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huMptY DumPty

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

[BAN]

W/

04 Jun 2006 at 15:19 - 1

Lag.

A common threat to any online activity--- especial MMORPG gaming.
Happens during GvG, crucial HoH matches, TA, RA, missions... all the time.

What's your absolute worst --- lag disaster --- known to you...

I have went to FoW countless times to do chest runs, farming and getting people their very own FoW armor.
OK. So I played with this group and we did reach the FoW crafter. So one guy --- an Elementalist.. we all had a massive lag for like 10 seconds... and god bless that guy; he clicked twice on the boots part --- he bought 2 FoW boots.

300k Gold gone just like that... He's in my contact list and he never went online since that day.

edit: Oh sry. I forgot to mention my own disaster. I sold my Drago's Flat Bow in merchant at Warcamp for "3 gold"... when it was running at around 90 - 100K+XXectos.
That's my worst known lag disaster. How about you?

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

04 Jun 2006 at 15:34 - 2

mine was when i was buying my 15k platemail armour i bought 2 chests! kinda like the stroy above but not as unlucky hehe...

Jabilo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Science Faction

Mo/

04 Jun 2006 at 15:35 - 3

I've had several, worst one was a req 11 15>50 storm bow I had drop doing an UW run before factions came out, I been doing this run with friends for a long time and when we get golds we drop them so the other person can see the stats, dropped this all happy... lovely lag followed by err7 before i got chance to pick it up

Also I've had a couple of key problems with lag when trying to buy say 10 from the merchant, got lag and clicked it several times thinking its not working and ended up with 40 lol. I'm sure someone at anet gets bored and watches people doing things (matrix style) and then says to the guy next to them 'wouldnt it be funny if this happened' *enforces superior rune of lag mastery onto the server* hehehehe I'm joking of course... or am I?

Blargo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

04 Jun 2006 at 15:42 - 4

Won through 9 games in the Random Arenas with no lag problems.

10th game I lag horribly...I type to my team that I'm lagging and it shows up almost a minute after I type it and same with movement controls. Well, we ended up losing and I had to add my teammates to my ignore list afterwards.

Cowboy Nastyman

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Me/Mo

04 Jun 2006 at 15:45 - 5

for me id say ti was when i first attempted to get the survivor title, i was soloing some enemies hit a lag spike and bam dead, had to delete and restart jsut like that. The same thing nearly happened again when i was jsut 100k xp away from legendary survivor thankfully i managed to disconnect

thrice

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Grotto

No guild

Mo/Me

04 Jun 2006 at 16:17 - 6

In FoW when they were preparing the servers for the factions update there was just really, really bad lag. Had to just call it quits. Not nearly as bad as #1 though.
Actually I just remembered, I know someone her merched their FoW boots

ibbo

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

derby, england

all you need is [bud] {{{looking for new members

Mo/

04 Jun 2006 at 16:37 - 7

well i was playing gw just tring to sell at droks and me is in me room and i was playing x-box live at same time

i compltly lagged out on xbox, we was shooting and nothing happened lol, so i went to go throught a portal/gate thing to the outside world and i wasnt going out of the citys and i couldnt get ut of the citys and i just keept running and i could run round outside of droks and no monsters and i just then got disconnected

Dauntless

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

04 Jun 2006 at 16:46 - 8

A couple days ago I was trying to cap Flesh Golem. I was lagging pretty bad the whole time but it kept me connected so I just continued on. I killed everything around the boss and then finally started killing the boss. I had him down to about 10% hp and then of course everything stops moving and then boom Err=007'd! I was pissed. I spent a good 45 mins finding my way to that stupid boss only to have to do it all over again.

jackie

/retired

Join Date: Dec 2005

On the Beach

04 Jun 2006 at 17:50 - 9

Propably worst was err7 while holding in halls and then coming back online seeing that my group holds it for a while, without me being there...>.<

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

04 Jun 2006 at 18:06 - 10

worst? any day I have to be in the slums of cantha....my lag there is 2-7 seconds (had 10 seconds for a while one day---really need patience to play with that much)....got pretty used to 60dp............

Shantel Span

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Knights of King Thorn [Mad]

A/N

04 Jun 2006 at 18:07 - 11

Doing the supply run before they nerfed it - running along on my warrior, just fine. Get about halfway through and stop. My guy stands there for about a minute, then I rubberband BACK to the FIRST mob and explode in a mass of little red numbers.

Definitely not a problem on my end.

demon dantes

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

ny

Iyanden Wraithguard

Mo/Me

04 Jun 2006 at 19:13 - 12

chaos ax s req 8 and 9 15^50. i sell the req 8 for a whole lot of ecto and move on to sell the other. now boom i lag out so i am like ok i will just come back in a little while.

now some will say this is not a bad example as in the others but this is bad. i sign back in and low and behold boom i do not have the second ax nor do i have the ecto s that i received from the first ax. why you say ... anet had to reset the servers because of that glitch were everyone could buy ecto for 100 gold lol.

the chaos ax s i had gotten as a drop and from a chest while this was going on. i lost a ton from anets glitch and beleive this is worse then lag lose lol.

