This is a bizzare "bug" i've noticed last few days.
When trying to charge up sps on my necro at times it seems to lag.
at one point it took almost 30 seconds before it actually charged the sps to my weapon while i was in the middle of petitioning a GM about it.
Has anyone else experienced this?
hard to say the network has been laggy aswell ..but seems more system lag or game mechanics lag.. kind of hard to describe.
I noticed with other characters when using SS on auto, at times it'll lag and hit 2 or 3 times without SS before it catches back up and starts to charge again.
Noticed this since C4
*Edit* not sure if SS and SPS are tied into the NPC server probably not...but seems my character reacts and moves normally ..only ss and sps seem hesitant and laggy
And we just experienced a weird thing with shots. They would not work at all for any party members when we attacked a mob. Once we finally killed it and switched mobs, the shots started working for the whole party again.
I tried auto on, auto off, pressing the skill number, clicking the shots, disarming and re-arming weapons but nothing would make shots work. The only thing that made them kick back in was changing mobs
no HDD activity happens on any of my computers 2 desktops 1 laptop.. same result i do preventative maintenence once a month on all computers including spyware sweep,antivirus full check and defrag.
going to look into video drivers next but i know i updated them within last 3 months.
The next time your shots aren't firing, attempt to use any item. This issue popped up on Hindemith for a few minutes (that I knew of) this evening. People were shouting about how nothing was working--soul/spirit shots, healing potions, item buffs, pet food...then when the (I assume) "item server" caught up again, it acted as if all the commands of the last three-or-so minutes were all entered in that second (so dozens of potions were used, SS reactivated, etc). This may or may not be related to the SS-specific issue you mentioned...
The next time your shots aren't firing, attempt to use any item. This issue popped up on Hindemith for a few minutes (that I knew of) this evening. People were shouting about how nothing was working--soul/spirit shots, healing potions, item buffs, pet food...then when the (I assume) "item server" caught up again, it acted as if all the commands of the last three-or-so minutes were all entered in that second (so dozens of potions were used, SS reactivated, etc). This may or may not be related to the SS-specific issue you mentioned...
You could be right. We were on Hindemith and people in ally chat were shouting that things like the warehouse weren't working.
Ive been having this problem lately as well, especially when I don't have soulshots on auto. It sometimes takes several seconds to charge the SS after i press the button. Never had this problem before C4.
I have had this problem in C4 a lot, though even in C3 at times, on both melee and mages. The auto ss/bsps works maybe 90% of the time when you are attacking nonstop. This function needs to be made so it is on 100% of the time. Thanks!
This is a very annoying bug and I'm pretty sure it's system side. So something in the client is gobbling up the cpu time. I don't use auto ss since the mobs I hunt now either need a combo of blessed and regular shots or blessed and nothing. The lag just happens with the shots. You can set other skills off just fine. So what I've done is when I notice the "lag" on the ss I use a skill like body to mind. After that the shot will load and should be good for about another 5 mobs. This is a nasty bug when you're surrounded by mobs.
Oh yeah, my HD is fully defragged. L2 is on a single partition and the defrag program shows it as one big solid blue chunk.
it is VERY VERY Annoying, i am not sure if GMs or NC Support are working on it, but its definitly not client side, after c4 launch, almost everyone, at least on hindemith, is experiencing same problems.
Well..I hesitate to say this, but this was a very common problem on uhh..yeah..you know..(I couldnt afford the game after it went retail for a couple months). In most of those places, the lag on shots/potions/etc was directly attributed to people leaving things on the ground constantly. Anywhere you went the fields were littered with things of no value when adena drops are x50 or better.
I know on Lionna there are many people that kill all day and never pick up anything and when I get into those areas I lag like crazy while Im cleaning up after them(Shots too).
All issues like this will be on NCSofts end, and there is probably little they can do about it at this time, other than more frequent server resets.