Strongbox opening = lag = death.

I agree, as they are i do not play most strongbox's that roll an exile, they are 100% guaranteed death for me as by the time i regain control of my client i am dead.

I would actually be happy for GGG to inset a wait for the box to open where all the MTX and other shit that needs to load can, if people want it to not look weird not moving it could be like the animation for opening the chest in vorici's daily.

If your hardware is better you open the box quicker or is that impossible to implement?

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Wazface a écrit :

I agree, as they are i do not play most strongbox's that roll an exile, they are 100% guaranteed death for me as by the time i regain control of my client i am dead.

I would actually be happy for GGG to inset a wait for the box to open where all the MTX and other shit that needs to load can, if people want it to not look weird not moving it could be like the animation for opening the chest in vorici's daily.

If your hardware is better you open the box quicker or is that impossible to implement?

I've got a slightly better idea.

Instead of spawning the rogue exile upon box opening like all the mobs used to, why not add it as a 4th group in the slightly-delayed-spawn-chain. Rogue exiles, skeletons, etc etc - not unlike the delay in "Casts Ice Nova" or "Explodes" Etc etc.

That way the game can still have a shitfit while it tries to load up the MTX Demonstration Dummy, without said dummy actually having appeared and molesting your face while you sit there unable to do a damn thing even if you want to.

Much easier to implement.

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TikoXi a écrit :

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Wazface a écrit :

I agree, as they are i do not play most strongbox's that roll an exile, they are 100% guaranteed death for me as by the time i regain control of my client i am dead.

I would actually be happy for GGG to inset a wait for the box to open where all the MTX and other shit that needs to load can, if people want it to not look weird not moving it could be like the animation for opening the chest in vorici's daily.

If your hardware is better you open the box quicker or is that impossible to implement?

I've got a slightly better idea.

Instead of spawning the rogue exile upon box opening like all the mobs used to, why not add it as a 4th group in the slightly-delayed-spawn-chain. Rogue exiles, skeletons, etc etc - not unlike the delay in "Casts Ice Nova" or "Explodes" Etc etc.

That way the game can still have a shitfit while it tries to load up the MTX Demonstration Dummy, without said dummy actually having appeared and molesting your face while you sit there unable to do a damn thing even if you want to.

Much easier to implement.

LOL the MTX demonstration dummy...

for me (and alot of others) anything without the rogue is fine but once theyre thrown into the box's affixes it takes a big shit as it opens. (well relatively big shit lol. its a pretty brief lag for me BUT it is very much there and even if its only a split second thats still a pretty long time to not be able to react in this game. even a panicked and hasty "all potions spam NOW" response resulting in 165 misclicks and wrong key presses is better than "waiting till it unfreezes and hoping when you unlag youre guy/girl will still be running away and not a flying ragdoll" method lol.)

id MUCH MUCH rather the game lags for even a whole few seconds as it loads whats needed for the exile itll spawn instead of doing the lag intensive part at literally the worst possible time, just from a logic perspective alone, and if that lag is really unavoidable upon the actual appearance of that exile just add a delay and make the exile the last "pack" to be spawned.

Ive yet to see a proposed solution that i wouldnt be happy with if it showed up in the next patch(es)

I've never understood strongboxes. In a game with some realism they feel so out of place.

I seriously wonder how the original conversation went. Was it like this?




A) "I have an idea, lets pack a bunch of monsters in a box and leave them laying around Wraeclast like clown cars".

B) "even better idea, lets create a currency sink by having the boxes accept currency so players can reroll items in the box".

A) "yeah, that sounds like fun. Lets have a table that allows exiles to roll too, cause that is just fun"

B) "I have an idea too, lets put a random invisible space ship flying around wraeclast dropping bears from clear skies"

A) "Now you're just being silly, there are no space ships in Wraeclast"

Another death reporting in, and had two legendaries on the character.

Open letter - would a delayed spawn be possible? i.e. if the other ideas require too much coding.