Originally Posted by
Cindir
The last sentence is not right. The fact that an old machine can run without lag says nothing about whether other PCs should be able to run the game (or whether it is "all hardware"). It IS hardware - the problem is that the game is not optimized to run on all types of PC hardware (unlike most games released today).
What we are seeing is some PCs can run the game well, and other PCs that are much better gaming PCs cannot run well. It IS about hardware - just there is no simple logic to it - like all machine better than your should be fine. With so many report from players, we know some very good machine cannot run well since RoR, and it is due to a lack of optimization. Somehow, they did not build RoR and Bree graphics correctly so it will run on most PCs (or all that meet basic specs).
So no, its not the internet, or people's PCs, or inherent lag, or anything - it's just problems with the game that cause it to not run well even on very good gaming PCs. Only Turbine can fix this - if they put enough resources into fixing it. I wonder if they have given up though - and so are not saying anything to players because they don't have any good news for us on these issues.