Guild Wars 2

thought i would post this here as the skill lag fix from anet was one of the best things to happen to wvw. it took a while but atleast it happened and the game is so much more fun for it.

this is a recap vid of Gold League, JQ/TC/SoS

it contains us fighting majorly outnumbered against map blobs

Enjoy!

So are there significant improvements in the skill lag after last release? I’ve distanced myself from the game lately so that’s the honest question, not a troll bait. Don’t keep up really with how things are on WvW atm.

Yaro.3251:

So are there significant improvements in the skill lag after last release? I’ve distanced myself from the game lately so that’s the honest question, not a troll bait. Don’t keep up really with how things are on WvW atm.

yes, as unbelievable as it sounds, skill lag is actually fixed for the most part. havnt encountered any skill lag personally since the fix even inside SMC. WvW is actually fun again.

Biggest WvW update. Why havent i heard of it

Guardians,warriors and a few eles, every guild group ever. >.>

Chicho Gosho.6507:

Biggest WvW update. Why havent i heard of it

There was a mention in the most recent patch notes. I personally think they stealth patched the optimizations earlier to test it, as I noticed a vast improvement almost 2 weeks ago.

Anet probably didn’t emphasise it because they wanted to be sure that it really did reduce skill lag meaningfully. Players are touchy about claiming something that doesn’t come to pass.

Nice. Too bad it is too late for me I guess

I have to disagree. I still get horrendous skill lag. It’s not AS BAD as it was a few weeks ago, but where before I was gettin 2-3 FPS, I’m now getting 4-5. If this is the “fix” to lag, I’m unimpressed.

Melanion.4892:

I have to disagree. I still get horrendous skill lag. It’s not AS BAD as it was a few weeks ago, but where before I was gettin 2-3 FPS, I’m now getting 4-5. If this is the “fix” to lag, I’m unimpressed.

Hmmm. I have to wonder if what you’re experiencing is what most people mean when they describe “skill lag”, as FPS has nothing to do with it. It’s about the server’s instruction processing becoming so bogged down, that it will no longer accept skill commands from clients, followed by a period of skill “turbo mode” when the lag subsides and the server catches up to real time.

Melanion.4892:

I have to disagree. I still get horrendous skill lag. It’s not AS BAD as it was a few weeks ago, but where before I was gettin 2-3 FPS, I’m now getting 4-5. If this is the “fix” to lag, I’m unimpressed.

So you basically have your fps doubled by patch and still complain? Jeez those people…

jk

But you know, every joke…

Melanion.4892:

I have to disagree. I still get horrendous skill lag. It’s not AS BAD as it was a few weeks ago, but where before I was gettin 2-3 FPS, I’m now getting 4-5. If this is the “fix” to lag, I’m unimpressed.

looks like you need a new computer. how can you play with 2-3FPS?

Sororita.3465:

Guardians,warriors and a few eles, every guild group ever. >.>

You forgot the necros and maybe 1 mesmer if someone bothers to get on it.

Melanion.4892:

I have to disagree. I still get horrendous skill lag. It’s not AS BAD as it was a few weeks ago, but where before I was gettin 2-3 FPS, I’m now getting 4-5. If this is the “fix” to lag, I’m unimpressed.

FPS has nothing to do with skill lag. Nothing.

Opc.4718:

Sororita.3465:

Guardians,warriors and a few eles, every guild group ever. >.>

You forgot the necros and maybe 1 mesmer if someone bothers to get on it.

yeah my bad, i forgot the 2 well bots and the veil bot.. what i really want to see is a guild group of mesmers, rangers,power necros, short bow thieves and bomb engies.

Power necros are very strong, the rest.. yeah I think it would be funny to see them go against a decent guild group

You sure about this, I lagged just as much as ever tonight -_- Nothing like not even being able to put down marks.

I’m not necessarily trying to say that skill lag and FPS are the same, but I’ve found that the two go hand in hand. Low FPS means incredibly slow skill usage (sometimes no skill usage) for me. I just avoid situations where that’s necessary. I have no doubt that skill lag has been reduced, but I’m still hearing a fair bit about it. We also get an odd moment where none of your skills will work unless you waypoint, map-change or relog your game. Possibly not skill lag, but I don’t like the idea of a thread sitting here with only a “gg anet, everything’s fixed, your game now works as intended.”

Side note: new computer comes by the end of the month, but at the moment I’m running a system that is above the lowest recommended by Anet. Either change that recommendation, or cater to your clients that have essentially been lied to.

Agree that it feels better now, after running in SOR BL after reset, there were some pretty large blob fights which didn’t lag too badly.

The next problem though is particle effects… look at the first fight in that video for example. Half the time your screen is covered in flashing lights and combo field spam, while the visual indicators are nice it’s still over the top.

Melanion.4892:

I’m not necessarily trying to say that skill lag and FPS are the same, but I’ve found that the two go hand in hand. Low FPS means incredibly slow skill usage (sometimes no skill usage) for me. I just avoid situations where that’s necessary. I have no doubt that skill lag has been reduced, but I’m still hearing a fair bit about it. We also get an odd moment where none of your skills will work unless you waypoint, map-change or relog your game. Possibly not skill lag, but I don’t like the idea of a thread sitting here with only a “gg anet, everything’s fixed, your game now works as intended.”

Side note: new computer comes by the end of the month, but at the moment I’m running a system that is above the lowest recommended by Anet. Either change that recommendation, or cater to your clients that have essentially been lied to.

The point is that skill lag doesn’t necessarily equate to FPS drops. During SMC fights I would have a steady 30fps and still have skill lag. They sometimes correlate, but one thing can occur without the other.

Also the bug you mentioned can be solved through emoting.

And I don’t think we’re saying that the game is totally fixed, but server optimisation is a big (albeit overdue) leap.