Connection / Lag issues lately...

[RedXIII]

Hi, i play on this server for like 3-4 months, and i never had any issues... but lately theres a weird issue happening from time to time that i have no clue what is, ill try to explain.

I try to load the EQ, it opens, and when i put my login/pass it just takes forever to load, most of time doesnt load, nor get to the server select... when it get past to the server select, also freezes and etc (just pure lag, desync with server).

When this "wave of lag" comes and i am online, my latency stays the same, altho it takes like 2-3 mins to send a tell to someone, or cast a spell.

Usually this have been happening at late EST timers and gets fixed in like 3-4hrs (usually i go to sleep and when i come back, its working again).

First i thought it was my connection with "USA" games (since i am from Brazil). But... Diablo works, WoW, SWTOR, League of Legends, and etc, all of those work perfectly without any lag issues nor loading issues...

Also when i try to load the p1999 forum page it just takes forever and many load/reloads to go thro... wich got me to start thinking it was just a direct issue with you guys link/ip, or w/e.

Thing is: I didnt have any of these issues 3 months ago, it just started to happen from 1-2 weeks, and as i said its not everynight, or everyday, its some nights... wich got me to wonder if you guys are changing something, testing something that makes my connection from Brazil be slower or whatever...

Anyways, id like to have some help on this if anyone has a clue on whats happening... and how i could fix it.

I got 2 RL friends with same problem, we all play it from Brazil.

Thanks for reading, i hope i made myself clear.

[Voodudadde]

Im having the same exact problem for three days now and it has zero to do with my internet connection, which is amazing. This is a serverside issue and needs to be fixed because I am currently unable to play...at all!

[RedXIII]

I am not sure if this issue is serverside tbh, but its very weird that out of all games i have installed its the only one that when it shows this "lag issue" i try the others, and they are all working.

[Bill Tetley]

Happening to me with my home computer... all the players vanish and it's just me and a few mobs. I never actually timeout... I am still in the game walking around but I can't click any spells or give tells... when I zone the game freezes. Sucks!

But good luck getting any fix. It's a networking problem and no host EVER helps with networking problems. You will get the "WE CAN'T HELP YOU WITH YOUR INTERNET" excuse even though there are clearly routing problems between ISP and the host server. We are left here to whine until like magic it will go away...

[Nineran]

Having the same issue all of a sudden. Very strange. Never had any problems on p99, nothing changed with the server or on my side and all of the sudden I can't log in.

[Esheon]

I had some issues like that as well earlier (around 1-2 am EDT). It seemed like every time I zoned, there was an even chance of normal zone, 3-5 min zone time, or total freeze. I had some chat delay but it was not severe. Also, while waiting in EFP for the boat the zone disconnected from the chat server. It reconnected before the boat arrived, but when I got on the boat, I froze & crashed zoning to OOT. I had to gate out when I loaded back up, as I got dumped in the ocean... and when the gate zoned me to EC I froze again & had to force close the game.

I've crashed while zoning before, but never that much.

[skipdog]

I'm having these same issues. They've happened before in the past... I thought it had something to do with certain ISP routes to the server at that time. I am using Time Warner internet in Nebraska.

[Aveenia]

Happening to me with my home computer... all the players vanish and it's just me and a few mobs. I never actually timeout... I am still in the game walking around but I can't click any spells or give tells... when I zone the game freezes.

Having the same issues, especially today.

Twice I have had the can't get track list, can't cast spells thing.

We have Comcast Business for our ISP.

[Huck]

Wow, just happened and was bad. Lots of people having issues.

[Mockba1980]

Huge lag is coming back at this moment! :'(

[DetroitVelvetSmooth]

Confirmed bizarre lag spikes in Unrest 130 cst to now

[Yami Blind]

having awful lag in toxx forest too

[Mac Drettj]

fix box

[Ravager]

I'll toss my hat in the having lag/syncing issues. At first I just assumed it was my shitty DSL provider, but it looks like enough people are having similar issues that it might not be on my end.

[Tasslehofp99]

Yeah twice now I've had tells and /who's just stop working. Then, when I try to zone/relog EQ just locks up. Forums won't even load while this is happening as well, and when I tried to relog onto EQ following it locking/crashing I got a message that my password was wrong. Dafuq??

