Lagging on my alts, but not my main

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Gaby5011 wrote on 2014-07-05 16:38

Whenever I go play on any of my alts (with the exception of one character) I get some frame skipping lag. My main is fluid all the time. I'll make a video tonight.

Any idea why?

Should probably in the Ferghus section, feel free to move.
Aliyah wrote on 2014-07-05 16:40

Do your alts have a lot of uncompleted quests? Like event quests, beginner quests, etc..
Tropa wrote on 2014-07-05 17:05

Quote from Aliyah;1230242:
Do your alts have a lot of uncompleted quests? Like event quests, beginner quests, etc..

This, I had the same exact problem, Just turn off that quest "Pointer" thing.
Gaby5011 wrote on 2014-07-05 17:29

If it's that simple then it's also very stupidly weird.
I'll try that after work.
Robinhood wrote on 2014-07-05 18:47

If you have too many quests you probably end up having small spikes of lag every 5 seconds or so. Happens to me on my alts also.
Lingshen wrote on 2014-07-05 21:00

Huh, I've had this problem too. Interesting... I'll try this fix myself as well.
Kapra wrote on 2014-07-05 21:35

Each quest is actually an item in a hidden inventory (as is some other things like your hair, face, eyes, etc). The more filled inventory slots you have, the more you lag.
Aubog007 wrote on 2014-07-06 02:33

Quote from Kapra;1230279:
Each quest is actually an item in a hidden inventory (as is some other things like your hair, face, eyes, etc). The more filled inventory slots you have, the more you lag.

Then in that case, why does turning it off reduces lag?
Kapra wrote on 2014-07-06 03:50

Turning it off removes one source of lag.
ZeroPantz wrote on 2014-07-06 12:05

I've always wondered about this. That does make sense.

However, I have a second character I play on almost as much as main, with not that many quests, at least not more than are in my main's quest log, but I crash a lot when I play on the second character, especially when entering the shadow realm, and I hardly ever crash on my main character. That does strike me as odd.
Kapra wrote on 2014-07-06 23:57

I have no proof of this and I never asked for it when people told me, but people have always told me the more shadow missions you enter without restarting the client increases the likelihood that you will crash. Do you crash upon entering a mission for the first time or after the second third or fourth mission?
ZeroPantz wrote on 2014-07-07 19:15

I usually have played on my main for a bit, and did both dailies in the shadow realm, yes. Then I log onto my second character who is on the same account, and I usually crash upon loading into the shadow realm then, when I do crash. So that theory does make sense. Perhaps I will just restart the client when I switch characters to see if that does anything for me then.

But I never crash on my main, even when I go on a skill training spree in the shadow realm, and I do about 15 shadow realm missions in a row.
alphafox wrote on 2014-07-08 19:25

I have this problem as well on a character i created during the black robing incident and that one character lags like hell in uladh . Im gonna try and delete some quests to see if the fixes the problem .
Zekkii wrote on 2014-07-08 20:31

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