Quote Originally Posted by Arel203 View Post
So... First question, what's their plan with Gridania and The black shroud? I seen a bit of lore about something happening and changing with Gridania on the official front page, and apparently the area is deserted by the players on every server because of the terrible map layout. Are they remodeling it? Opening up the map? Etc etc...?
The devs are aware of these issues. They've discussed re-working map layouts, both to get rid of the copy-paste issues and to open up the Black Shroud. I'm not sure what, if anything, they've decided to do. There have been rumors that they're going to re-work all that stuff. But I don't believe anything has been firmly set up yet.
Anyways, aside from that... I couldn't help but notice multitasking was nearly impossible. ...Is there plans for changes on that?
Not that I'm aware of.
Moving on even more, I couldn't help but notice that the menu interface was VERY laggy. At first I thought it was maybe my settings too high. Messed around with them, tested FPS. Nothing.

Next I thought... Ok... Could it be the whole interface is stored server-side instead of client side? I hooked up my proxy to the game and I did notice a slight bump in reaction time to the whole menu interface and loading sequences of them. So my guess is that EVERYTHING is stored server-side. Is this true? If so it was a TERRIBLE move and decision on SE's part. Completely makes the game feel like a slug-fest even with a proxy for NA players.
They've been working to improve UI lag. It's actually improved quite a bit. And they're apparently going to keep making improvements.

It's possible that you were just logged on during a laggy time. But the laggy interface is much, much better than at release.

On a more general note, most players have moved to Uldah. Gridania tends to be the emptiest city. So if you're looking for more players, and more full Market Wards, I'd suggest making your way to Uldah.

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