I don't understand why us customers are having to suffer under the number of people who are draining the servers, who havn't paid for the game, and making us customers suffer.
Anet should have saw this coming, and upgraded their servers to cope with the weekend. It's been absolutly impossible to play gw over the weekend. Err7 galore, 1kb/s download speed, new builds of guild wars every other hour, and the lag is beyond explainable.
saying all that, all the skills take about 10 seconds to load. If i click on someone, casting a spell / skill, the image is a little egg timer for about 2 seconds. My skill bar goes blank for a few seconds, black boxes, egg timers, all sorts. I mean, what is going on?!
Beyond a joke
UBS
Avarre
Erm... I get the hourglass thing for 1/2s max. After the first day, there isn't any more abnormal lag at all. Not sure why you're overloaded with lag..
-Loki-
Arenanet did the global keys for the Factions PvP event, and the servers were so strained they were laggy for months. They just got them repaired/upgraded, and they did it again. Be prepared for horrible lag for another 2 months.
Phaern Majes
Um... I understand why. If Anet lets more people try out the game, then its more likely that more people will buy the game. Which would lead to more money, and that in turn leads to better servers. So really its a good thing. So what if the weekend is a bit laggy everythings going to be deleted, so you can start from scratch and enjoy the full experience of it when it releases.
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Um... I understand why. If Anet lets more people try out the game, then its more likely that more people will buy the game. Which would lead to more money, and that in turn leads to better servers.
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sinican
this is a load test and it is a beta preview event what is hard to understand about this...
YOU PAID NOTHING FOR THIS PREVIEW EVENT...
you cant do a load test without trying to max out the servers and you cant have a beta and NOT fix the problems...
this event was not strickly made so you can enjoy yourself or to suck new players into the game...
ITS CALLED QUALITY CONTROL
YOU PAID NOTHING FOR THIS PREVIEW EVENT...
you cant do a load test without trying to max out the servers and you cant have a beta and NOT fix the problems...
this event was not strickly made so you can enjoy yourself or to suck new players into the game...
ITS CALLED QUALITY CONTROL
Amity and Truth
What lag?
I'm not experiencing the slightest lag today. It is hell of a lot better than the Factions Preview with the constant rubber banding.
I'm not experiencing the slightest lag today. It is hell of a lot better than the Factions Preview with the constant rubber banding.
nomercy
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YOU PAID NOTHING FOR THIS PREVIEW EVENT...
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UBS
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this is a load test and it is a beta preview event what is hard to understand about this...
YOU PAID NOTHING FOR THIS PREVIEW EVENT... you cant do a load test without trying to max out the servers and you cant have a beta and NOT fix the problems... this event was not strickly made so you can enjoy yourself or to suck new players into the game... ITS CALLED QUALITY CONTROL |
Amity and Truth
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What the topic starter means, is that we payed for the game and now we can hardly play it cause the servers are too busy full of people who didnt buy it.
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Phaern Majes
Heh this is becomeing a flamefest fast. Name calling and porn insinuations. Now lets move on the your mother jokes, and maybe through in a few discriminating remarks. Seriously lets grow up.
I personally don't experience much lag while I play. Occassionally I do get some, but when I login to see over 40 districts in some towns, then I'm not surprised that its there. As sinican said this isn't just to give us a treat, but it also allows them to test it out abit. Some peoples connections can handle it others can't, or at least not as well. Alas, the bane of online games.
I personally don't experience much lag while I play. Occassionally I do get some, but when I login to see over 40 districts in some towns, then I'm not surprised that its there. As sinican said this isn't just to give us a treat, but it also allows them to test it out abit. Some peoples connections can handle it others can't, or at least not as well. Alas, the bane of online games.
nomercy
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You might want to check your personal connection first. I'm connecting from europe, the realm of lag and this weekend has zero lag (minus small bugs in the NIghtfall preview that have been fixed). Yes, zero lag. Even normal playing with no event is lagging more... so check your fricking connection and stop insulting others.
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UBS
I'm on the best package broadband. I usually get 600kb download speeds from arenanet servers, but i'm because set back to 0-10kb.
Which yes, means the servers bandwidth is being drained. So it has nothing to do with my internet connection.
