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Created by Guest
Created on Jun 6, 2024

Reduce Respite Realm Loading Times

The game requires both having an appropriate base with workstations and augments setup, as well as a lot of realm travel. It feels bad when every time I'm in a realm for a little too long, I have to wait for my respite realm to load again before I can return. Even with being able to continue to play while the respite is loading, you feel as though you shouldn't continue with anything since you can now be whipped away at any moment. You effectively have this downtime that reduces your overall playtime, and for me at least, adds to frustration.


Possible Solutions I've thought of:

  1. Have a characters Respite realm always loaded when the character is online.

    1. Or only after the first time they visit their respite for a play session.

  2. Have characters Respite realms remain loaded for longer than other realms, to avoid the chance of having to wait for it to load upon returning. This could allow the Dev Team to easily balance server usage vs the benefit it provides.

    1. Example: If Respite realms currently remain loaded for 15 minutes, and someone is running private vaults at an average of 20 minutes, then after every run they need to wait for their respite realm. They might only be in their Respite for 2 minutes, to load another private vault portal, then leave again. If Respite realms were loaded for 30 minutes, they would not have to wait to travel back to their Respite.

  3. Use any technical means to make better use of users' hardware. For example, using more Disk and/or Memory space to speed up loading of Respite realms, if not already. This may need to be a game setting that users can change or opt-in to.

  4. Some way to make Respite Realms effectively work like an offline realm, always available, cached locally, ready to load, runs on your own machine. Bit of a weird option, but once Sites of Powers are done, I personally don't have a reason for my respite realm to loaded on a dedicated server, unless I want to invite people to it. But I don't have a need for high performance, as I'm generally not doing any kind of combat in my Respite realm. I don't really know how this would work but leaving this option here in case someone wants to build on it further.



Category Tags Technical (Crashes, Disconnects, Performance), Realm Travel, Respite Realm
Mode Online
Sentiment Feature Request
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