i sit next to people for 1 hour+ and they just won't pop up. everything set to max (except highly efficient l2 shadows ~_~), people keep loading just fine... but some stay invisible even while further away new arrivals are loading.
that setting was replaced long ago, wasn't it? http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5201/shot00025r.jpg bleh, screenshot doesnt capture mouse position. it's over some dude who's sitting there selling a bomt for ages now, and he's just not loading while people load and port away etc all around.