Iceshot animation kills FPS

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Firecrest5 wrote:

I have never had any FPS issues with this game - ever. I play with max settings always. I've been in groups with four Summoners and, while the amount of spell clutter covers the screen to the point where visibility is practically zero, I have never had any significant drop in FPS.

My assumption, when people say things like this, is that they have shitty PCs. So, get a better PC. It's 2013. That Gateway computer you bought in 2002 ain't gonna cut it anymore.

Bad assumption. The game runs fine with all other abilities, but as soon as you use ice shot fps drops to the floor. If it was a hardware problem, the fps would be consistent. Its obvious that ice shot has a problem...

i have been in many groups with "burning ground" mod with 0 issues at all given i swap my iceshot to lightning arrow i know every spell ingame causes some lag issues true but when u fire ice shot with 3-5 attacks per sec with LMP and chain on theres 100000000 cones behind every target nonstop why do u think every time i join a group for maps i eather get told to swap to another skill or leave the group intirely cause they simply cant play with.

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Seeders wrote:

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Firecrest5 wrote:

I have never had any FPS issues with this game - ever. I play with max settings always. I've been in groups with four Summoners and, while the amount of spell clutter covers the screen to the point where visibility is practically zero, I have never had any significant drop in FPS.

My assumption, when people say things like this, is that they have shitty PCs. So, get a better PC. It's 2013. That Gateway computer you bought in 2002 ain't gonna cut it anymore.

Bad assumption. The game runs fine with all other abilities, but as soon as you use ice shot fps drops to the floor. If it was a hardware problem, the fps would be consistent. Its obvious that ice shot has a problem...

I have never had any FPS issues with any skills ever. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough about that in my first post. Minions were just an example of another stupid thing that people bitch about causing FPS issues.

At work ATM. I'll post specs when I get home this evening.

Ice shot and arctic breath both cause this, but no one cares about arctic breath because it's total trash. There's a whole host of abilities that spike upon first use in an area (arc being one of those, I've found) that a bunch of NPCs not-so-conveniently use, but only a few that consistently do it.

Even if your FPS doesn't drop, I can 100% guarantee your PC is working much, much harder when people are using ice shot than when they are using Frenzy or Explosive Arrow.

this is not really about bitching about lag issues mate for gods sake keep that out of this post:) however the fact is iceshot IS causeing massive issues im sorry but it really does as i said earlyier i get nonstop told to swap my skill or leave the group cause it lags so much the cone animation itself makes this lag i can only assume u and morbo have never been in a group with someone useing iceshot cause u would have seen this happen if u had sry to say mate also sadly i cant block some posts here myself as this is turning into a "who has the best pc" post

The solution is short and sweet:

Path of Exile NEEDS to have lower quality effects that users can pick from.

It's just that simple. When will this happen? Who knows.

i would agree on that it could sort alot of issues then again bk to pc part:> ppl with high end pcs dont wanna reduce this so we are back to same issue once more:S

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Firecrest5 wrote:

I have never had any FPS issues with this game - ever. I play with max settings always. I've been in groups with four Summoners and, while the amount of spell clutter covers the screen to the point where visibility is practically zero, I have never had any significant drop in FPS.

My assumption, when people say things like this, is that they have shitty PCs. So, get a better PC. It's 2013. That Gateway computer you bought in 2002 ain't gonna cut it anymore.

Yea, you have no idea what you're talking about. People aren't talking about constant low FPS, they're talking about the "stuttering" that happens with certain spell effects.

I have an i7 @ 4.4, 2gb 6950 yada, yada. I play at 2560x1440 on max settings with shadows @ 60 FPS. I get stutters with ice shot and a few other skills that make the FPS dip quite a bit.

I can then go play Dark Souls downsampled @ 3520x2560 with 60 FPS. This game needs to have the spells optimized and that's a fact.

disable AA to your gfx card :) seems to be a directX problem... ah yes, and v-sync off

i tryed with v-sync off still dont help iceshot still rapes my FPS and everyone else in the group:)