Hello.
Firstly great game. Ive really loved this experience and without question, this game has great potential. Ive just hit level 90 and working on empowered monolith.
The one concern I have been having is around the rubber banding that is quite common for me. I am in South Africa, thus my closest server is EU West with about a 170ms ping.
Generally my experience is as follows.
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After loading into a map, I generally wait for about 7-10 seconds before I know its safe to start playing. I test this by spam summoning my minions. Once they actually appear, then I start playing.
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There are some maps where the span point is very close to the enemies meaning I need to be able to respond immediately. But on several occasions, I have been killed without actually seeing the projectile land on me while waiting for my actions to register.
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I generally avoid using my movement abilities unless its an emergency. Because of the rubber banding that happens immediately after. If Im in a quiet area, its ok, but if in a busy zone with a lot more enemies or avoiding boss mechanics, the experience is more uncertain.
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Oddly, whats puzzling is that I dont have the lag issue noted in (1) in closed boss arenas like the Shade of Orobyss. I can always start the fight immediately after spawning in the arena.
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I think this lag is also why enemies sometimes looking like they are teleporting or sliding towards me during a run.
I understand that without a local server, which in reality will never happen unless the player base picks up by a million percent this side, its hard to solve these client-server interactions. However is there is anything that can be done to improve this experience?
Thank you in advance.