EVE Online has a performance problem. This can be observed repeatedly in the massive PvP battles that bring the MMORPG to its knees. With a trick, the developers want to ensure a more pleasant gaming experience.
Lower-detail rockets are to improve performance
Space battles are a problem. EVE Online essentially thrives on the large battles where thousands of players fight against each other. These space skirmishes repeatedly make headlines – but also negative ones. The MMORPG regularly struggles under the weight of this massive player count, making particularly large battles a real issue.
Developers want to make improvements. For months, CCP Games has stated that this problem is being worked on. It is just not so easy to resolve. However, the team wants players to enjoy battles again and be able to set new records.
New rockets are to help. During the space battles, players fire a lot of rockets. However, these are rendered as 3D objects, which together with the thousands of spaceships results in significant performance issues. Often, during the skirmishes, one gets the impression that the game has frozen. A new rendering method for the rockets is now supposed to ensure that they are no longer displayed as detailed. This relieves the game client, thereby improving the performance of EVE Online.
The developers state that apart from the representation of the rockets, nothing else will change. They will continue to behave as before and deal the same damage. An update for EVE Online introducing this change will be released tomorrow, Tuesday. Then fans will see how the MMORPG’s performance improves as a result.
