[DreXxiN]

Buy a solid state drive.

[Angelo]

How is this any different from any other online game or MMO out there? I really don't mind it.

I do mind the fact that they took the 'PSO sparkle' sound out of the loading screens since the last testing period.

[Mag-X]

It depends on your computer. I can load the camp ship, jump into the pool, load the level, and be fighting stuff before my friend can even load the camp ship. I'm constantly waiting on him.

[Ce'Nedra]

Originally Posted by Mag-X

It depends on your computer. I can load the camp ship, jump into the pool, load the level, and be fighting stuff before my friend can even load the camp ship. I'm constantly waiting on him.

Thats exactly what i went through on my old computer. So glad i got a new one with with SSD...makes life easier.

My loading screens went from minutes to seconds to load stuff.

[Mag-X]

Funny thing is, our computers are pretty similar in performance. I don't even have the game installed on my SSD.

[Ifrian-x]

I never said the loading screens take a long time as much as i said there´s lots of them and the fact that if you are questing you constantly have to go thru them for little amount of actual gameplay.

[Zyrusticae]

Originally Posted by VonHalford

Yeah totally. Because most of the game isn't completely server side

It isn't.

The only things server side are character data, level data (even then, only the layout, not the actual geometry - that resides client-side, as it consists of several prefabricated sections that get thrown together to form the actual stage), creature spawning positions and makeup (the server doesn't even keep track of positions after they spawn, as you may have noticed from the lack of syncing between players), item data, and account data (including the room stuff).

All in all, that stuff takes up a fraction of the space relative to textures, models, animation files, sound files, and so on. While the database is likely fairly large due to the sheer number of items, characters, and such, it's still not so large that it'd take "years" to load it all into memory (provided you have enough memory to load it in the first place).

Also, IF that stuff were all server-side, load times would be exponentially longer as you'd have to wait for the data to come to you from the server, which would dramatically multiply bandwidth requirements on both sides. It'd be a clusterfuck and a massive waste of money on Sega's part, so it's a very good thing it doesn't work like that...

[TerminalMontage]

There are too many loading screens? This is news to me.

[Pyrii]

Loading is really quick for me, sometimes it takes awhile, but that's usually because of lag. But normally it takes a few seconds to go between maps. Depends on your setup, I have a dedicated drive for games so they load quicker. And I've put PSO2 at the beginning of the partition.

[Deviruki]

I think the loading screens are alright... They don't take too long.