Curse

Polgara Val · Nov 23, 2007, 06:52 PM // 18:52

As the title suggests, would anyone consider quiting because of this issue? I do a lot of UW runs myself and find that 90% of the time I lose because I get stuck behind an enemy or stuck on a wall because of mobs because of lag etc.

Even though I am clearly seeing that I have cleared and ran off....for me personally this is a major turn off in the game, since I am wasting a lot cash trying over and over again, seriously I think ANET should do something about this issue because personally it drives me up the wall.

Other then that the game is wonderfull

Pol

PS: I have a 4 megabyte connection which has been more then good since the 2 years I have been playing gw

Dev121 · Nov 23, 2007, 06:58 PM // 18:58

I shout, rage quit, rage to my friends then I keep playing.

Finduilas Miriel · Nov 23, 2007, 06:58 PM // 18:58

I'm on a 20mb connection, So I can't say that I have got a lot of lag, though around events it tends to get very laggy wich can be very frustrating on FoW/UW runs but I don't think i'd quit the game cos of it.

-Fin-

Antheus · Nov 23, 2007, 07:00 PM // 19:00

Is this about getting stuck while running past the second group of aatxes?

If so, couldn't you just change the running path a bit?

Squishy ftw · Nov 23, 2007, 07:02 PM // 19:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antheus

Is this about getting stuck while running past the second group of aatxes?

If so, couldn't you just change the running path a bit?

Indeed, don't hug the wall that much and don't give the aatxes the chance to bodyblock you..

And no, I wouldn't quit GW over it.

nekopowa · Nov 23, 2007, 07:03 PM // 19:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polgara Val

As the title suggests, would anyone consider quiting because of this issue? I do a lot of UW runs myself and find that 90% of the time I lose because I get stuck behind an enemy or stuck on a wall because of mobs because of lag etc.

Even though I am clearly seeing that I have cleared and ran off....for me personally this is a major turn off in the game, since I am wasting a lot cash trying over and over again, seriously I think ANET should do something about this issue because personally it drives me up the wall.

Not really, you learn to avoid getting stuck and notice when you do over time. It's not that big of a deal.

Vinraith · Nov 23, 2007, 07:04 PM // 19:04

I only lag during holiday events, the rest of the time my connection holds up fine.

Polgara Val · Nov 23, 2007, 07:08 PM // 19:08

In fact I dont hug the wall, its not just uw farming really, I am talking in general terms of gameplay. Its quite frustrating to just see you got away from a mob when you are "teleported" back to the space were you thought you previously escaped from

I do find lately that people have a great deal of lag issues, this is just one example that really puts people off the game in general etc.

Pol

pumpkin pie · Nov 23, 2007, 07:11 PM // 19:11

I am on 512k connection, although the lag is extremely YUCKY sometime, (50k ping) I don't have 90% of the time getting stuck. probably 30-35% of the time I may get that extraordinarily huge lag spike which was also the cause of my ritualist losing her survivor title just 2k shy of level 2 .... but definitely not 90% of the time like OP say.

Malice Black · Nov 23, 2007, 07:19 PM // 19:19

Lag is server side most of the time.

free_fall · Nov 23, 2007, 07:20 PM // 19:20

If it costs me my LS title, now that I'm so close to getting it then, yes, I'd probably rage quit for a few days but I'd be back.

Twice in the last week I've gotten d/c'd in combat on this char and just this morning, after killing Bazzr, the hench started slide-showing around me; I immediately mapped back to town, wasting a scroll in the process.

aapo · Nov 23, 2007, 07:26 PM // 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polgara Val

As the title suggests, would anyone consider quiting because of this issue? I do a lot of UW runs myself and find that 90% of the time I lose because I get stuck behind an enemy or stuck on a wall because of mobs because of lag etc.

- No, but I cry myself to sleep every night because of it.

Polgara Val · Nov 23, 2007, 07:26 PM // 19:26

I do agree that servers are the main issue here. I am sure everyone remembers the rediculously awfull lag that the game was experiencing a few months ago.

Although, I do think this is a seperate issue then anything that involved the last "lag saga" so to speak

I just feel that ANET should do something about this, I dont think this a huge issue to be honest but it can be frustrating for the new player thinking that this is normal and being put off by the game.

Pol

Severlator · Nov 23, 2007, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Sometimes I rubber band but it's not often enough to make me quit.

HawkofStorms · Nov 23, 2007, 08:08 PM // 20:08

Sometimes I have considered it. Really, it bothers me that the game gets almost unplayable, even with full specs met sometimes.

Kahlindra · Nov 23, 2007, 08:10 PM // 20:10

I quit for the evening, on the very rare occasions I encounter it. Then I come back the next day. I very rarely find the game unplayable, but yeah, if it affected my gameplay constantly I would probably dwindle into nothing. Then again, I have a more varied agenda than repeating the same farm path over and over, so maybe I just don't notice the irritation.

~ Dan ~ · Nov 23, 2007, 08:41 PM // 20:41

I wouldn't quit.. however if it's really bad it'll piss me off so much and i'll stop playing for atleast the rest of the day

Miss Persephone · Nov 23, 2007, 08:47 PM // 20:47

Lag has been bad enough at times for me to close GW for the evening and go do something else, although that hasn't been often enough to make me want to quit playing the game forever. My connection is up to the job, so it's server-side issues that mostly cause me grief.

Mostly around events, i.e. 9 nine rings events. Really, there is no point in playing the game properly (as opposed to AFKing) during shing jea boardwalk, which is very frustrating. For the past few days, I've been experiencing some pretty poor lag, no matter where I am ingame, which is annoying, but I'll persevere for now.

T1Cybernetic · Nov 23, 2007, 09:21 PM // 21:21

A long time ago when it was just prophecies i quit for about 3 // 6 months because the server/s connection from my home euro/uk to american servers for me was very bad and i could not change back at the time

I could not play at all because the lag was so bad

I occasionaly popped on and off for a few days after i noticed an update on the network page on guildwars.com saying there was some server upgrade/fixes and it's been perfect ever since

I hope nothing like that ever happens again, it pretty much ruined a good game for me at the time.

Big_Daddy · Nov 23, 2007, 09:24 PM // 21:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antheus

Is this about getting stuck while running past the second group of aatxes?

If so, couldn't you just change the running path a bit?

ROFL!!! QFT!!