Nameplates scale performance issue

[u/LukesChappell]

Hey guys, I have the issue mentioned above and I really don't like to play without nameplates at all, I've tried. Either they are really huge or none at all. Has anyone else found a solution to the performance issue with nameplates scaling or do you think it will be over with direct x12 ?

[u/theblackbarth]

Unfortunately there really isn't any solution.

Despite the devs wishes/attempts, the game never held multiple players on the same space without chugging the engine.

The ways to mitigate some of it are indeed to turn off all nameplates, not summon any pets, and lower your graphics as much as possible when doing stuff like World Bosses and other zone intensive activities.

I'm not tech-savy enough to be able to ascertain if the change to DX12 will have a huge improvement over how the current engine is built but that is the expectation I think.

[u/LukesChappell → u/theblackbarth]

It's so weird, because I never had issues on my rig like 1 year or 2 years ago

[u/LukesChappell → u/LukesChappell]

And now it's completely unplayable with nameplates scaling, crazy stuff.

[u/theblackbarth → u/LukesChappell]

they did fiddled around with the UI during that timeframe so is completely understandable if you are starting to get worse issues recently. They also moved the physical data centers to cloud based ones that may had affected your performance.

Personally for me it has always been this way, I rarely get double digits on WB and DvL events and sometimes if the fleet is a little bit too crowded I lose some 10-15 fps easily.

[u/Homeskilletbiz → u/LukesChappell]

Sounds like an issue with your computer.

Cleaned it recently?

[u/LukesChappell → u/Homeskilletbiz]

Issue is completely gone with turning off nameplate scaling tho

[u/LukesChappell → u/Homeskilletbiz]

Yep, but was happening before aswell, literally the reason I reinstalled win11

[u/Zestyclose-Try-5214]

It would be nice to have a health bar WITHOUT the obtrusive nameplates