Poor PS3 Rendering in massive FATEsFollow

Is anyone else having this problem? I joined some FATEs today in Coerthas Central Highlands, and had such a hard time seeing any enemies thanks to the huge number of players there as well. Hard to get any FATE contribution if you can't even see what everyone else is attacking. Got one shotted by Svara as well because I couldn't see her and the red AOE zone. Anyone else on PS3 having this problem? Or is my lousy internet connection to blame?

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Yeah, it took some getting use to, I now use a USB keyboard. The key is to hit the tab key to cycle thru the mobs. As a arcanist I try to cast bio to get a hit here and there because they drop so quickly. So far it has worked out well, but it is still annoying not being to see anything or the screen is zoomed into the back of the characters head.

Yeah it's pretty bad but with keyboard binds to target I do ok. Fast Internet helps.

Actually looked at the specs on the ps4.
Fairly confident it will preform as good as my year old rig. Console specs are always a bit goofy imo. 8 gigs of ddr5...so it uses ddr5 ram, so it will load stuff faster than my rig, slightly. unless that's vram which really only means it will support much larger displays than my rig will, which makes sense playing on a tv vs a monitor.

TFLOPs...didn't know where to check TFLOPS for a over clocked gtx 680.
CPU doesn't look right as its a really slow *** quad core, not sure why a console would use a slow CPU

Either way, ill have access to thousands of games, backward compatibility, and when I upgrade to a better rig down the line I wont have to rebuy my game library.

Some how I get the feeling that right off the bat the PS4 will compete with high end pc's in single player games but still get the shaft when it comes to mmo games, at least graphically.

Edited, Sep 4th 2013 11:46pm by Strangerous

I can't believe people look at the specs like this without pointing out the obvious. Optimization is key. It's one of the major advantages of a console. PC games are held back and require much more powerful hardware to compete to offset this advantage.

The CPU and GPU work in tandem and the memory is unified. This setup isn't on typical PC's yet people are comparing these specs to how a normal PC would utilize them. The PS4 doesn't have the resource hog Windows either and all the crap that runs in the background. Again, none of these points are made. On top of all that, the PS4 will use (Gaikai)cloud computing to enhance(stream graphical improvements) the console as it ages. Again, another point left out.


Ahhh.. one last point I wish to add here. SE is terrible, absolutely horrible at programming PC games. I don't care what game they make, all of them were ported horribly. That's another advantage. Considering some of the PC owners who said they nerfed the graphics, I think I know why. It's not the PS3's fault either.




Edited, Sep 5th 2013 10:43am by ShadowedgeFFXI

@OP: It doesn't help either that the screen resolution is scaled down to 720p or 400p depending.. the PS3 so much more capable of rendering better than that.

I have yet to have any problem in FATEs on PS3. The occasional slight delay before mobs show up sometimes yes, but never enough to keep me from participating and getting credit. I'm not high level (25) but I am playing since phase 3 and have done a lot of FATEs.

My wife plays on a low end PC and has much more issues with loading and lag.

I never had a problem with FATEs until Coerthas. People come at 35 and some even stick around till 50. So a lot more players than any of the lower level zones.



This is exactly what I'm talking about. It sucks to run all the way to a FATE and then do nothing but stand around hoping the NM appears on your screen so you can get some contribution in. The worse thing is when he appears for a few sec, and then disappears. Unfortunately I'm a WHM so no AOE. SE should allow us to customize the order stuff appears. Like Mobs > Party members > NPCs > Other players.

After an hour of fate grinding today... I am noticing a decent difference in how the enemies load after I opened the appropriate ports on my router. Its not perfect... there is a delay still... but significant enough that you can actually contribute to the Fate... Maybe worth a shot?