Feedback and Suggestions about lag and desync. (BR server at least)

Although it was said that the dataserver has been overloaded as never before, the truth is that, in Brazil's server at least, this kind of server' bugs always happened. Especially in the beginning of new leagues and/or overall between 8:00 - 11:00 PM. This is really look like a server problem, since I got it throughout different internet provides and different computer configs. Nowadays I run PoE through a 50 MB fiber internet and a i7 notebook with a 1050 ti which should be more than ok to run at full HD and lowest configuration. Nevertheless, this not happen. FPS can vary a lot when loading features or just randomly at some time shifts during the day.

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So, let's Pinpoint some stuff:

- Using lockstep mod it's worst than predictive's. I can´t see the point to Although it was said that the data server has been overloaded as never before, the truth is that, in Brazil's servers at least, this kind of server bug always happened. Especially in the beginning of new leagues and/or overall between 8:00 - 11:00 PM. This really looks like a server problem, since I got it throughout different internet providers and different computer configs. Nowadays I run PoE through a 50 MB fiber internet and an i7 notebook with a 1050 ti which should be more than ok to run at full HD and lowest configuration settings. Nevertheless, this does not happen. FPS oscillates a lot when loading features or just randomly at some time shifts during the day.

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So, let's pinpoint some stuff:

- Using lockstep mod it's worse than predictive's. I can't see the point to lock action on my computer if the server keeps triggering action.

- Avoiding knockback options and having stun immunity helps with desync but does not solve problems. Lab, for instance, desyncs a lot.

- Activating features like Legion or Delirium encounters is to ask for being in a world of lag that will result in a suddenly insta death.

- Some fights like Shaper, Uber Atziri and Sirus, even 1 week before Ritual League has been launched, were full of desync and misleading situations.

- And worth pointing out that crash instances and disconnect have been in this league beginning as common as always were in leagues beginnings. It's is sad to read that is new, unpredictable, and unpreventable...

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Due to those problems playing PoE has been more frustrating than been rewarding/fulfilling, so I decided to give it a break. However, I have some suggestions that could be considered:

- Giving an option to prevent some extravagant cosmetics to be showed: I know it is a market, but at what cost? Some effects are stupidly huge and noisily at common players places, like towns. Therefore they are laggy and can take a lot to load in a not-so-fast computer. (this should be done with HO too, sometimes take me more than a minute to load someone's HO to make a trade)

-If the above is not possible at least after some point we might be able to log in directly to our HO, avoiding having to go to town before it. How about it?

- Lockstep should work on both client and server sides. It seems pointless to lock the client if the server keeps working and at the end of the day, we will appear dead anyway.

- Moving or receiving damage after triggering some features should be only really possible after a total load, in both lockstep or predictive mod. As previously said, Legion encounter, for example, is laggy and often results in an insta death for nothing more than a huge desync, and not a bad character developing. Delirium, Jun, and Conquerors appearing must be in this list as well.

-At graphic settings should be offered more options to downscale more effects in order to get a more smooth performance. But anyway, I do think that the loading process is the really "guilty" of lagging. So much so, that after some (much) time, the fps goes up and stable again in the same situations.

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I do hope that this reachs developers. After all, besides the grinding option, PoE should be fun and rewarding as well but, at least for me, it has been not.

Sincerely,

TrunksD2.