another newbie questionFollow

well PoK is ALWAYS crowded so that has something to do with it, also it has to load all those ports to the different zones. Every time i zone into PoK i lag for a minute but after i get going i am usually fine. There are settings you can change to enhace graphics or increase game speed. go to your login screen and click options and mess with those, it will explain what does what and the effects of turning something on or off. hope this helps. oh and welcome back to norrath : )

Welcome back. Plane of Lag is a problem for everyone at one time or another, but there are a few simple things you can do to relieve this. I agree with Keyera with regards to the shading, but there are a few more things you might want to consider. I don't know how much you value the 'eye-candy' of the game, but something that worked for me was to limit the spell effects. In-game, in the options under graphics, I limited the spell effects other visual items to only me+group. This cut out all the buff glitter in POK. How to do this may not have been clear in the other posts. Finally, make sure you visit a web site to update your in-game maps [ http://www.mapfiend.net/ ]and look down while watching the map. Graphics speed is dependant on target view, so if you are not looking at graphics-intensive items (the ground doesn't really do a whole lot), things will go faster for you. Hope this helps you out.