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

04 Jun 2006 at 20:46 - 13

Last week i was in a r1-r4 PuG with an R9 leader in HA. We were progressing through and as the maps were switching i got Code=7. I logged back on and apologised then the team won HoH. I still want to hurt myself >_<

Would have been my first time winning HoH as well.

Edit: Why don't they tell us what causes these errors so we can take preventative measures? Or are they all from their servers?

Vahn Roi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

[HiDE]

04 Jun 2006 at 20:46 - 14

Lost my lvl1 survival title when I was 45 xp away from getting it. I attacked a mob of Jade Brotherhood and next thing I know the screen refreshes at 1 frame per 2 seconds.

20 feet away...10 feet away ... in my face...killing me (desperatly clicking Healing Touch)....dead

Parson Brown

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

In ur base...

The one true [Hope]

E/

04 Jun 2006 at 20:46 - 15

Nothing too disasterous. I've lagged out in missions and whatnot, but most recently, I lagged out about 97% of the way through henching Defend Droknar's Forge. That was a decent time investment lost.

Funniest recently, right after the major rune change, I decided to do a few Ettin Runs in Tyria. So I'm doing the run, surrounded by four Ettins when the lag hits. My skill is flashing, but no one is moving. The Ettins stop attacking and we're just standing there.
Then, the Ettins must get bored because they start swatting flies. Or maybe someone busted one, because they were waving their hands in front of their faces like they smelled something foul.

Finally... err7.

Vahn Roi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

[HiDE]

04 Jun 2006 at 20:57 - 16

Yeah, when the enemies stop attacking and we all stand up, I know I'm about to lag out. It's like slow painful death.

"maybe it will start up, maybe it wil start up, maybe it will....DAMMIT"

Saix The Spartan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

A/

04 Jun 2006 at 22:08 - 17

Right after i beat Kanaxai, he dropped me his axe and BAM lag then i get droped.....It was when LIKE no1 know who Kanaxai was too><

lagrand1

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Zombies of War

W/

04 Jun 2006 at 22:11 - 18

mine was when i was halfway to my survivor 2, lagged and died

Hell Raiser

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

[PHNX]

Mo/

04 Jun 2006 at 22:12 - 19

Was merching some items, got some lag, clicked an item twice. Just my luck under that item was 50 Globs Of Ectoplasm, all gone to merch. After that I never caried rare items or materials when I went to merch things.

Ention

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting on a throne in the mansion of torment.

D/Mo

04 Jun 2006 at 22:14 - 20

well, I was in the UW, near a chest and right at the part whe you cap the spider (I needed a spider at the time) and all the sudden I notice I couldn't move, I couldnt do ANYTHING. Then I realised....OH NOES! but by that time I was already looking at the warning label for error=007....

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

04 Jun 2006 at 22:18 - 21

i was with a B/P group in Tombs. I had a Buwlrak for me on the floor... and couldnt make a move. so i waited for time countdown to get it as "unclaimed" reward, but Ta Daaaaa: Err 007

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

04 Jun 2006 at 22:19 - 22

Mine is when I sold my rare crytalline sword to the merch...back when i didn't know the quest item blocking thingy..14-21 14 while enchanted + 29 fiery

Gamerific

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2005

04 Jun 2006 at 22:29 - 23

this isn't me but a guildie. we were 5 seconds away from winning halls and he gets err 7 ><

nomercy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

04 Jun 2006 at 22:39 - 24

Hmm... probably not real bad but I got error 7 infront of the HoH in the Tombs instance

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

04 Jun 2006 at 22:43 - 25

Not as bad as some above, but I was soloin' FoW with no problems when everything slows down and freezes.. you know when you cant move but you can see degen, and your char and nearby enemies do 'inactive' things like look around etc? Well, 45 seconds later and BOOM it all happens at once, leaving me with this screen and pining for my lost shard.

I now pick them up as soon as I get 'em.

Nick The Nicker

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

IL

Looking for one

N/

04 Jun 2006 at 22:44 - 26

hmmm i just happen to have a bad computer and ever since factions its been bad but the wrost time was, when i getting a free run threw all of tyira and i dropped still it was free but having the freedom to go where ever and not doing it urself but o well

ThunderStruck

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

04 Jun 2006 at 23:03 - 27

Just last night I was salvaging some stuff while trying to sell my perfect Zodiac Hammer, and I was going across the rows in my inventory, but on the last one, it lagged, I ended up moving too far and salvaging my Hammer

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

04 Jun 2006 at 23:32 - 28

My group was on it's way to beating the boss of "The Deep" he was at 5% health. And then 007 struck, it kicked our tank and the boss ran back, then we tried again and 007 struck AGAIN and kicked our last tank. Everyone lost hope and left.

generik

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

05 Jun 2006 at 00:10 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by demon dantes

chaos ax s req 8 and 9 15^50. i sell the req 8 for a whole lot of ecto and move on to sell the other. now boom i lag out so i am like ok i will just come back in a little while.

now some will say this is not a bad example as in the others but this is bad. i sign back in and low and behold boom i do not have the second ax nor do i have the ecto s that i received from the first ax. why you say ... anet had to reset the servers because of that glitch were everyone could buy ecto for 100 gold lol.

the chaos ax s i had gotten as a drop and from a chest while this was going on. i lost a ton from anets glitch and beleive this is worse then lag lose lol.

