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FinalRebel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

W/Mo

12 Aug 2010 at 06:23 - 1

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpyderArachnid

Yeah just tried logging back on again this afternoon and it is still bad.

Pings range from 10k-30k, Constant rubberbanding, locking up skills, not responding, and more than enough constant DC's.

I know it's not just me, cause I was doing Battle for Lion's Arch, and everyone in the party, all human players, were all having massive lag and constant DC's. When I stand around in town, my ping is fine. Ranging 100-1k at most. But if I try to leave town and do anything (mission, explore, quest, etc), I get massive lag and then DC over and over.

Seems the only thing I can do now ingame is sit in town doing nothing now. It's become an online chat room for me and several others now.

Exactly the same thing a friend of mine and myself are experiencing, guess we know now that we got "hosed". We will be creating a website to inform people what they will do to you after you spend money on GW2.

I'll post some photos of the proof, I have always had a ping below 100 with an occasional spike to 250 but I am getting 2-3k constant now with spikes of 34k+. All info will be included on the website when we get it up and running. We have before and after photos of the server pings before and after this "move".

We went through this before with another game company and we need to give them 7 days to respond to the problem. (We got legal advice last time due to threats) Their legal department will send us a letter that we can't post the screenshots on our website due to copyright infringement, at that time we will refuse to take them down and then they will contact the company that hosts the website and threaten them as well, once that happens we will be forced to remove the screenshots but we will keep them as proof of our claims. But the word will get out to the public, through our website as well as the youtube community. We are still collecting screenshots from others in the game in preparation. Outside of that there is nothing we can do about it, we got "hosed" and have to live with it. Our organization believes we have a responsibility to inform the public of dirty corporate greed, and that is what we intend to do. Good luck all, sorry this happened to so many of us, we can only move forward.

pipskicks

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

12 Aug 2010 at 06:55 - 2

GJ but since they asked for until like Aug. 12th at least, you shot your gun early.

Quail Stomp

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2010

N/A

12 Aug 2010 at 07:00 - 3

Im not sure how to respond to this. I know other people in my alliance bitching about the ping increase but my ping dropped some and have not had any problems. Sucks for you and the other guys but im happy with it.

Chocobo1

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

New Zealand

CoA

N/

12 Aug 2010 at 07:03 - 4

New Zealand here, no difference in ping.

Targren

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Primeval Warlords[wuw]

R/

12 Aug 2010 at 07:06 - 5

Florida here. Average latency has actually gone down. with the occasional short-lived spike (a few seconds every few hours, tops).

pinkeyflower

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2010

12 Aug 2010 at 07:26 - 6

My ping's gone up by around 100-120 ms. RA is completely horrible. Frequent DCs and code 15.

Edit: Played around five 1v0 games today

charlzz93

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2009

London

[GS]/[ToA]/[Zraw]

Me/

12 Aug 2010 at 07:35 - 7

Im in London and my ping has gone down, used to get pretty bad lag most of the time but been all good so far.

tadevil

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Presearing Ascalon. ;D

Uhh

Mo/

12 Aug 2010 at 07:41 - 8

This lag you speak of doesn't exist, it's all in your head.

You have such little faith in the new servers you're imagining lag and disconnects.

FinalRebel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

W/Mo

12 Aug 2010 at 07:46 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quail Stomp

Im not sure how to respond to this. I know other people in my alliance bitching about the ping increase but my ping dropped some and have not had any problems. Sucks for you and the other guys but im happy with it.

good but where are you from?

Most info we have gotten so far is from the West Coast and Canada with the largest problems. We have screenshots of Oregon, Washington and Canada all similar to the ones I posted. The ones posted are from Washington State home of the original game server.

Florida & Texas and some overseas countries (go figure) are reporting only few to occasional problems. England is reporting big problems though, I know a few from UK on the forums have said they are getting good gameplay but England players in game are reporting bad lag spikes.

Still collecting info on California, Idaho and Montana but so far they are claiming bad lag spikes and totally losing connection with server. Same as Washington, Oregon and Canada.

Unrelated Side Note:
The server is still located in Austin Texas btw, which is exactly where it was before. But the server has no integrity ping can go from 68ms to 35,000+ms. A decrease in bandwidth will give priority to some zones over others, can even shut out some areas completely, seen it many times. 35k/ms is a zero packet flow condition plain and simple.

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

12 Aug 2010 at 07:49 - 10

My ping is just fine here
(Sweden)

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

12 Aug 2010 at 07:50 - 11

A lot of people seem to be complaining about high pings. I have had a perfect ping (and by this, I mean my ping is the same as its always been pre-move) ever since the servers went back live so, I can't complain.

(Atlanta, Georgia)

Zaxan Razor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

12 Aug 2010 at 08:01 - 12

My pings have been exactly the same since before the move.

SkekSister

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2008

Brighton UK

12 Aug 2010 at 08:26 - 13

OP - Classic kneejerk, OTT, disproportionate reaction. Thanks for the lulz.

