Curse

jaie · Apr 21, 2005, 12:05 AM // 00:05

When entering a timed mission on dialup i often would appear in a new area with a 00:00:00 on my screen and a dead NPC next to me. After a bit of confusion i figured i had entered a timed mission and the time had expired due to my load time which can easily be up to 40 minutes on dial-up when entering a new area.

If i enter these missions SOLO why would the timer start before i appear in the area? Especially when my pre-download times can be so long they easily eat up a timed mission counter?

Trying PvP was also a nightmare. I tried five times to 1v1 someone just to see what it was like and each time i entered i had a long load. On entering each mission i had a dead Ghostly Hero and a 00:00:00 time left on my screen. I would have thought that maybe my load times would have reduced but by the fifth try it was still some 15 minutes to load and i gave up.

I would have been happier with perhaps not being able to enter until everything i needed had pre-downlaoded. Being able to enter a PvP mission at the start and not 20 minutes later is a huge issue i think.

But not all is doom and gloom on dial-up, the response time to combat and the smoothness of moving and control is beyond any other game i've seen on dial-up, the game play is excellent once its downloaded. The load times however had me contemplating wishing i never pre-ordered as Presearing Ascalon felt like just another MMO but with long downloads and no one to group with, but once i entered Searing Ascalon the load times seemed less and the game involvment hightened as missions required you to group and the game prooved itself to be different, i now am glad i pre-ordered the game.

Loviatar · Apr 21, 2005, 12:12 AM // 00:12

dont forget most of what you are downloading now will be on the instalation cds

Sindaian · Apr 21, 2005, 12:20 AM // 00:20

so how will missions be with just cpu chars as others on dial up? any estimates?

Loviatar · Apr 21, 2005, 12:24 AM // 00:24

why should there be any differance as the character is being moved and displayed in either case

the same amount of data is flowing back and forth with live or NPC

Sindaian · Apr 21, 2005, 12:28 AM // 00:28

I dunno, hence why I asked!

Ed1337 · Apr 21, 2005, 08:05 PM // 20:05

This problem will fix on the retail version because i asked same thing and they said it will not dl new areas when its on cd and there will be like a area update rarely (thats when u enter the area and u gotta dl liek only 20 files) only when needed. I got emailed by'em cuzz i got dial up to and i asked same thing.