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Client Freezing when using Elite Buffs

I didn't want to make this thread because I wasn't able to find anyone else in game having this issue, but this has been happening to me for weeks now and I cannot figure out why. Basically what happens is if I use Talisman Trio or Everful Nostrum, my client will freeze with an hour glass for a few seconds. If I try to use both at the same time, my client will freeze for well over a minute. I've tried reinstalling the game twice and I am still having the same issue even with fresh clients. It's frustrating since part of the reason I have elite is for that benefit but for some reason I'm having major issues with this. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this to happen? I seem to only be having issues with these two buffs when I use them, the game runs perfectly fine otherwise so I'm pretty stumped here.
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  • PantsuPantsu ✭✭
    I've had the same issue as well(since release..), the bug only happens for me when I drag the items to my skill bar and use them like that, if I take them off my skill bar and manually click on them I don't freeze, which is not convenient.
  • CatoriiCatorii ✭✭✭
    This happens to everyone I know.

    Before they were added to the elite bar, they caused zero lag. Now, it's a client freeze every time I use either of them. It's not long, granted, but even a second of freezing in a HM dungeon can mean death. I'd actually prefer not having them on the bar anymore if it means dealing with the lag every time I need to use them mid-fight.
  • I get 2-3 second freezes on the 2 characters I "main" but not the other ones. :o
  • DydricDydric ✭✭
    I didn't want to make this thread because I wasn't able to find anyone else in game having this issue, but this has been happening to me for weeks now and I cannot figure out why. Basically what happens is if I use Talisman Trio or Everful Nostrum, my client will freeze with an hour glass for a few seconds. If I try to use both at the same time, my client will freeze for well over a minute. I've tried reinstalling the game twice and I am still having the same issue even with fresh clients. It's frustrating since part of the reason I have elite is for that benefit but for some reason I'm having major issues with this. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this to happen? I seem to only be having issues with these two buffs when I use them, the game runs perfectly fine otherwise so I'm pretty stumped here.
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  • DydricDydric ✭✭
    edited June 2016
    I didn't want to make this thread because I wasn't able to find anyone else in game having this issue, but this has been happening to me for weeks now and I cannot figure out why. Basically what happens is if I use Talisman Trio or Everful Nostrum, my client will freeze with an hour glass for a few seconds. If I try to use both at the same time, my client will freeze for well over a minute. I've tried reinstalling the game twice and I am still having the same issue even with fresh clients. It's frustrating since part of the reason I have elite is for that benefit but for some reason I'm having major issues with this. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this to happen? I seem to only be having issues with these two buffs when I use them, the game runs perfectly fine otherwise so I'm pretty stumped here.

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  • CatoriiCatorii ✭✭✭
    Dydric wrote: »
    buy a new video card

    There are people with very high end PCs that have this issue. That's not a solution.
  • edited June 2016
    So just to provide a point of data... for me, whether I use the charms on the Elite bar or by dragging to the regular hotbars, I don't see this sort of delay. Of course when you use the triple charm it pauses motion temporarily to do the charm animation (as if you threw it on a fire), but it's not the sort of "lock-up" that's described.

    So whatever it is, there seems to be some sort of other contributing/complicating factor, but who knows what that is... (If it's locking up the client like this, my instinct says it's some sort of scanning app, like anti-virus or something that's locking a file temporarily, but it's definitely weird.)
  • CatoriiCatorii ✭✭✭
    So whatever it is, there seems to be some sort of other contributing/complicating factor, but who knows what that is... (If it's locking up the client like this, my instinct says it's some sort of scanning app, like anti-virus or something that's locking a file temporarily, but it's definitely weird.)

    It's something that didn't exist back when we first had them as items rather than part of the elite bar (at least, no one I know had the problem back then), so however it's connected to the elite bar now seems to have caused this lag for some people. I was surprised when I came back for this patch and noticed that it was lagging me out every time I used them. When I asked some friends about it, they all had the same lag whenever they used it, and said it had been that way ever since it was added to the elite bar.

    I'm not a particularly tech-savvy person; is there a way to figure out if a process is hindering a file? I thought adding the TERA folder and .exe to antivirus exclusions would prevent an AV from trying to fight it.

    Then again, the massive UI lag we used to get (still have, but the client doesn't lock up anymore whenever you open your bag like it did two years ago) was widespread and didn't have anything to do with something client-side, since they were able to reduce certain parts of the UI lag over time. I'm wondering if it's the same sort of issue we had back then, because it's exactly the same as what used to happen when I swapped crystals while having my character window open (albeit, the screen freeze back then did last twice as long as this freeze).
  • SawaoSawao ✭✭
    We complained about this before and Enmasse was quick to ignore it but it's still a prevailing issue and an obnoxious one at that. I hope this thread gets more attention.
  • JinxyKat39JinxyKat39 ✭✭✭
    My game has been largely unplayable due to this problem. And unfreezing only to find yourself dead on the floor is sad. I tried a repair, and a lot of the other 'fixes' but nothing seems to work.
  • LaoshangLaoshang ✭✭
    edited June 2016
    Whenever I use trio/ nostrum, 3 secs delay. Potions and other sort of consumables no problem.
  • Glad I'm not the only one having this issue then. Hopefully EME can identify the cause.
  • SaphirKanzakiSaphirKanzaki ✭✭✭✭
    Unfortunately, I cant see this problem on my side. I even recharm/renostrum during BAM fights on IoD, roughly every 10 min. Can you all be a more specific? Is there a certain class it appears only? A certain area (open world, dungeon)? Does recharming/revialing come with an animation on your side?

    Seeing the discussion above, I suspect the game settings which might have been set down for the GTX 960 (because I'm also playing with lowered magical effects). Please help identifying and narrowing the problem to pass it to EME.
  • PantsuPantsu ✭✭
    Unfortunately, I cant see this problem on my side. I even recharm/renostrum during BAM fights on IoD, roughly every 10 min. Can you all be a more specific? Is there a certain class it appears only? A certain area (open world, dungeon)? Does recharming/revialing come with an animation on your side?

    Seeing the discussion above, I suspect the game settings which might have been set down for the GTX 960 (because I'm also playing with lowered magical effects). Please help identifying and narrowing the problem to pass it to EME.

    The items need to be on a skillbar and you need to assign hot keys to them, pressing alt and right clicking them will not cause a freeze(Unless you have them on skillbar and have used them before trying with cursor)

    Usually this doesn't happen to me on Level 1 characters, or new fresh characters. Only seems to be on any level 65 I have.
  • Thanks to all those who mentioned that taking the elite buffs off the skill bar fixes the issue. While it's pretty lame you can't hot key them, at least I know what was causing it now.
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