<3 ISBoxer and feedback on Beta weekend
There still seems to be some latency between main instance and the other ones when it comes to assisting. I'm not sure if its the game itself taking time to register your on a new target or ISBoxer. I honestly hope its ISBoxer so the problem can be flushed out a bit. In wow/neverwinter for example the other screens respond instantly with zero lag when doing assist type things but in FFXIV I have to swap to a new ingame target on my main and wait around 2 full seconds before hitting assist. Its just not as crisp as any other game i've multiboxed and i feel it could be in relation to my next problem. When going through quest dialogue the first screen is really fast while the others take a few seconds to register the action. Its not the click itself which is instantaneous to other windows...but more like the other instances are trying to catch up to the main one. Almost as if there is some hardware delay as the other windows catch up. (I am 99% sure its not hardware based as I have a very new and beefy computer setup that could probably run 8+ instances) I'm currently running in what we decided was optimal CPU mode running all CPU in each window like during previous beta tests but I have tried the others including Round Robin (the standard that seemed to work well for all previous games). I also noticed /follow distance seemed to be a little messed up. In previous phases my other 3 characters would follow pretty tight but in Phase 4 they would stretch a good distance aways. This could be due to server latency. When watching my other screens i notice my main character teleports a little bit. It COULD be the latency issue between main screen and the others but in all honesty its most likely the huge overflow of people on the server causing bad latency.
Aside from these minor pet peeves I was able to four box for three days straight without any crashes, bugs or errors (didn't even go offline once). It was fast and responsive even during super high population Fates/Events on Gilgamesh server. Running through towns on the most populated server US was a breeze and I had little to no issues with the multiboxing. I also had the opportunity to speak ingame with other multiboxers on Gilgamesh alot of which are really pleased with ISBoxer. If anyone wants to say hi ingame or talk shop about this wonderful new game my characters are Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Pie. Cya next friday for the pre-release!