Which yes, means the servers bandwidth is being drained. So it has nothing to do with my internet connection.
nomercy
Same here. 20 MB/s connection and 10 kb/s download?
Natalie Bredesfjord
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stfu. Im not complaining about lag (learn2read) and im insulting cause I cant stand people WHO TALK IN CAPS AND DONT MAKE ANY SENSE.
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Saraphim
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stfu. Im not complaining about lag (learn2read) and im insulting cause I cant stand people WHO TALK IN CAPS AND DONT MAKE ANY SENSE.
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I'll be amazed if this thread is even here the next time I log in.
For the record. Had a fair bit of lag the first couple of hours, but only in towns and outposts. I've been fairly impressed with it as a preview of what's to come.
icedragon981
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Heh this is becomeing a flamefest fast. Name calling and porn insinuations. Now lets move on the your mother jokes, and maybe through in a few discriminating remarks. Seriously lets grow up.
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stfu. Im not complaining about lag (learn2read) and im insulting cause I cant stand people WHO TALK IN CAPS AND DONT MAKE ANY SENSE.
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Brustow
Hi,
Welcome to the wonderful world of a MMOG, without a monthly subscription fee. Where sales of the game is the only thing keeping things going. Rather than the steady flow of incoming cash from already subscribed customers.
Marketing goes into a full gear and "Free Events" are put into play where 1000's of additional players can hop on to an already struggling sever structure and play the game for free. With hopes to attract more sales.
A MMOG without a monthly subscription fee. It's going to suck sometimes. Get used to it.
Welcome to the wonderful world of a MMOG, without a monthly subscription fee. Where sales of the game is the only thing keeping things going. Rather than the steady flow of incoming cash from already subscribed customers.
Marketing goes into a full gear and "Free Events" are put into play where 1000's of additional players can hop on to an already struggling sever structure and play the game for free. With hopes to attract more sales.
A MMOG without a monthly subscription fee. It's going to suck sometimes. Get used to it.
Taurohtar
There really isn't any lag for me neither. Lagging people must have slow connection speed, or even Dial Up 
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Also, check for hidden P2P programs uploading from other comps on your network. CTRL+ALT+DEL and find them in the processes list. I have to do it on my brothers for Ares because it doesnt un-install and it doesnt show in the Icon tray.
.Also, check for hidden P2P programs uploading from other comps on your network. CTRL+ALT+DEL and find them in the processes list. I have to do it on my brothers for Ares because it doesnt un-install and it doesnt show in the Icon tray.
Kabale
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Loviatar
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because? you meant perhaps
do something else if you cant stand the game for the weekend.
zero ...........
lag/rubberbanding/errors of any number
Hockster
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saying all that, all the skills take about 10 seconds to load. If i click on someone, casting a spell / skill, the image is a little egg timer for about 2 seconds. My skill bar goes blank for a few seconds, black boxes, egg timers, all sorts. I mean, what is going on?!
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scrinner
Not much lag here. half second Egg timers, The Game runs a bit mroe chunkier (Characters dont walk straight without stopping atleast once due to lag) but its not laggy to hell. This is actually pretty good.
shrouded^god
Im not having a problem with lag or anything really...if you cant wait the 0.5 of a second for your skills to load...go play WoW...
Stockholm
Been online since Nightfall event started, and have had no lag problem, lot's of new builts, yes.
Clean your computer, shutdown all chat programs, and stop downloading pornmovies from p2p sites while you play, this will improve the bandwith.
Clean your computer, shutdown all chat programs, and stop downloading pornmovies from p2p sites while you play, this will improve the bandwith.
Anduin
Was laggy yesterday, so I stopped playing. Can't wait to see what it's like today. And it isn't my computer, as it is normally non laggy. It isn't my connection, as I normally have P2P programs on, and still don't lag. It's the servers. Yes, I know some of you seem to have immense trouble placing any blame on your precious A.net gods, or finding fault in them in any way. But, sometimes, it is their fault.
Ole Man Bourbon
Guild Wars is far and away the least buggy, least laggy MMO I've ever played. The downtime I've experienced is close to nil.
