stroke or something and just kicks me off occasionally. a few other guys I've talked to have a similar problem, but it doesn't seem too common, since i don't see any other posts about it in the forums. a solution would be preferred but an explanation would be nice.
EDIT: #4. just encountered another problem. #1 is not happening anymore, but now my connection seems to be going crazy. farily often everything around me keeps freezing, while i can still move about but not interact with anything, as if i unplugged my internet cord. why does this keep happening? my computer is still connected to the internet through this