The one thing that will keep me from subscribing to Fallen Earth is the horrific lag I get in cities/outposts. I do not believe I’m the only one getting it, but from my questions in Help chat and the lack of response it appears that I might be in the minority. Whenever I enter a city I am immediately hit with this horrific stuttering and lag. I think it could be memory leaks but something else has to be affecting it. I know that it’s not a problem on my end because the game doesn’t look good enough to lag like this on my rig and I get amazing FPS anywhere else but cities. I’m also noticing that the game is a system resource hog and even more so after I suspect a memory leak has set in.
Aside from a few things I would have done to make the game better, this is my only real complaint with the game. I believe the last time it was this bad for me was in SWG when I was bouncing around in Thede. It’s bad enough that when I tap an arrow key my character will spin around and have gone several yards in a different direction. Trying to conduct business in a town, pick up quests, etc. just becomes downright frustrating. Relogging fixes the lag momentarily then it kicks in again.
This will definitely factor into my decision of whether or not I’ll be subscribing. I have 6 more days to make up my mind. Modern Warfare 2 being just around the corner, my itch to get to 35 in Aion, and other factors will also be weighed.
If any of you have found a fix for this lag please let me know. I’ve tried the Nvidia tweaks and the usual tweaks to fix mmo performance that we’ve been passing around for years — none have worked.