VforVegan

i *am* going to defrag my disk tonight when i get home...

i was thinking about the patching process and how that might lead to significant fragmentation.

also i have a smallish drive so i might check and see if it's running low on space.

i am LOVING the actual content changes I8 brought... so i REALLY want to able to play it...

**crosses fingers**

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i have been having very severe drops in framerate when in missions on a team during combat.

before i8, i had no problems with framerate... i doubt even in the worst combat would it drop below 15fps.

since i8, however.. in nearly EVERY combat situation involving the team i am getting about 5-7fps. it's not 3d animation, it's a slideshow.

i am not sure if it is particular powers/powersets, or a combination of them or what... but it is nearly unplayable (i only say nearly because i am a stone/stone tank at the moment so i don't exactly need a great deal of fast paced control of my character... but it's still pretty awful)

the most depressing part was that i continuously lowered my settings throughout the playing session till they were almost at the minimum (aka: incredibly-ugly-setting) and it made absolutely NO difference to the in-combat framerate drop.

my machine is:

Athlon 64 3200+ (running XP Pro 32 bit)
XFX Nvidia 7600GS w/ 512MB
1GB DDR RAM
Onboard sound, network, etc.


(i had nvidia drivers from a couple months ago on there so this morning after i logged i put the latest non-beta drivers on. hoping it makes some difference)

Kheldian Nova and Dwarf forms... and Stone Tankers' Granite Armor sometimes appear to drop (Dwarfs and Novas appear to turn back to human form, Granite Tankers appear to detoggle back to their non-armored state). The forms/armor are in fact still operating, just the toon APPEARS to no longer be in the form/armor.

this is not just clientside, as other people see you in your non-form/armored state.

i don't think we are "owed" a freespec every issue, but seriously.. not everyone reads the forums and uses hero builders. those power descriptions are pretty bloody vague (and sometimes downright incorrect or misleading)..

it's easy to make bad choices if you are not a forum/builder type. easy to make a toon no fun.

i have a relatively low level emp/elec (lvl 11 and climbing) and i picked the set because i wanted to try a healer and had a concept idea that elec fit (The Defibrillator, hehe.. "CLEAR!!")

thanks for this guide.. without it i probably would not have taken SC and although on a team with bad aggro management it can be a curse, SC on a good team is fantastic.