Character Priority Visualisation

[Onizuka]

Greetings.

I really adored the previous Firefall Faire and Moonfaire Faire events and I was sure I could do the same in the new Eorzea.
However, as much as I'm loving these reborn lands, fighting Bombards in that mess was everything but fun: it was already mentioned in other threads, the priority of character visualisation. I have good FPS eh, around 30-35 even if there're so many adventurers, but the problem is server-side. I couldn't target the Bombards, and, when I could, invisible adventurers were already killing them. Sometimes I got one, but it moved away and suddenly disappeared.

No big deal for the event itself because I already got several ashes in the past days before the event started, but in my opinion this character priority problem needs to be addressed as fast as possible.
I'm writing a review for A Realm Reborn and unfortunately I'll have to talk negatively on this matter, since it's way too evident, also considering this is supposedly the announced new server network, different than the one in the old Eorzea. I hope it will be alleviated in the future.

Here's a photo of how it looks like:



As you can see, there's not a single bombard name that can be seen, and as much as I like to read characters' dialogues, that “Ngaaah!” is not the priority at that moment; actually, I wish it could stay there, but all those adventurers need to go.
I better not speak about Behemoth, but we all know the mess that battle is.

Please, devs, think about solving this issue. No official response was given yet, so I hope they're already working on it.

Thanks for reading.

[Onizuka]

Hello again.

Today I had the “pleasure” to face Behemoth in Coerthas... but it wasn't a pleasure at all. And not for his bad breath, but for this:



I had to edit the picture because of the usual new RMT sending /tell... But what was this? Really, it's already been mentioned, but it's far worse than I could imagine.

I was getting killed in one hit without even seeing a thing. It was just a running around to see him and be fast enough before he disappeared.



In the end he did an attack that reduced me to 1 HP... I didn't even see it.

I needed to face Behemoth once for review purposes, now I'll stay far from him until the battle will come to know the word “Fun”.


This was the only fun part of the battle (besides the nice starting music):

1 VS 1 – Subliman VS Behemoth!

Please, reps, let us know if there're countermeasures planned for this issue. Still no word on this matter...
The battle with Behemoth and Odin are rare already, and it would be nice to enjoy them if we are lucky enough to catch them.

Thanks.

[DoctorMog]

Priority needs to be:

1. Party Members
2. Monsters
3. Free Company Members
4. Linkshell Members
5. Other players.

I can't even find my own party members to heal.

Speaking of which, where is my option to turn off loading other players? Why do I even need to see them at events like this?

[darkm0d]

Priority needs to be:

1. Party Members
2. Monsters
3. Free Company Members
4. Linkshell Members
5. Other players.

I can't even find my own party members to heal.

Speaking of which, where is my option to turn off loading other players? Why do I even need to see them at events like this?

Definitely a correct priority list. I'm not sure why this wasn't included at launch and I really want a dev to make note of plans to address / looking into it, etc. They need to be way more diligent on showing public understanding of the issues we bring up. These fates are rather unplayable for some people and, on the topic of fates, raises should give you substantial credit!

[KitCat]

Priority needs to be:

1. Party Members
2. Monsters
3. Free Company Members
4. Linkshell Members
5. Other players.

I can't even find my own party members to heal.

Speaking of which, where is my option to turn off loading other players? Why do I even need to see them at events like this?

Fully agree. That's a great priority list.

It's definitely not a client issue. I can rock these lagless at the 60fps cap, and mobs/players are still invisible.

[StryderOmega]

Fully agree. That's a great priority list.

It's definitely not a client issue. I can rock these lagless at the 60fps cap, and mobs/players are still invisible.

Your misinterpreting the word client.

The client we are talking about it the program you use to play the game. This is what hold the mass information of the game. The server holds only information of travel paths and other various little things and relays it back to the client.

[Shioban]

Fully agree. That's a great priority list.

It's definitely not a client issue. I can rock these lagless at the 60fps cap, and mobs/players are still invisible.

It IS a client issue.

The server ONLY processes data such as;

Player/Enemy movements, actions, gear/appearance data, chat.
This is all the 'invisible' number crunching that is being sent between You > Server > You.


ALL RENDERING is done client-side on your computer, this includes;
Animations
Graphics
Sounds

The game basically says "There are 100 things on screen at once, therefore the rest I won't render", this is easily fixed for FATE bosses, they just need to tell the game.

[AtraiusDelmar]

Can I prioritize the rendering so I see the women first?

/hides behind shield before the flames.

[Shioban]

Can I prioritize the rendering so I see the women first?

/hides behind shield before the flames.

OMG SEXISM, UNFITTING!

WORDS OF A SALUBRIOUS NATURE.

<BREATHES FIRE>

[Neoiceman]

But that is only an Ps3 problem, or not?
On PC i dont have such Problems.