Conenction Question

[bizango]

I am using a dialup connection that in my rural setting doesn't often connect faster than 28.8. I am also running at minimum specs for processor & memory (graphics card is ok) so what I am seing may be from that. In summary, you should do fine. Details follow.

Download time for patches is something I've learned to live with. At 1MB every six minutes, I just hope no patch ever gets very big or I will need to ask for a patch CD.

Load time when entering the game or entering a new zone is noticable, but again tolerable because you aren't really on the game's local clock yet.

I do get low frame rates in graphically intense areas, but that is likely other issues.

I never seem to get modembound. My firsthand experience with DAOC bandwidth problems - as soon as 50+ enemy players come into range I get modembound and go linkdead - isn't likely to happen here. Those problems are due to the huge amount of positional and actional information multiplied by identification of each specific item in view so they can be rendered. I don't seem to have that problem here. In cities, there are a lot of NPC people, but they are performing a limited number of actions and wearing a limited variety of gear. There is more variety in PC actions & gear but I've never seen upward of 100 PCs in the same area so cannot judge what will happen...