(My ping has improved btw.)

TheRanger

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

12 Aug 2010 at 08:31 - 14

I can barely do anything without my GW client freezing. Is anyone else having this problem? GW ran no problem prior to yesterday.

tadevil

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Presearing Ascalon. ;D

Uhh

Mo/

12 Aug 2010 at 08:38 - 15

On a more serious note,

My character seems to have a mind of it's own sometimes and it will just wander around even after I let go of my keys or I'll move slightly and it'll just walk/teleport/slide/moon bounce to the other side of the map.

I also keep lagging out on loading screens, I get connecting 0% for about 5 minutes then it gives me error=007.

I think it's requesting that James Bond moves the servers back to their original location.

I'm not happy, it has happened several times in the past hour and before yesterday I've never had this issue or much issue with lag for a long time.

Edit:

RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO you Anet.

Jesus christ, it's getting more frequent for me.

Masmar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

Aberdeen, Scotland

We Gat Dis [HRUU]

E/

12 Aug 2010 at 08:40 - 16

From Scotland ive had a good ping

fowlero

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

England, UK

We Are The One And Only [rR]

12 Aug 2010 at 08:46 - 17

Pretty much sums up PvP at the moment.

biofrog

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Saucy Scorchers

E/

12 Aug 2010 at 08:48 - 18

Unfortunately pictures mean nothing. It is pretty easy to artificially boost the ping up, then take a screenshot..

Nihal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2009

aLL

W/

12 Aug 2010 at 09:01 - 19

the real horrible thing is michal scofield that hold o.ò.

(jokin

)

yeh a lot of ppl crashed changing zone... baaaaaaaaah

Slasher of Darkness

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2008

Lots of places~

D/

12 Aug 2010 at 09:07 - 20

From Estonia, have had no lag spikes at all since new servers went up, everything's been as smooth as it can ever be. Ping's been green and rarely orange, and it's still smooth.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

12 Aug 2010 at 09:14 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkekSister

OP - Classic kneejerk, OTT, disproportionate reaction.

I agree. Anytime things get switched around like this server move, problems like this are bound to come up. Instead of throwing a tantrum (Creating a website to proclaim that "A-Net is mean to me."... Give me a break.) over less than a day's worth of lag issues, how about having a little patience and give them time to sort out whatever bugs cropped up?

Post your screenies, tell them where in the world you are, and maybe, just maybe those evil people at Arena Net will take time out from their GW2 "we screwed our customers" marketing campaign/celebration and fix the problem.

Meridon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2008

Funny Business Inc [FBI]

12 Aug 2010 at 09:34 - 22

@ OP: Boohoo. GW is going to die in the end and there's nothing you can do about it. It only makes sense from a business perspective to slowly discontinue a product that doesn't get any return. GW1 is making Anet lose money, that is until they can get the playerbase to migrate to GW2. Anyone with the least bit of sense who happens to read your website, will know that you can't compare the state that GW1 is now in (dead) to the state that GW2 is going to be in after release. If you want the support of a good server, you pay the bill for it.

You can try and be as anarcho-punk as you want by bashing them with a website, with your 'dirty corporate greed' and all, but the truth is they don't owe you anything. We didn't get hosed. We enjoyed 5 years of wonderful gameplay and now it's almost at its end. Get over it.

Also, who do you think you are to give Anet an ultimatum? The fact that you're speaking in terms of 'we' and 'organization' is ridiculous. No-one will ever take you seriously on this.

My advice to you: go get a job.

Elentari

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

[Te]

W/

12 Aug 2010 at 09:38 - 23

I get an average of 15k ping on the "new" american servers (ip starting with 64), disconnects and blabla the whole package. No change for ping on euro servers (still get 300-400ms on 206).
It seems that most ppl aren't affected as the have the same latency as the old 216 servers (I'm guessing it depends on where you are), but it does change things for the ones that are. The previously posted screen with like 3-4 ppl disconnected from each team in the jade isle match illustrates it.
And yeah they only just performed the server change so it might settle down. But if it doesn't, you're probably better off finding something else to play instead of going on an e-crusade against Anet.

Femmefatal

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2010

12 Aug 2010 at 10:10 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by FinalRebel

Or you can even post pictures of it as proof

Pictures can and are altered bud. Never trust what you see only what Anet tells you.

Also I am getting pings from 34ms to 91ms since the change and I used to get 150ms to 250ms so it's improved.

OP is just a chicken little sky is falling sort probably is using a dialup connection. lmao

dumimare

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

Bat Country

Heavens Rebels [HR]

D/

12 Aug 2010 at 10:30 - 25

I get higher pings, more lag, and plenty of rubberbanding, all of which have been largely negligible prior to yesterday. I have also been booted out of a quest that was near completed after45 minutes of work.

I am not QQing, as I actually expected these issues, but all you people claiming we are making these issues up need to STFU!

