maint didn’t change anything, have to stick with 32 bit channel…it still lags though. oddly enough my god dh, BS necro, and other chars have zero issues: it’s just FB builds that is doing it. something is messed up still.
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So you gonna share it here with us or what!?
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It also lags out anyone else in the game. Anytime a firebird wizard joins lobby I need to turn off my sound.
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Well thank gut…sound channels to 16 fixed it. Thanks for info. Thought my old 970 was dying on me, or maybe the CPU.
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How come Blizzard doesn’t even reply,…? Someone from Blizzard can at least say something here and acknowledge the issue!? God horrible!!! Say something!!! @BLIZZARD!!! Yes you know? Your working on it? You need more feedback? Or ignoring it and just let the season fly live tonight,… so tired of giving feed back, suggesting things, same with PTR,… Blizzard no where to be seen,… have no way to know if anyone who matters even reads what we post.
Didn’t clearly announce update day just moved server maintenance to Wed. and let everyone assume it’s Wed. and we all lose one last day to push Leader Boards before the era ends. Thanks.
Patchbot on Discord still hasn’t announced the update or season,…
You don’t even put the info. on the “NEW” BNet app.,… like what gives dudes what’s wrong!?
Don’t address Etched Sigil issue just let it fly,…
Anyone home!? Sorry for the call out but seriously this is fail not even responding and acknowledging it at the least.
BTW: I don’t want D2,… I don’t want D4,… please re-master III,… thanks! 
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BUMP.
Season started any new info. on this,… Blizzard,… anyone!?
Is it being looked into or anything being done at all,…?
I state: I am not a programmer, I am a videogame enthusiast with basic knowledge in pc gaming.
blizzard could not solve it by going to fix the audio management in the first place (perhaps by canceling similar audio with very minimal delays between them, or by merging different audio into a single one or in minor ones of lesser weight for the sound card) and then also solving video problems (perhaps simplifying the animations and extending them over time while leaving the damage ticks unchanged, in short, as a “fake channeling”)
and then also work on how the machine accumulates and returns the damage values.
from my tests done with firebird the 3 problems are: audio, video performance and server side calculation. and i’m playing on valid media .use 16gb ram ddr4, core i 7 9k +, rtx 2060 super with decent cooling and ssd for system and main / gaming programs
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I agree with this but also know that this is their job. To keep the game running smooth and they are certified in their fields,… but to not even reply or acknowledge issues,… I’m getting so sick of it.
I try so hard to be nice.
Disable audio for Mirror Images or until a solution is found and done,…? (Maybe my mind thinks things should be so simple,…)
I am no programmer either so I dunno if it’s as simple as I suggest. I assume not or it would be done,…
EDIT: So frustrating,… the build is so awesome and fun,… maybe more than anything I have played since the game was released even with the stutters lol.
Also now realizing this is bad for group if you pull to many mobs in high GR’s. It may as well be a whole group with AD. on.
It’s the DOT (damage over time) the server can’t handle the calculations of it on multiple mobs and still run smooth just like AD. (area damage).
I am having the same problem. Nothing helps. If this is going to be a problem for rest of a season i’m done… i am not going to do my own fixing because this is not my problem. It’s Blizzards problem. This was supposed be a wizard season but i just can’t play it at this point.
EDIT. So changing sound from 128 to 32 helps completly. Freezing and lag is gone but… why is this my problem ? Why i should serch for a solution ?
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if decreasing “sound channels” to 16 (or 32) directly in game does not help, try to locate your sound driver/control pane and decrease “sampling frequency” to 16 bit and 44100 Hz - should be enough (sometimes it is described just as “quality” and set it to lower settings. (this settings can be located through windows settings - sound > playback device - your main sound device - double click it - details/advenced and “default format”.
With this settings game is much more playble - not without hiccups, but good enough.
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Man I thought my PC was dying. Glad I’m not the only one having these issues 
Same issue here, its spoiling the game and I have died many times due to this bug, i have tried the “fixes” suggestted here and none work. I have never had this isssue prior to this season.
have to do the FMOD trick , haven’t had a problem once . the devs are to lazy to fix this 2 year problem good luck.
there will be a maintenance next day, a downtime mid season is a very unusual move, hope they will fix this.
I don’t think this is a wizard mirror image issue. Having the same issue with necro. 3 freezes per rift that last about 3 seconds per freeze… cmon blizzard.
Literally cant play my Mirror Wizzard.
Massive fps drops, freezes, lag spikes.
i7-9700k / Gtx 2070 super.
Cant play in 2k 144hz, fps in groups drops to 40-60.
Good i check this topic almost was thinking my computer is fu**ed.
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Having the same issue on my Wizard. In my experience it isn’t mirror images as I dropped them and still locked up. What fixed it for me was taking off Convention of Elements. Not sure if the players having issues on other classes were also running CoE.
Edit: Also want to add that me wearing Convention made my friend have fps drops as well and performance issues.
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I can confirm, CoE is part of this problem. I have 1 second lag almost on every use of Mirror Image with CoE. I have 0% of Area Damage, 16 sound channels, i tried to change graphic settings. But i stop lagging only if i take off CoE.
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Same here, as soon as I take off CoE the lag goes away but with it on I start chunking something fierce and this has never occurred before this season for me personally. I also notice the frame drops a bit even just wearing the ring now when in town e.t.c but ramps up in intensity when using mirror images in combat with it equipped to the point I can’t use it anymore. I tried the sound channel changes and they didn’t do anything for me but removing CoE worked for what ever weird reason.