Mini-pets making the game lag. Solution here.

ALOT of people been having problems with lag. What do you want us to do? Save cash and put up with the lag just coz people want to show of their mini-pets in towns? First of all, this update is very silly. Specially for the elder people that feel kinda stomped on, giving a message like "Hey, your old enough for this, now is the time to quit"

I know its fun for you.. others out there to show them off, but hey, we who had lag, and we who dont and didnt like this idea from start. We arent gonna quit, we arent gonna go to international districts just becouse the majority say "This is a mini-pet district" or save cash to get new gear to play on.

Something has to be done!

I suggest a "Show mini-pets" or "Do Not Show mini-pets" like a graphic adjustment. Like the cape button.

Very annoying, causing alot of trouble in town.
"WTS MINIPET 100k+xx ecto. Devourer. You can show it in town!"
"MY PET IS WAY COOLER THAN YOURS.. -OH yeah?"
And so on..

And guildwarsguru. Please do not close this thread. I do not wish for the update to be removed, but PLEASE Anet, slide in a button while making all these changes.

If thread is to be removed, give a reason to why, when all these other suggestions are up and running.
(Letter will be sent to Anet/Gaile with corrections)

Thanks.
EDIT: Or at least, if not making any changes to this. Make a Gwen minipet with beta quotes popping up randomly. Also that Anet price values this mini pet to what they think its worth =)

20 mini pets does not cause more lag.

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Yup. 20 mini pets per outpost won't cause more lag. Allowing everyone in an outpost to show a mini pet, however, would be a different story.

For what it's worth, my ping has been averaging what it was before the update.

The increase in lag is much more likely because of all the festival updates than the 20 mini pets being added to the game.

True. I'm sure those updates aren't helping matters. However, the lag got significantly worse after the release of Nightfall and has been getting progressively worse ever since, especially the rubber banding issue. But that's another thread.

Anet has already seen all the complaints about people who hate the minipets in towns and those who like them; the compromise they have made is to optionally disable sound. It is extremely unlikely they're going to further modify it.

And all the minipet trading going on should die down in a couple weeks.


If you ever try to email Anet or anyone directly with suggestions; they'll just tell you to post it on a fansite (i.e. here....) so don't bother.