So I returned to the game last week, and I’ve been plagued with connection issues. There are places where I r0 a lot. But it rarely takes me all the way to a disconnect, just makes it difficult to accomplish anything. A few places where I consistently seem to r0 include Ordelle’s Caves, South Gustaberg, Throne Room, and others. I can usually tell that it’s about to happen because when I zone in, the “downloading data” message at the corner lasts longer than usual. This often results in npcs and other objects not loading, making me unable to interact with them.
And some weird stuff happens. Some examples:
- I will log in to an r0, so I will warp out and hike back to the zone, and the r0 will be gone.
- I was fine in La Theine Plateau and started to r0 REAL bad when I zoned into Ordelle’s Caves. I logged out all the way (I.e. shut down, out of PlayOnline), then logged back in and the r0 was gone. But then when I zoned back out into La Theine, I disconnected and had to shut down the program via task manager.
- Yesterday, I went to the Throne Room for mission 5-2, but I was r0ing and couldn’t click on anything. I relogged several times, warped out and zoned back in, tried everything I could think of, but I kept r0ing. Spent almost an hour trying to figure this out. Then, a linkshellmate had me come out to Balga’s Dais to tag along for a BCNM. After he beat the BCNM and we exited, I went back to the Throne Room, and my connection was fine and I was able to complete the mission. This linkshellmate is Japanese so I couldn’t understand his explanation, but I also got the sense that he knew this would work but didn’t really understand the technical explanation of why.
And other such weird connection issues. I am completely clueless about the technical side of connections and such. This sound familiar to anyone? Anyone else experiencing the same thing and have any suggestions?
Note: Mudrun doesn’t help at all.