Shadowhaze

Nothing, tra la la?

Join Date: Oct 2007

12 Aug 2010 at 10:32 - 26

East coast here and have only had one bit where I lagged yesterday. So far no dc's. Other people in the guild have had some dc problems though.

Killed u man

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

12 Aug 2010 at 10:42 - 27

I wanted to make a thread about it, but I decided to wake out the full 24H.

However, the fact that some people can play, means the servers are in place. Some people DC'ing randomly (look at PvP) matches means that whoever provides their connection is doing a terrible job.

Portuguese people in particular seem to have alot of problems (Like I predicted), aswell as other southern European countries.

But as I said, I haven't logged on today, and I don't know if it's still going on, but I definatly hope this isn't the final state of the servers. PvP will be next to unplayable with ~20% have a large chance of DC'ing every match. Obviously, I know they'll fix it, but then the question comes to mind: Was it worth changing servers in the first place. (Money saved > Money fix cost?)

St??phane Lo Presti

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2010

Seattle

12 Aug 2010 at 10:45 - 28

We are currently monitoring the situation following the database move and we're hearing some people reporting connection problems. If you are having problems connecting to the game or being disconnected while playing, please file a ticket to Support with details of your IP address and a screenshot of the problem.

dasmitchies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Sacred Forge Knights

W/P

12 Aug 2010 at 10:47 - 29

Um guys, we are talking about a major server change in 24 hours time. Did anyone lose their stuff? Any titles missing? For the sake of sanity please have a legit complaint before posting. If the servers are screwed for a week you still got you're moneys worth. Don't believe me? I dare you crybabys to actually look at your check your time logged in the account and divide the price you paid for any anet products and post it here. Most of you will be pennies an hour. Frikkin GW junkies in withdrawal.

AexIndex

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2009

12 Aug 2010 at 10:55 - 30

Haha, you're ping is bad

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

12 Aug 2010 at 11:15 - 31

Northeast Coast of US and everything is normal for me. Oops, spoke too soon. Some very intermittent episodes of lag and rubberbanding.

And counting everything I ever spent on this game (including storage, slots, & CE upgrades) and the 8,420 hours I've played, my cost is at $.036/hour.

Bobby2

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2007

Delayed in order to meet ANet's high standards

[MaSS]

W/E

12 Aug 2010 at 11:22 - 32

In AB last night, when the map switched from Ancestral to Grenz, we entered a couple of matches facing no opposition at all. 12 vs 0. Our Luxon friends were revealed to be locked in at the Ancestral outpost, getting code 15'd for their trouble.

Massive lulz! GG ANET!

Coast

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

Whats Going On [sup]

Mo/

12 Aug 2010 at 11:25 - 33

my eviscerate keeps blinking xD

Tullzinski

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Trying to stay out of Ryuk's Death Note

N/R

12 Aug 2010 at 11:40 - 34

Still no problems here in middle america (KY). Like stephane said open a ticket.

+1 for closure

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

12 Aug 2010 at 11:58 - 35

East Coast US and have had no problems. Played JQ all night and didn't experience any lag or disconnects. Ping was right where it's always been.

Morphy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2009

The Netherlands

Not going to keep up with that anymore

R/

12 Aug 2010 at 12:24 - 36

I've been experiencing more lag, but it's too premature to blame that on the new server already. Give it some time.

fires element

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

none

Mo/

12 Aug 2010 at 12:27 - 37

mid-west here and i've had no problems with lag or anything else. wouldn't say its better or worse but as far as i can tell its the same for me

SpyderArachnid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

United States

Lords Of Noh [LoN]

Me/

12 Aug 2010 at 12:39 - 38

Okay whoa.

My post wasn't intended to cause an uprising OP. It was just a response to everyone else that was having high pings and I could sympathize with them.

It seems certain players are having the issue, and myself and the people I play with just so happen to be in that group. Other players are doing just fine from what I am hearing, so it is either our location or something else related to how we all connect.

Plus the servers just came back online yesterday so they are being instantly flooded with people connecting, and with most of the European servers down at the time, American servers were being packed with all the players.

It might of been just a bad day yesterday, and of course it is myself speaking out of frustration, but hopefully all the issues are now sorted out and everything is working how it was before.

Puddin Cheeks

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

On Welfare

Jelly of the Month [Club]

12 Aug 2010 at 12:43 - 39

Okay, i played as soon as the servers went back live yesterday. I played on and off for about 6 hours no problems what so ever.

then Last night in JQ all of a sudden everyone starting bitching about lag, then the next match i got in a D/C out, but after looking at myself running around the map for 4 minutes not being able to do anything. Then you get dishonorable, because naturally I wanted to D/C. This happened for 4 matches in a row for me over a span of 1 hour. Here is a screenie.

What seems odd here.

Oh and the funny things is , I started lagging 1 min into match.

Aljasha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

12 Aug 2010 at 12:51 - 40

Central europe here, no problems so far.