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Overwhelming Lag Issues = Not Spending $$$ On This Game

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Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:59
ChipmunkDJE
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Have lost easily 60ce due to lag issues of sorts. During any of the lag mentioned, my bars are ALWAYS reading max (4 bars, white). They come in a variety of flavors, but have been continually increasing as every patch is released. The lag comes in 3 main flavors.

1 - The Resist) With this type of lag, the character more often feels like he's stuck in place. I try to move to, say, the right and the game "forces" me to the left, a few rare times further left than my original position. Everyone else looks like they are moving fine except for myself, which gets stuck.

2 - The Ghosting) With this type of lag, all of a sudden everything in game ignores collision detection. You see any enemies that were once moving in a specific direction continue to move in that same direction, ignoring walls, floors, and the like. I can freely move around, but any interactions with the world are ignored, like hitting an enemy or block with my sword. This "ghosting" time happens for a variable amount of time until you are snapped back, at which whatever was happening in the game world is finally applied to you... aka taking whatever damage that hit you while you were "away".

3 - The Disconnect) Sometimes I'm all of a sudden booted to the login menu. But no error is listed. It looks as if I just started up the application. When I log in, I'm either sent to Haven (so any ce and heat gained are lost from my last floor), or sometimes I'm returned to that floor.... with no party... and nobody joining. The last time this happened, I was put back onto the Slime King floor. Waited for 20 min, not a single person joined, yet the Slime King T2 Dungeons are the ones that usually fill the fastest?

The above has been happening constantly and ruining my experience with the game. Especially with the disconnect stealing energy, I cannot see why it would be worth my money to purchase energy.

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 12:12
#1
Starcadet's picture
Starcadet
Ghosting = evil

I've had #2 a lot lately. Yesterday I could barely make it through a dungeon with my teammates because every so often, it would do this. Then I'd snap back. It's quite annoying and makes playing very difficult. :\

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 14:02
#2
Kgummy
Legacy Username
If I'm understanding what you

If I'm understanding what you mean right, I've been getting both one and two. Either at the same time, or alternating. My connectivity bar can be at any level it seems, but it tends to be at the lowest. Except, everyone else shows up normally on my screen. It's just me that literally gets bounced around.

I've lost quite a bit of energy because of this.

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 15:38
#3
Starcadet's picture
Starcadet
In addition

My connectivity has always had all the bars. And I've had no problems with my internet. It's all contained within the game. Sometimes I'll be able to move around, but the HUD lags--I won't see how much HP I have or the items I've recently picked up. All a bit weird.

Fri, 04/29/2011 - 02:21
#4
0ritfx
Legacy Username
Install something to measure

Install something to measure your network traffic - e.g. netmeter. My guess is that every time you have a lag the game takes up your entire upload capacity. If it is so, then you have a common problem listed both in bug reports and technical issues.
Many users simply experience lag without knowing the cause. Try that - it will not solve anything, but will make the problem more apparent. If 50% of lag issues will be related to upload spikes then developers will put even more efort - if available - in investigating and fixing the issue.

Fri, 04/29/2011 - 06:17
#5
Nevon
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This, a hundred times this.

I can confirm #1 and #2. It's incredibly annoying to be on a 100/10 mbps connection and still get lag spikes to the point where it's impossible to do anything.

Fri, 04/29/2011 - 20:13
#6
Starcadet's picture
Starcadet
Really getting annoyed

I was wondering if anyone knew if the staff was looking into this. This keeps happening to me and I've checked and followed the suggestions on the wiki to reduce lag. My laptop exceeds the minimum requirements for this game and I have everything as non-lag producing as possible (the graphics as low quality etc) and minimum things running in the background. This still happens and quite too often because I tend to die when this happens (as one of the triggers of the #2 ghosting for me is enemies popping up in ambush) which makes me use more energy than I'd really like. It's making it very difficult to enjoy this game.

And since the wiki says to also include this stuff, editing to include the specs for my laptop.
Laptop:
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU
Memory (RAM): 2.00GB
Operating System: Windows 7 (Aero turned off when the game starts just like the suggestions say)
Video Memory: 812 MB

Sat, 04/30/2011 - 02:07
#7
Nevon
Legacy Username
RE: Really getting annoyed

Your system specs shouldn't cause the kind of lag you're talking about. It could be your network connection, but seeing as how people with great connections are having the same problems, I'd say it's likely the issue is not on our side.

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 10:37
#8
Asanagi
you kids are amazing, it's

you kids are amazing, it's like you've never played an online game before

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 22:16
#9
Dirt
Legacy Username
I have had no issues and only

I have had no issues and only once did I experience the "ghosting" while I was at a single bar. The only lag I experience is system lag when viewing items in my inventory.

Sat, 05/07/2011 - 12:39
#10
DannyThrash
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@Methanol. No, what is

@Methanol.
No, what is amazing is that you believe that these sort of connection issues are normal. I have never had connection issues like this, as often as this.

Just about every time i log onto SK i experience all 3 of these problems. I play DDO, no problem. Xbox Live, no problem. Download porn all night, no problem. What is amazing is that i can make it through a full tier run with these conditions, thank god i have not spent any money on CE.
Now, I'm not going to sit here and act like i know exactly what the problem is and how to fix it, i have no idea why this is happening. But i do know that these forums are being flooded with the same lag complaints, so i'm pretty confident that it is out of our (the player's) hands.
At any rate, I agree with the OP. Until these issues are remedied, I am not spending anything on CE.

Sun, 05/08/2011 - 08:59
#11
jarodyks
Legacy Username
i'm experience disconnection

i'm experiencing disconnection the most. booted just like that. crowns gone, energy gone.

now the 1st few times this happened i'm fine, mainly because i did not pay for any of the CE. but now that i did, (9.95 which is 30bucks after conversion from where i come from), this is an outright outrage.

please do something about this and please offer some kinda reimbursement (like gimme back my lost CE but as if that'll ever happen.)

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