Curse

Gedrand · Sep 27, 2006, 04:42 PM // 16:42

I am concerned about this situation both as a Mesmer and just in general. However, I have faith in Anet that something which is so obviously problematic will be resolved soon!

Nivryx · Sep 27, 2006, 10:30 PM // 22:30

anet is trying to make my job interrupting harder, by the time the hour glass changes into the skill its been half a second, which means that for someone going off of icons, any skill under a second cast is impossible to interrupt. since half seconds generally take spamming to get, and it takes half a second to change... =/

Theus · Sep 27, 2006, 11:33 PM // 23:33

God.This has to be removed.Immediately.

PvP for me has become nothing but a frustration being killed by skills like that of Clumsiness and Ineptitude as a caster,because lo and behold,I'm already attacking by the time it actually comes up on my status bar.

Navaros · Sep 27, 2006, 11:39 PM // 23:39

I absolutely loathe this new "scroll thru hour glasses in your skill list til your real icons draw in" stuff. Please remove it at all costs as soon as humanly possible.

/signed

Makkert · Sep 28, 2006, 08:29 AM // 08:29

the hourglasses make playing harder. simple as that.

/signed.

jonnybegood · Sep 28, 2006, 05:12 PM // 17:12

Do these petitions ever work? Heck even most of the time devs dont recognize them, and i am almost tired of them. Yeah its a problem (for some) and it was implemented just they ay it sposed to work and it is working wether you like or not.

LoKi Foxfire · Sep 28, 2006, 05:21 PM // 17:21

To all those people who say that the newer, faster systems will cache it correctly: You're wrong.

I'm running a high end system at 1280x1024, 4xAA, and max everything and GW runs fast everywhere. The speed of your system has little effect on the hourglasses because their 'on-demand' code is too slow to keep up with the game itself. I also don't understand the reasoning behind reloading pictures over and over - I still get the hourglasses after the skills have been used which confuses as to the point of this whole system.

But yea, A-net will fix it. It's really irritating.

Yichi · Sep 28, 2006, 05:25 PM // 17:25

Yes dear god yes... please fix this. It is so god damned annoying. ive seen it in cases where 1/4 second casts like reversal, prot spirit, etc. have been spammed and the icon never showed up, just the hour glass.

Why was this ever put in in the first place?

Theus · Sep 28, 2006, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by MistressYichi

Yes dear god yes... please fix this. It is so god damned annoying. ive seen it in cases where 1/4 second casts like reversal, prot spirit, etc. have been spammed and the icon never showed up, just the hour glass.

Why was this ever put in in the first place?

It was put in to fix a bug that occured during the execution of the Nightfall Preview.

jonnybegood · Sep 28, 2006, 05:50 PM // 17:50

i have heared a couple of explanation, bur Alex nor Gaile have offered insight (as far as I can see) so labeling them is all specualtion, I understand that this implementation may have turned out bad if Anet did it to fix a problem then I hate to see how bad the problem was before they fixed it.

I am not Saying to start a petition but some feedback from a Dav would be nice.

Frau Braten · Sep 29, 2006, 08:09 PM // 20:09

This has been going on since last weekend
I don't believe it has anything to do with "dated" machines
I run a Dual Core 3 GHz intel chip and a high end 256M ati graphics card
1400X1080 all graphics on max, and it looks awesome
Even the hourglasses look good, but I dont want to see them

I have stopped using my mesmer because of it

Please fix this problem

sunsmoon · Sep 29, 2006, 10:07 PM // 22:07

/signed

3 year old computer (and wasn't that great to begin with), and the time it takes to load the icons is enough to miss an interrupt or is enough to deal a mean amount of damage to me or my party.

xXa1 · Sep 30, 2006, 05:40 AM // 05:40

just logged in, saw the hourglasses were still there, logged out.

it seems to me that anet is too concerned at launching nightfall and immediately earning from it than in repairing problems that their beta testing of nightfall has brought.

as an existing (prophesies and factions) and future (nightfall) customer, i expect the product to be to my liking and if it is not, then i will reserve the option to withhold future purchases. it's that simple.

anet will not get anything more from me until i like what i see.

GranDeWun · Oct 01, 2006, 12:00 AM // 00:00

Here's another odd thing: The icons load slooowly, but the descriptions are there immediately. I'll grant the descriptions take fewer bytes, but still...

And btw machine speed makes no difference to load times as far as I can see.