bottleneck performance?

[LunaSnowfield]

@OP: This is important btw, did your friends stand in the same spot and were looking at the same area as you?
If you look at my screenshots, I'm having the worst performance when going up to the Ixal related crafting NPCs and looking back at the aetheryte.



I'd like to see you set your Graphics to maximum. There's also another option related to amount of character displayed in "other" settings, iirc - which also has a big impact on the performance in MD, at least for me. And then walk to the entrance of the NPC house, the direction your camera is facing, turn around and look at the aetheryte.

sigh