In Black Desert Online, you can be attacked by other players at any time. Players report that animations can be performed more quickly in succession when playing with high FPS. How true is this?
Faster Animations
Unfair advantage due to high FPS? In fact, the issue has been known in the Black Desert community for quite some time. Players often refer to a video of a South Korean player who plays Black Desert Online at 30 FPS and at 144 FPS, showing both recordings side by side.
- The duration of the animations is the same for both settings.
- However, the waiting time between the animations is shorter at 144 FPS.
In the example video shown, the player can start an additional animation after just a few seconds at 144 FPS. He has an advantage due to the high FPS.
Milking cows faster with high FPS. A similar problem can be found while milking cows in Black Desert. A player demonstrates the issue by comparing the milking speed at 30 FPS and at 60 FPS.
- With 60 FPS, the player takes about 12 seconds.
- When playing at 30 FPS, it takes about 20 seconds.
At the higher FPS, this player finishes the minigame faster. But it doesn’t just affect him. Other players also report a significant difference in the milking minigame when playing with high FPS.
Does this need to be fixed?
FPS have an impact. For players who play with a low frame rate, the game is rendered more slowly. Since your computer can only send the data to the server that it has already processed, the Black Desert client at 30 FPS sends the data to the server a bit slower than clients at 144 FPS.
This then leads either to the animations being played faster at high FPS or to the completion of the animations being sent to the server more quickly. In either case, players with high FPS can use their abilities in quicker succession.
You can also use your abilities more frequently when the servers are empty. Then the latency between your computer and the server is lower. If you want to milk, it is advisable to play during times when fewer players are online.
A small advantage. In the end, the advantage is not particularly high. For players who frequently engage in PvP, higher FPS can make a decisive difference. But for players who play Black Desert more casually, reducing the graphic settings or getting a new graphics card for more FPS is not worth it.
The issue is not just present in Black Desert. Other online games can also be plagued by a similar problem.
