lol Egil <3

Processor: 3.2 GHz Intel something or other (dual core)
RAM: 3.5 GB (doesnt register all 4 for some reason)
Windows 7 Ultimate
GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB

I run two clients.
Small screen 1440 x 900 with everything on low
Larger screen 1920 x 1080 with effects and shadows at medium and the highest draw distance (gotta spot them trees)(actually can we just get plants on the radar pls?)

Its playable but not great.  I suppose i should turn off the shadows on the large screen but it just looks so odd
I sometimes get moments when everything on the client screen freezes and if I was steering by holding down a mouse button any mouse movement at the begining of the freeze will be instantly applied 1-2sec later once the freeze stops even if I let go of the mouse during that time (just a little annoying).  This often coincides with a detector cycle.

Fraps says i get 20 fps on the main screen at best (40-50 on the small).  In a medium sized fight I am happy to have 8 fps.

I wold quite like to know where the main bottle neck may be as far as fps goes (video ram?).

Currently the bombs are just too big and cost too much to be practical except in cases where you have very little time.  Also why can't we just lock and shoot the damn wall?  It doesn't make any sense.

On a side note, maybe plasma bomb explosions should create a ping on the radar.  I mean a big boom is supposed to be hard to miss right?

Which is exactly why you should not be advertising where and when the fight is going to be.

I mean is anyone attacking Norhoop actually gonna move in there any time this year?  Hardly seems like a representation of player activity on an island.  More like institutionalised griefing which would only be much worse with a larger population.  This mechanic encourages blobbing of the worst kind.

Don't get me wrong, removing scanning and changing nothing else may lead to too much of a defender advantage as things stand.  Perhaps some kind of re-balancing would be needed (in small incremental steps).  However attackers would have to use the people they have online at the time rather then arranging a CTA once they know the time.

For those who like massive fights and CTAs, perhaps that could come later with PBSs.

I still don't understand the dev's profound hatred for solo-able content.  Imo the current detector module mechanic is the biggest barrier for doing anything solo on beta.

Thanks Gargaj

Some kind of DEV response to this would be nice imo :S
Even a "we read it and we read it and we know about it" would be a start...

Got the same problem here, also since the last patch.  I'm getting around it by sticking most of the map off screen but it doesn't look v nice.

There are ways around this problem.  For starter you could limit both the planting and the shooting mechanics to beta.  Secondly you could make plant growth rate on the island increase as the total number of plants decreases.  Perhaps not the most biologically believable scenario but it would make clearing the plants from an entire island futile while still allowing people to clear them near outposts etc.

Currently there is no way through a solid wall of plants unless you have either a harvester, a lockable target on the other side or a bot to blow up.

I have to say I strongly agree with this.  Having PvE achievements is great if it encourages people to play but lets not make it a compulsory grind for those who want to stay competitive in PvP.  Perhaps if you would like an actual reward for PvE achievements, have bonuses which are only relevant in PvE.  For example, sparks that improve your damage against NPCs only or something.

tldr: Please don't force people who play this game for the PvP to grind 1000 mobs.

Exactly, the arkhe gate scouting problem should be tackled by changing game mechanics to make it unfavorable imo.  This should also be tied to a v v careful rethink of the probe system.

Introducing the trial account log in limitation may be a step in the right direction however.

When did they 'fix' it in eve?  I was doing it all the time in eve but that was a couple of years ago.