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Posted by: Rebound.3409

Rebound.3409

Will you (ANet) improve the performance of the game to suit this new epic map? I mean…it’s a pitty if u created such a beautiful large map but if u go and do events with several players, the game lags because of the skills.

A lot of players will be forced to use low-medium settings thus rendering your hard work to at most half it’s potential that players could enjoy.

In the trailer, where the dudes are in a dark cave and encounter a minidragon, the graphics used there are not as the ones used ingame. Is this an indication of a different DirectX? The facial expressions were better..the lighting and details were better.

I ask this because later..that minidragon (the one that continually spits fire) appears and looks completely different from that small “scene” i was talking about.

Overall….it’s useless to add high-end quality if the majority of ppl can’t support it…mostly when a large number of players spam skills….like you typically see in events everywhere lol.

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Posted by: Peril of Darkness.9830

Peril of Darkness.9830

An engine upgrade is a fair bit of work, and it would behoove them to target DX12, which is still in development (since Windows 10 is a free upgrade for most). It offers the most benefits, and would allow them the most performance gains. While I expect there will be some tweaks to the engine, a major overhaul could be a few years out unfortunately.

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Posted by: Rebound.3409

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Yup was thinking of that Peril, altho a confirmation they will be willing to upgrade to DX12 in the future would be reassuring. Right now the game is pretty heavy on PC’s.

Not many mmos make this transition (from one DX to another)….it would be a huge (to say the least) plus in my book and a major respect gain.

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Posted by: Feothyr.6072

Feothyr.6072

But … but what about my poor toaster?

Goroth – Necro | Valea – Mesmer
Naneth – Guardian | Brannoc Oakbark – Ranger
Is all that we see or seem just a dream within a dream?

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Posted by: Rebound.3409

Rebound.3409

Theoretically DX12 should make your toaster more efficient and cost effective. That’s the whole reason.

Anyway..it does NOT answer the question i asked in my first post.

What was the video we’ve seen when the dudes where in a dark cave and were facing a dragon. That was NOT in my opinion the ingame graphics level…and i am pretty sure they wouldn’t make a “special clip” just for a few seconds which is placed inbetween actual ingame graphics. Seems a bit strange.

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