Spectacular Finale: Lost Shores <spoiler>

[StacyX]

Oh and one big suggestion for improving the events like this? Disable the fireworks and other things that idiot people use to lag others out!!

That would be a great idea, I also wish they'd let us disable particle effects all together. Most games I've played allow you to disable other people's spell effects to minimize lag, I don't know why Anet doesn't do that. Having to see other people's spells and particles flying everywhere is insane, it makes combat in large groups horrible for people with lower end vid cards and makes you blind and not even able to see the mob you're fighting when you're surrounded by a lot of other players fighting the same mob, particularly in underwater combat. It's a shit-storm of particles and light effects what not and it's just hell on my PC and my eyes. They really NEED to implement it so that people can turn off the effects. Almost all MMOs I've played let you turn off other people's spell effects, or at least minimize them, and IMO, that needs to happen in this game too.

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Oh and one big suggestion for improving the events like this? Disable the fireworks and other things that idiot people use to lag others out!!

That would be a great idea, I also wish they'd let us disable particle effects all together. Most games I've played allow you to disable other people's spell effects to minimize lag, I don't know why Anet doesn't do that. Having to see other people's spells and particles flying everywhere is insane, it makes combat in large groups horrible for people with lower end vid cards and makes you blind and not even able to see the mob you're fighting when you're surrounded by a lot of other players fighting the same mob, particularly in underwater combat. It's a shit-storm of particles and light effects what not and it's just hell on my PC and my eyes. They really NEED to implement it so that people can turn off the effects. Almost all MMOs I've played let you turn off other people's spell effects, or at least minimize them, and IMO, that needs to happen in this game too.

[Izzy]

That would be a great idea, I also wish they'd let us disable particle effects all together. Most games I've played allow you to disable other people's spell effects to minimize lag, I don't know why Anet doesn't do that. Having to see other people's spells and particles flying everywhere is insane, it makes combat in large groups horrible for people with lower end vid cards and makes you blind and not even able to see the mob you're fighting when you're surrounded by a lot of other players fighting the same mob, particularly in underwater combat. It's a shit-storm of particles and light effects what not and it's just hell on my PC and my eyes. They really NEED to implement it so that people can turn off the effects. Almost all MMOs I've played let you turn off other people's spell effects, or at least minimize them, and IMO, that needs to happen in this game too.

I think that's a good idea as well. Maybe they could decrease the amount of effects and what-not shown during events, just when there are a ton of people attacking or at the same place. I don't know how hard that would be to do since I'm not a programer, but it sure would be nice.

[Katzyn]

I had a really good time, even though I lagged a lot (which is rare for this new, fancy-ish pc) and died A LOT...3 guildies also did it with me, and two of them (lucky turkeys...) got precursors - Kudzu and Dusk. It was long, and we all died a lot, but I think the reward was worth it, and seeing that damn beast fall into the lava that had claimed by BF's life the day before (he fell through the cracks, HA!) was wonderful. I won't say I didn't ever get frustrated, but I still had a lot of fun while frustrated, if that makes any sense.