Fair for all

[cloud elk]

Lowering the foliage and render distance doesn't do as much as you think
The graphic settings are already far more limiting that other PC games. Preventing them being changed at all would likely drive away people who need to rely on lower settings just to get the best frames they can

[sullen musk]

Agreed to both of you guys 👍 .

[thin bluff]

[zenith summit]

Sorry, its still a way to get a heads up. Its borderline cheating and def. Gives A advantage. So, needs to be done away with

[cloud elk]

such is the way of PC gaming. The game runs bad enough, forcing everyone to use max graphics is a terrible idea.

[sullen musk]

yep, but at the same time it's not any 3rd party software being used for it, so it can't be qualified as cheating
and everybody can do that

[split stream]

Who cares though? Maybe a few guys who play comp, but im sure about 98% of the playerbase just plays on setting that work well on their setup. I get the reasoning, but realisticly how often does it affect the outcome of a match?

[zenith summit]

So allowing them to have a leg up is a good idea?

[cloud elk]

its not a good idea but its just the way it is. Its not that big of an advantage anyways really
the biggest foliage is still rendered at long ranges even with lower graphics.
The graphic settings themselves are very limited and even at lowest its hard to spot people. The only thing that really gets effected by the foliage and view distance settings that could make a slight difference is grass which is often low enough to see someone in anyways.
Unlike other games you cant potato the graphics to a point all foliage stops rendering and all textures are a blurred mess to make people stand out.
I think you keep getting killed in game when trying to hide and blaming it on "exploits"
@sullen musk Since the 2 hour cooldown stinks
Even so I would rather they not force everyone to use the maximum graphics, changing specific parts of the map to render for a further distance no matter the settings, like the wheat fields, would be best in this case. The game already runs bad enough, I would rather get the most I can out of the frame rates.
only people I can see actually using it to get the upper hand in finding garrisons would be comp sweat lords and I have no respect for them by default

[sullen musk]

it can make a difference though, even a huge one... more than you think
for example if a garrison is "hidden" inside of a wheat field that on the lowest available settings is not rendering even from quite a small distance (for instance the wheat field SE of the Checkpoint on SME)... but applies pretty much on most of the wheatfields
it has a strong impact on the course of the match

while when one has the view distance maxed, the wheat fields are visible much further