[2021] Huge FPS drops caused by particle effects

Hey all, most of the battle for us is finding the exact scenario when and where FPS drops like this are occurring. When we find the exact case/cause it’s usually a quick fix. Most of the time it’s not actually the VFX but other things that are happening at or near the same time. Though, sometimes it is the VFX (like the old lightning blast ability).

What is very helpful is notifying us what zone and what enemy/ability you can reliably reproduce an FPS drop from. We don’t expect anyone to do this of course because it’s actually a bit of work and sometimes a lot of work but we get tons of reports that are more generic that often result in a huge loss of productivity if our dev team goes on the wild goose chase without that specific information. So, while we don’t ask for anyone in the community to go and find the specifics like this, when they do provide specifics those are often the reports that we can track down and fix.

Thanks for your reports.