Open Beta

[Insanecyclone]

Piece of shit McAfee is saying Gameguard has a trojan(mainly the obvious rootkit it has) can't get on...but I assume it's still lagging badly though from stress

[Katlan]

JP voice pack: Let's Palapala!

I find the English unbearably bad, too. At least I can't understand the JP to be embarrassed by it.

Anybody else get an error when trying to expand the folder?

[SilverBreeze]

I figured the game would be playable at 7am but I was wrong, the lag is even worse than last night. At least last night I could play 5 seconds out of every minute, this morning I just log on, nothing ever happens, and eventually I DC.

I know it's supposed to be beta and all, but with this being Open Beta and the game 2 weeks away and a lot of people getting their real "first try" at this game, it's kinda sad. I know betas arent the best but the game has been out for a year now, you would think they would have some idea of how to have the servers ready? I just hope they don't lose a lot of players due to how horrible the game is at the moment, but I really can't say I would be surprised.

[Kerberoz]

This is pissing me off because I had no lag at all on the closed beta servers, and now I'm lagging like fuck. How did they manage to fuck up the servers that were working before?

[SilverBreeze]

A lot of my friends who are trying for the first time because of having interest in the game are all messaging me - "Why is it so laggy, is it always like this?" and the worst part is that I can't say that it hasn't been. I played on C-Aion with 1-2 second lag but at least it was stable and bearable and predictable, and I played on the NA Closed Beta servers with lag as bad as this, so being truthful with my friends who want to play the game, I can't say anything but "Yes, I've never played this game without some sort of lag" which is sad.

[Kurp]

They may just be doing load tests to see how many servers they'll need at launch to handle everyone. Close to release open betas are usually more laggy and unstable, at least that's how it seemed for Warhammer and AoC.

It's not a one-week preview.

[Coren]

I had next to NO problems with CB. Last night was even pretty good. This morning, however, is fucking horrible. I've been attempting to extract a Birch log now for about 5 min (I'm assuming I'm DC and the server is too shitty to know it). The "it's OB and the servers are getting hammered" excuse is bullshit as well. There's nobody online at the moment. All servers are showing "low", and have been since last night.

Part of the problem though is that these aren't the same servers that CB was on. The servers are now on the east coast somewhere. I don't have a problem with that so much as the fact that they're now having to test/fix a new set of servers from scratch. Hopefully the shit will be playable by tonight when I get home.

edit: Also, I finally lagged out and apparently I died while trying to run somewhere. I love arriving back in town with 0 DP and minus 3% xp.

[Ratatapa]

they put down the servers me thinks

[SilverBreeze]

I seriously would prefer them to shut down the servers for an extended period of time, even a whole day or two if they have to, and have the rest of the week to play the game without lag, than to put up with this for the week.

[Kurp]

Closed beta and open beta aren't the same thing. Closed beta has people that are actually focused on testing the game and reporting things and giving out opinions. Open beta is mostly people joyriding with their one week that don't have any intention of actually testing and reporting.

Do the major server tests during open beta so you can compare that data to your numbers from sales & marketing to determine the correct amount of servers to open with.

[Insanecyclone]

Well I hope vaizel is just the first server being tested or updated or something in OB other servers never really lag for me

[Ratatapa]

well more time for me to do cisco studying!

[Coren]

One of the worst mechanics at the moment seems to be that when you get kicked off the server, the entire game closes... it takes forever to load this shit. Why can't it just boot me to the login screen or something?

[Kurp]

Well I hope vaizel is just the first server being tested or updated or something in OB other servers never really lag for me

Vaizel was good for 10 levels for me but then just blew up. There was one boring XP quest grind with that giant 3 shot asshole crab that got rolled back. Fuck that crab. D:

[Insanecyclone]

One of the worst mechanics at the moment seems to be that when you get kicked off the server, the entire game closes... it takes forever to load this shit. Why can't it just boot me to the login screen or something?

Yeah I hope it's just for the OB client and not the full game that would be annoying to get kicked off entirely during something important.

[shemei]

I had absolutely no lag in any of the closed betas, but now the game is unplayable for me. I have even tried turning off Kaspersky and Adaware but it makes no difference. If anyone has had any success getting improvements in the lag please post it. I guess I will give up for a while and quit beating my head against the wall.

If it stays like this throughout open beta I am not going to pick up my preorder though. This is just too annoying.

[Koul]

mmmm, the lag is pretty shitty but I wouldn't consider this a turn off to not playing the game lol

if it's like this in retail, could just wait a week so a lot of people get ahead and then you can just catch up.

ugghh their account connection process is irritating though. put in account name/password and I wait 5 minutes only to be disconnected and have the game shut down. That will irritate the shit out of me. It's fine to get disconnected but why does it needa shut the client down -_-

[SilverBreeze]

The thing is, most people I'm sure preorder so they can get into the freaking headstart, it kinda ruins the whole point of a headstart if you can't play until a week after the game is released?

I think the thing most people are worried about was that the servers were fine in CB, if even a bit laggy at times for some people such as myself, but did not care as much cause it was CB and the game wasn't due to be released for a couple more months. I guess people are edgy because the game is supposed to be released in less than 2 weeks and they can't even play, and would rather cancel their preorders and save the money than buy a game they can't play.

I know if the game is released and the servers are this shit during Pre-release, I'm going to be reallllly pissed off.

[Eanae]

My ping is in the 20's. I have no lag. I don't understand everyones problem. >_>

[Insanecyclone]

My ping is in the 20's. I have no lag. I don't understand everyones problem. >_>

It's just vaizel with the problems I believe unless another server is taking a lag hit also asmo main city is better imo