Three things that Nexon should do!

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thread starter alqannas Oct 08 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

no, this isn't about the new lag, but it's kinda related, so keep reading. Try to at least read the bold text (few lines, kinda like a summary) , as this may turn out to be a wall of text, I added explanation for those interested. These are three things that I think Nexon should do to improve the game quality: 1- Remove the "To All" chat history in the Free Markets: Reason: let's face it, the chat box and chat history are the most computationally expensive operations to perform. It is so computationally expensive, people are using it as the main attack in d/c hacks ... and Nexon hasn't fixed that yet. If you think about it, if a person can d/c you by sending you a, let's say 1k messages a sec, then you should be disconnected if 1k people send you a single message in a single second. With a handful of advertising bots sending dozens of messages per second and some 100 other maplers selling their items, it is not hard to achieve 1k message a second. Remember that the presence of a hundred or so maplers jumping around adds latency too. If your argument is that what if does not reach 1k message ... well then you don't d/c, but you lag as hell. Computer-wise, printing text is a very computationally expensive and that's why it should be avoided. Personal Experience: I was working with Java and I wrote an app that does a particular sequence. I wanted to display that sequence to see if my code is working as expected. The program with the printing took 12 seconds to fully run, meanwhile it took less than a second to finish without the display! This is the case in many computer languages and that includes C++ (MS code). Pros: • Less lag • Easy to see other chat from buddies, guildies, etc. • The history is not needed anyways (you pretty much get a new history page every second), so nothing is lost Cons: • Restricted open chatting in empty FM channels with friends/guildies from different towns/islands (Note: this can be overcome by creating mini-FMs, like mini-dungeons, but for socializing) • Might allow for new techniques of d/c hacking (depends how Nexon does on that) • Some people are saying that this requires reprogramming the entire chatting box. I'll keep this here, even though I highly doubt it 2- Add automatic detection and banning of automated chatting: Reason: This is the root of d/c hacking softwares and advertiser ones ... and with automated detection, they'd be gone. The funny thing is that Nexon warms you when you type too fast (when you press the up arrow and enter quickly), but it doesn't say anything when a computer does that! Is it because the software code that checks this is client-sided, or is that the program is typing too fast, their server goes like "wth, I'll let them through!"? Either way, I don't care, there must be an automated system to check the frequency of the sent chats. If it's like 0.5 seconds, 0.25 seconds, then display that message when you manually spam (up then enter), but when the time between one message and the next