SWG to WoW

<Skinner1.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:18:56 -0600, "Reg LeCrisp" <x.DeleteThis@x.x> wrote:
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>><Skinner1.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> You are right though. If the flat, limited polygon world of WoW can
>>> excell then anything could happen.
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>>WOW gameplay is extremely addicting.
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>>I do agree the graphics are not top notch but in it's own way it's very
>>well
>>done.
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>>Don't be surprised if blizzard attempts to do a graphics overall in the
>>future by way of expansion. Everquest did it with Shadow of Luclin
>>expansion. UO attempted to with Turd Dawn, and DAOC have had several
>>graphic update revamps.
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> What surprises me about WoW graphics is the shallowness of their
> graphics engine..... and the fact that they still suffer from pretty
> bad bouts of lag. I got a letter in response to a complaint that
> basically says they have instituted a server maximum population and a
> login queue buffering system in an effort to ease the lag issues they
> are suffering. Nice...... Penalize your customer base while you are
> raking in about $40 million a month so you don;t have to incur the
> cost to upgrade your infrastructure!!! Why do all these games seem to
> have the same CEO???

I hear the same complaints from guildies about lag at Iron Forge. Meanwhile
I have all options maxed and my latency on the server hovers around the
70ish mark.