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Old 05-25-2006, 04:23 PM   #54 (permalink)
Ayeshala
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Originally Posted by Utnayan
I remember back in the EQ days, I think the least of people's worries was zoning. I see your point in that some people may think psychologically a seamless world adds to realism, but when you end up having to sacrifice 60% of your graphical settings as a result, I would rather take the loading screen for 10 seconds before a raid than see half the world clip away, armors lose their textures, names vanish, lighting and shadows go poof, and take a 40% frame rate hit even after all that happens to boot.
Horizon was the worst example of this. You would come into town and it would take several minutes before everything would load.
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