Did you make that tale up?

Stuff like that never happened. There was only one roll back that occurred to date, and even for that rollback the game state was simply restored to an earlier time, meaning all your drops during that period, all trades, etc, are all reversed.

Not like your story where you "boom" lag out and in 30 seconds they rolled back the databases housing data for a million accounts.

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

05 Jun 2006 at 00:12 - 30

its either me err=7 before a gold deep chest or i err=7 at end of droks run.

Dragonne

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2005

05 Jun 2006 at 00:25 - 31

I have no specific instance, but since the June 1 update, I've had a ton of page swapping going on that wasn't there before. It happens in both Factions and Prophecies areas. It causes me to freeze solid for 1 to 15 seconds every little while. I have literally done nothing else with that PC except play GW since the middle of May (I have a few PCs, that one is gaming only). I know it's nothing that changed on the PC. It has to be something from that update.

In any case, like that player who got used to playing with -60% DP, I'm pretty used to rubber banding FORWARD at this point... Usually into a mess I didn't want to be in.

NJudson

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

05 Jun 2006 at 00:56 - 32

Well, this is very tame compared to most of the horror stories mentioned. I received a gold drop that I identified and it was really awesome (don't remember what though....some kind of axe) and after a fight I opened up my inventory and proceeded to salvage all the worthless armor drops into crafting materials and then a lag spike hit and I accidentally salvaged my gold drop.

I do hate lagging when playing my monk. I get bitched out to no end when players die as a result and I can't even help it.

Cador

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Relax Its Just A [GAME]

R/E

05 Jun 2006 at 01:51 - 33

I have a PvP character(That i use) but i also use him as a mule. Well one day a friend says hey bring a WoH monk. Ok Usually i switch the items into storage. I rushed, forgot, and poof no more. lost 100k in rubies 40k in ecto and a few nice golds and purples none perfect

Argen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shadow Nation [SN]

05 Jun 2006 at 02:03 - 34

Its not the worst by far as mentioned above. But it was entertaining... Severe lag in the wake of Factions release and I was doing a mission in the Echovald... hunting that pesky moa. I lagged, the nice... everybody standing there than, -32, -23, -32, -45, -12, -42... etc. The henchies immediately disintegrate to a slightly below average coordination level 20 mob and are eaten immediately by the surviving spirits. We teleport over the course of a minute to the res shrine. I stand up and than see an explosion of numbers again... no mob around. Die again and again. -58% DP from one death I actually could stop.

Ado

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Den Haag

[cute]

Mo/Me

05 Jun 2006 at 02:13 - 35

Lagging while playing infuser against spike.

Error 7 in Halls.

TheProject

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

In a box

The Living Hell Pheonix

Mo/Me

05 Jun 2006 at 03:31 - 36

Man, GvG is starting to sound like an RTS Game to me....

*gets turned on*

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

05 Jun 2006 at 03:51 - 37

Many of you probably watched Pi in halls the other night. We won our first hall battle, then our leader error 7'd. However, we managed to still win 8 more times with a fighter henchie (without being able to kill anything).

The worst e7? Ive lost infusers in gvg/HoH.

Ranger Rog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

[TOG]

05 Jun 2006 at 07:30 - 38

I had a brain lag last week if that counts?
I reached the end game area in factions with my Ranger, exchanged my amulet for the green vamp bow and went off to get my new armor. So I'm standing there at the armor merchant, holding the bow and forgetting that it's a vamp and not noticing my health slowly counting down. Thankfully the monk from the party was standing next to me and noticed just at the last second and gave me some healing and some much deserved piss taking too.

Stigmata Arta

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

London

Acome BL Warriors

05 Jun 2006 at 09:11 - 39

A person from my guild was making a GW music video and we went to do the first mission so we could kill all the charr that you usually have to run from.

We were just running through the mission because there realyl was no point in killing the enemies. I got to the bit where there are the Gargoyles having a big fight in that big pool of sludge stuff and I started to run through after casting healing breeze. I got to the other side and started to run up the ramp and then I appeared back right in the middle of all of them ^^ I ran up the ramp again and the same thing happened, I tried once more and it happened again and then I looked at my health and it was on about 10! Then about 20 of them all hit me at once and I died

I was a lvl 20 E/Mo and got killed by about 20 lvl 5's. Well the Guild Leader won't ever let me live it down :P

Queenie

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

05 Jun 2006 at 11:03 - 40

I went with a group to FoW, everythink was going great we were doing that seed of corruption quest, we were all enjoying ourselves I think we got to like the 3rd seed or somthink and everythink froze so I'm thinking "oh shit" next second I was back in the login screen with a lovely box telling me that I had error7'ed

I was having so much fun too >_<;