Gwmaster
the only lag i got was wen everytime i got out with koss i crashed..
the game runs smooth for me, and if i got 1-2 err7 in the day its because i didnt install my new router yet...(old one is shit and keeps saying that a network cable is unpluged.)
the game runs smooth for me, and if i got 1-2 err7 in the day its because i didnt install my new router yet...(old one is shit and keeps saying that a network cable is unpluged.)
Stockholm
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Was laggy yesterday, so I stopped playing. Can't wait to see what it's like today. And it isn't my computer, as it is normally non laggy. It isn't my connection, as I normally have P2P programs on, and still don't lag. It's the servers. Yes, I know some of you seem to have immense trouble placing any blame on your precious A.net gods, or finding fault in them in any way. But, sometimes, it is their fault.
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( I give them hell when ever I can), but I have had no lag what so ever during this event , SO FAR.
led-zep
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Im not having a problem with lag or anything really...if you cant wait the 0.5 of a second for your skills to load...go play WoW...
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2 points for this muppet
1. cant wait 0.5 of a second for skills to load? this guy has never played as an interrupter obviously as 0.5 of a second matters.
2. want him to go play WoW? great answer loser, do you only want gw for you and your little mates and everyone else who doesnt think like you should go play WoW? nice job, anet just decided gw isnt a viable product now and you have no servers to play on.
dgb
15 err7s throughout the event, none throughout the preceeding week. Nothing changed on my end - Anets servers couldn't handle it.
I've hardly played at all, mostly just looking through the skills or power-running through the early part of the preview to unlock skills, not even thinking about trying to do any competitive PVP at the moment. 2s delay on a monk is fatal.
I've hardly played at all, mostly just looking through the skills or power-running through the early part of the preview to unlock skills, not even thinking about trying to do any competitive PVP at the moment. 2s delay on a monk is fatal.
Loviatar
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15 err7s throughout the event, none throughout the preceeding week. Nothing changed on my end - Anets servers couldn't handle it.
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which would you rather have it be found out........now..........or when the game comes out.
Kabale
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dgb
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and this gives them the chance to fix things before the real game comes out sherlock.
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It was blindingly obvious that this was going to severely increase server load, yet obviously there was not enough increase in server capacity despite prior knowledge that server demand was going to spike up.
This was meant to be an advertisement, the only thing it's advertised to me is that A-Net doesn't understand how to put in a capacity buffer.
The Monk of Illusion
It works just the same for me..
Priceykins
so far after quite alot of play this weekend, ive had 1 tiny rubberband, n thats it.
I had loads of lag before this weekend, but my new gfx card arrived yestersay, so i assume the lag i suffered was comp based. mainly.
I did suffer fromt he curse of 3kbs downloads on a 1meg broadband service :/, but that can be expcted when lots of people are trying to download the patches fromt he servers, plus it wasnt really that bad, as the patches(at least for me) were tiny, in comparison to that 400meg one recently
Jus so you know, i play in europe, aka lag central, and havent even had 1 007 this weeked, so i am assuming anets servers are running ok.
I had loads of lag before this weekend, but my new gfx card arrived yestersay, so i assume the lag i suffered was comp based. mainly.
I did suffer fromt he curse of 3kbs downloads on a 1meg broadband service :/, but that can be expcted when lots of people are trying to download the patches fromt he servers, plus it wasnt really that bad, as the patches(at least for me) were tiny, in comparison to that 400meg one recently
Jus so you know, i play in europe, aka lag central, and havent even had 1 007 this weeked, so i am assuming anets servers are running ok.
Lord Palidore
To the OP:
This is what's called business..
Whether any of us really like it or not, the goal of any business, including Anet, is to make money. Doing events like this help gain new customers, and new customers = more money = good updates and more expansions for people like us.
Also, I havn't experienced any error 7's for over a year now. The only real problem I've had with the event is some lag every now and then.
This is what's called business..
Whether any of us really like it or not, the goal of any business, including Anet, is to make money. Doing events like this help gain new customers, and new customers = more money = good updates and more expansions for people like us.
Also, I havn't experienced any error 7's for over a year now. The only real problem I've had with the event is some lag every now and then.
leeky baby
Ya i keep getting the egg timer thing quite annoying hope it goes after this weekend.
Vilaptca
Personal insults, equals thread closed.