Unresponsive UI - no dev tag

Yeah I think the answer here is for the ui to become client-size, to minimize server connections. I'd really like the devs to talk a little about this, since its one of my main complains.

A new UI entirely client-side AND totally redesigned to be used with a mouse (drag and drop, right click, key modifiers, middle-button scrolling, tabs) and on a computer screen (smaller windows and boxes, global scaling, lots of bars, etc.).

This is absolutely mandatory if they want to game to be considered as something more than an unusable piece of lagging dead horse mead.

Thanks for all the postings with thoughts and in support of the OP. Ilean, you brought up some great points. I hope those are fixed by their planned UI redesign. It's that there's been no mention of the underlying mechanics that create the UI problems that bothers me. So let's hear about it, devs!

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

Uh. Just want to point out something. You do Stop in XI when you sheath your weapon.

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Try it. Your running animation changes to the sheath animation but you preserve forward momentum.

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Originally Posted by Soukyuu

OP: Why is this thread in general discussion instead of the UI section?

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We can move it over there if we want, but there's no dev tag and only a fraction of people even check there.

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Originally Posted by Neptune

We can move it over there if we want, but there's no dev tag and only a fraction of people even check there.

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Way to contribute to the problem of no one going there, as you just did the same thing yourself. If a few more people started posting there, then maybe people would check it more

I checked there, but there was no dev tag.

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Originally Posted by Neptune

I checked there, but there was no dev tag.

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As community reps said many times already, you dont have to add a tag for them to see the thread so there is no reason to not post it where it actually belongs to <.<

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The solution is very very simple... EU/NA Servers... can we have them?

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This isn't a matter of ping.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

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The solution is very very simple... EU/NA Servers... can we have them?

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This isn't a matter of ping.

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Exactly. It's a matter of the entire game being server side. I fail to understand why they did it this way. I sat and thought about it possibly being some anti RMT measure; somehow preventing botting and virtual input. Only plausible thing in my mind.

I don't do network programming, and I only have a small knowledge on the subject, but the only thing that needs to be passed to the server are character changes of any sort. So movement, actions, stat changes etc. Why it should take me 10 minutes to look through all my leves after reset? Wish I could answer that one.

Also noticeable lag with skill and ability execution

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Originally Posted by Spuffin

Also noticeable lag with skill and ability execution

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Most likely the same reason behind the lag in everything else.

It currently is:
- You input an action.
- You send action to server.
- The server tells everyone else, including yourself. <-- BAD. JUST BAD.

When it should be:
- You input an action.
- You do your action.
- You send action to server.
- Server tells everyone else.

The number one rule in game development is give the player immediate feedback when they do something. SE broke this very important rule.