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Originally Posted by trache
As with all MMORPGs, they come under MAD LAG when tens or hundreds of players are in the same area... How is the lag in World of Warcraft? What happens, do you have portal spawns (as a friend mentioned Asheron's Call 2 where everyone gets shoved off to different parts of the world when lag happens there)? What happens to the graphics? Are there ways to turn down the graphic detail?
Do you have the option of moving from PVP to non-PVP servers in WoW? Is there any other difference other than player-killing on PVP servers? Is there anything that you spend a ridiulous time doing, for no apparent reason that to waste time (For example, in EVE to get around you travel between star systems.. and the time it takes to travel can be a few minutes depending on how fast your ship travels)?
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World of Warcraft has really bad lag in Ironforge, the city with the Alliance Auction House. It's not gameplay lag (stuttering around, etc.) unless there's something wrong with the server. The lag I'm talking about is interaction lag. The auction house takes forever to load, it takes forever to talk to NPCs, it takes forever to trade with other players, etc. Anything near Ironforge is lagged to hell because of the auction house. This is made worse by the server I'm on (most populated out of any in WoW).
Many players complain of videolag and blame it on WoW's server because they don't know the difference. Videolag is when your actual computer slows down because your videocard or ram amount sucks. WoW does have a really odd way of drawing characters in the game that causes major hiccups in Ironforge, but the MASSIVE LAG!! everyone talks about in Ironforge is usually over 50% caused by the people complaining having shitty computers. My PC does hiccup when initially loading the characters in IF, but after that it runs fine.
No other area of the world lags except the Horde auction house city, Orgrimmar. The same thing goes on there.
So basically, you have to deal with lag in IF and Org but after that it doesn't exist. There are no lag portals that move you. The graphics do get choppy in Ironforge if your computer sucks, and yes, you can turn basically every known video feature to man down to low if you want.
WoW specializes in time saving. Travelling doesn't take long at all, but it's not instant. The longest flight path is probably 5 or 6 minutes, and that's all the way across a continent. Right now, you can't switch servers at all, but Blizzard plans to allow a one-time-only server switch. PVP servers may be annoying at times, but trust me, it's better than playing on a non PVP server and being friends with the horde because you can't attack them.
-Lasereth