I.P address in loading screen corner.

Thorondor Port

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

British Columbia

W/

yes, its there.

Axe Addict

Axe Addict

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Down Under to the right

TOG

W/Mo

Its there but the question should be WHY ??

LostHere

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

There's also a little icon at the bottom right of the playing screen that shows (when you hover the mouse pointer over) the frame rates, ping, and server ip.

lishi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

knowing witch ip you are connecting have it uses.

es. you can trancert how many jump are between you and arenanet server.

but probabily if you know what is trancert you could find the ip address even without this feature.

did someone tried to ping that address?

it used be disabled on the gw servers maybe they fixed it

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

It has to do with the reconect update that was implemented, by remembering your IP adress they can reconect you to where you were.

droz

droz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Wyoming

This Space For [Rent]

N/Me

That is not your ip address, it is the server you are connecting to, so that they may address connection issues on specific servers.

Shadis

Shadis

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

Yeah, looks like something that's more for them than us.

Warmaster Patton

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Insanity

Vis Decus Vertus [vDv]

R/

The IP address also shows up the top-right corner when you go to a loading screen.

^I agree^

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Warmaster Patton
The IP address also shows up the top-right corner when you go to a loading screen.

^I agree^
Top left on mine!

B Ephekt

B Ephekt

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Team Crystalline [TC]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by lishi
it used be disabled on the gw servers maybe they fixed it
It's disabled on purpose.

Apple

Apple

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/Mo

That IP address is the GW server's IP, not your own. GG.

erfweiss

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Cold Black Eyes

W/A

You wouldn't want a public IP like that pingable. With the common knowledge of that, someone running a ping of death would be crippling to the server. Routers are easily configured to ignore pings.

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by wetsparks
It has to do with the reconect update that was implemented, by remembering your IP adress they can reconect you to where you were.
Even if that were true, there's no actual reason to show the user, since it's a completely automated function.

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Axe Addict
Its there but the question should be WHY ??
It helps you make more meaningful bug reports to us, allowing us to more easily address the issues that you need us to address. If you include that information in a Support Ticket, we can act even more quickly. It's not required, but it's very helpful information for us to know, especially in instances when everything seems to be running smoothly but a single server is wiggy.

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

"Wiggy"?? I guess that's the new technical term for FUBARed.

Arcador

Arcador

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

--

R/N

A pair of usefull info is always welcome.

Vandal2k6

Vandal2k6

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Manchester, UK

The Manchester Marauders

W/Rt

lol, wiggy. I'm using that one

Hengis

Hengis

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

London

Better Than Life (BTL)

R/

There is also a new status indicator at the bottom right of the screen showing Ping, Average Ping and Frames Per Second.

All good stuff!

Feminist Terrorist

Feminist Terrorist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Oh Noes! The 'burbs!

"Wiggy" has been around for decades. Darn whippersnappers.

Feminist Terrorist

Feminist Terrorist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Oh Noes! The 'burbs!

My life makes me feel old.