Take the meteor pledge

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  • Bouvin
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    I say we do the opposite.

    Everyone slot and spam meteor.

    Let's see how many times we can crash the server before ZoS actually starts giving a crap.
  • Joy_Division
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    My experience tends to back up that lag existed pre-1.6 but has got much worse post-1.6. The main change, or one of them, seems to be a much increased incidence of Meteors... which is not to rule out the impact of old effects like Standards or new ones like Vigor.

    Perhaps I am unfairly cynical but some of these responses read like self-justification for people who are going to keep on doing something regardless of negative impact because they would rather be one of those taking advantage even if it means remaining part of the problem.

    And my experience, just as anecdotal and worthless as yours, tends to back up that the lag that existed post 1.6 is just as miserable as the lag pre 1.5. Actually, that is not strictly true. I have had more misery with lag pre 1.5. This is not to deny that meteors, like all AoE abilities, do not contribute to that lag. Rather to question the latest flavor of the month panacea that somehow taking a pledge not to use meteor and instead dropping a DK standard or batswarm, which we know have already contributed to tanking ZoS's servers, will somehow meaningfully contribute to the problem ZoS has not been able to get a handle on for over a year.

    Perhaps I am unfairly cynical but some of these responses read like uncritical speculations from people who are so desperate for a solution that they feel justified for telling me how I should play or blame me for having a "negative impact" and unnecessarily contributing to their miserable PvP experience. So I am sorry to say in your belief I will continue to be "part of the problem."
    Edited by Joy_Division on April 21, 2015 5:57PM
  • Panda244
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    Well... duh! You're AD, how else you gonna win? :p

    lol, I use it on my DK because it's vastly superior to Standard in every way now, I don't use it on my NB, even though I could, and the base damage unbuffed is 11k with Ice Comet, having 36k max magicka is OP. Don't even need spell damage :wink:
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  • Tavore1138
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    And my experience, just as anecdotal and worthless as yours, tends to back up that the lag that existed post 1.6 is just as miserable as the lag pre 1.5. Actually, that is not strictly true. I have had more misery with lag pre 1.5. This is not to deny that meteors, like all AoE abilities, do not contribute to that lag. Rather to question the latest flavor of the month panacea that somehow taking a pledge not to use meteor and instead dropping a DK standard or batswarm, which we know have already contributed to tanking ZoS's servers, will somehow meaningfully contribute to the problem ZoS has not been able to get a handle on for over a year.

    Perhaps I am unfairly cynical but some of these responses read like uncritical speculations from people who are so desperate for a solution that they feel justified for telling me how I should play or blame me for having a "negative impact" and unnecessarily contributing to their miserable PvP experience. So I am sorry to say in your belief I will continue to be "part of the problem."

    You are just flat out wrong to suggest lag was worse in 1.5, nothing anecdotal about it - even suggesting it pretty much invalidates anything else you have said as nothing but excuses.

    But boy it was a witty post that any politician would be proud of!
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  • Winnamine
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    I like this idea. I'm going with yes.

    And yeah, meteor is worse than standard and other ultis for causing lag, I think it might have to do with the knockback mechanic. Remember the FPS bug, whenever you got thrown by a rune or a javelin? yeah, like that.
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  • Bouvin
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    Winnamine wrote: »
    I like this idea. I'm going with yes.

    And yeah, meteor is worse than standard and other ultis for causing lag, I think it might have to do with the knockback mechanic. Remember the FPS bug, whenever you got thrown by a rune or a javelin? yeah, like that.

    Probably right. I think it's causing the server to make too many calculations when it gets spammed.

    It's not just calculating damage.. but trying to calculate all the physics for knock back as well.
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  • Naphariel
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    Bouvin wrote: »
    I say we do the opposite.

    Everyone slot and spam meteor.

    Let's see how many times we can crash the server before ZoS actually starts giving a crap.

    I support this endeavour.

    This "meteor pledge" only takes away ZOS' incentive to actually fix the problem, which is exactly the opposite of what we should be doing.
    Edited by Naphariel on May 20, 2015 9:02AM
  • olsborg
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    Much of the lagg I think is caused by the reflected meterors, the animation looks wonky and struggled.

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