I've noticed it too. No lag other than 2 minute transitions.
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Pugratix to a snarky militia man: "Mmmm. Not yet. I will live for hundreds of years and be heralded as one of the greatest forces of destruction on the face of the world. The only thing you can destroy is the outhouse."
I experience this too. Not all the times I played, it seems to be somewhat random.
Myrualae - Chantress of Doron Amar Snow - Sorcery and carrots! Gomez de Aguirre - The Fabulous Knight of the Mystic Fire Uelaereene Sai'zzel - Once I saw the stars... Lilly Sai'zzel - Stormy snowflake And more...
I always get them when there's a lot of people on another map (when there's one of those large events going on). Though don't think that was the case when this was happening.
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Transition times are way to slow... often my character spawns and i can hear, move, talk, and be attacked but cannot see anything other then whatever picture the loading process picks to show during the transition. I have died many times due to this. This has been going on for months now and i am rapidly growing tired of it. Such never happened last year... so somebody fix it already please thank you!
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Agathion Benedictus: Holy Priest. Retired for now. Tiax Rules-All: Gnomish madman. Retired permanently. Exordius Vrass: Cleric/Mage. Currently active.
I think Aspect of Sorrow and Endelyon are both working on a couple things to help with this and other processes that are slowing things down and causing crashes.