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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kotik2" data-source="post: 1978800" data-attributes="member: 27668">Lag, RAM, and ConnectionsFirst, I have to both thank and curse Dinkeldog/Garos/Errand for hooking me on this game.  He doesn't usually get me, but he did this time.Second, through some actual trial and error experimentation, some of the lag problems are very explainable.  Yes, there are servers with population problems, and yes, we all have more fun when we play together, which does create high and low volume server situations.  The lag in the auction house is generally the longest, and the lag when you are looting a corpse and suddenly, while you are lagging, monsters spawn atop your position and kill you is the most annoying to me - but I have this thing against dying.That being said, the computer upon which you play, and your internet connection are so very critical here.  I have this game on more than one computer in my house, and the difference in the way it reacts with more and less RAM is one of the more profound I have seen.  My daughter is running on a machine with 1GB, and that seems to be the minimum really easily playable level.  I play with 2GB, and very rarely have problems.  The spare machine in the house, which is our "guest" machine is 512MB.  That was the speed at which I started playing, and almost immediately rushed out for a new computer - one I was planning to buy in or before March got bumped up to January.The other thing is the connectivity.  DSL or Broadband (or a T1 if you are really, really lucky) is almost a must.  Dinkeldog will confirm this if you ask him.   Dialup is for checking email.Well, that's my rant on the subject.  Even the death lag while looting and an injured primary hand has not slowed down my play, so none of it is bothering me that much.  Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go name a few more murlocs after the people who make my life h@ll and indiscriminately slaughter them.Hail Enduring Nobility!</blockquote>

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