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Thanks for the feedback! There are items that can increase your movement speed, but yeah I agree walking around still feels a little slow. I want aggroing a mob to feel dangerous so I don’t want the player to be able to easily outrun them, but having mob speed turned up feels super punishing because you can’t react fast enough to outrun them. Maybe there’s an out of combat movement speed?

DearFox161 days ago

I wasn't even referring to the walking speed, but rather how it works. The player can't walk diagonally; when changing direction, the character first turns and only then starts walking.

aceysmith42 days ago

While the game is still designed to have an orthogonal grid, I've done a good bit to improve the responsiveness while moving and turning. I'd love to get an updated opinion if you have the time, thanks!

DearFox34 days ago

I still have the feeling that all my actions are only completed once the server confirms them. That's probably why everything in the game feels so slow. I think my ping is high.

aceysmith34 days ago

Yeah, it is a server authoritative so that’s likely it. Thanks for the feedback and follow up though! If the game ever gets some traction, deploying to more regions to improve latency for players is definitely high on the list!

DearFox25 days ago

Or you can allow the player to perform client-side actions immediately upon receiving a command from the user, simultaneously sending data to the server for verification. If, for example, the player's position is suspect, you send the client a teleportation command to the location the server deems correct. All interaction checks also go through the server.

This won't fix the problem completely, but at least some actions may be more responsive even with high ping.

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