[Wizarous]

Confirmed lag+death.

[Aquafresh]

Yeah twice now I've had tells and /who's just stop working. Then, when I try to zone/relog EQ just locks up. Forums won't even load while this is happening as well, and when I tried to relog onto EQ following it locking/crashing I got a message that my password was wrong. Dafuq??


Exact same issue

[Aveenia]

They did a server wide about data center issues.

[Pep]

Yeah twice now I've had tells and /who's just stop working. Then, when I try to zone/relog EQ just locks up. Forums won't even load while this is happening as well, and when I tried to relog onto EQ following it locking/crashing I got a message that my password was wrong. Dafuq??

Same here.

I also get a blank server select screen. After logging on and off a few times it does eventually show populated.

[Awwalike]

take away nizzarr's top ramen money and he will take away server




pls restore all of his accounts

[Bill Tetley]

There's nothing we can do about packetloss problems with your ISP.

[Sivaeb]

I seem to be getting out of sync with the server or something. Taking like a minute for spells to cast. Little green bar shows the connection as being stable and good, 99ms

[Sivaeb]

I seem to be getting out of sync with the server or something. Taking like a minute for spells to cast. Little green bar shows the connection as being stable and good, 99ms.

Seems to be hitting the forums too

[yeaboykk]

The desync is terrible, any word when it will be resolved?

[Huck]

Yeah still bad. The p99 page wasn't even loading about 15 min ago.

I was downloading two movies, streaming netflix, still running at 25mps speed on testing. I got fast as hell connection speed amd never a problem until last day or two.

I can't get high off of EQ if I can't play!!!! :)

[Menien]

+1 Also having similar connecting issues. Both in logging on initially and when I manage to get into game I have terrible lag. Any updates on when this should be fixed?

[Sivaeb]

When i do get in, it's good for about 15 minutes then dies.

[Menien]

They need to bring back the server chatrooms. In classic EQ after a crash we could definitely congregate and complain about the servers!

[Wenuven]

I think the GM's would be well-served if they just put up a message in game and on the forums letting people know the status of things. Otherwise people are just going to keep dying and petitioning for rezzes....seems silly they wouldn't communicate a little better, even for their own sake.

[Huck]

Yeah twice now I've had tells and /who's just stop working. Then, when I try to zone/relog EQ just locks up. Forums won't even load while this is happening as well, and when I tried to relog onto EQ following it locking/crashing I got a message that my password was wrong. Dafuq??

This is my same problem. When I do get in I'm good for 15 minutes and the bam!

/sigh I guess I'll go do the wife.....hope she isn't locked up too!!!

[Nineran]

Yeah, would any of the server staff be willing to comment what is going on? Is this my ISP that's the problem? Or is it P99 thats having issues?

[Nineran]

There are 700 people on at the moment. It has to be something on my end. Anyone found any solutions? Is Comcast throttling my connection some how?

[Huck]

I have comcast as well. They have had a couple issues over past week from storms and crap. I've been playing fine last few days until today now. Typically aren't there more like 1000-1100 though online in the evening. Tells me something isn't right.

[smilybri]

Same boat as the rest, can't log in, very disappointing, those gnolls aren't going to kill themselves!

[Speedi]

I have AT&T uverse, same problem. I live in the southeast.

[CityofChamps09]

Connection issues still ongoing on Blue as of this posting.

Comcast. Northeast US.

[Menien]

Still having issues here too... :/

[dolphinwendy]

Was a nightmare last night, seemed to come in every 15 minutes, waves lasting about 5 mins approx. Tells took several minutes, spell gems grey out on casting for long periods. With Eclipse ISP in the UK, had no internet probs or dropped packets at all during this. Ping remained responsive though the game was not. Started an alt after second death quadding :D

[Elerial]

Tracing route to login.eqemulator.net [66.55.145.2]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.11.11.1
2 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms BSN-access.dsl.siol.net [213.XXX.XXX.XXX]
3 5 ms 5 ms 50 ms 95.176.241.147
4 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 212.162.28.5
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 18 ms 17 ms 16 ms xe-4-3-2.fra44.ip4.gtt.net [77.67.95.13]
9 158 ms 154 ms * xe-1-2-2.nyc39.ip4.gtt.net [141.136.107.158]
10 153 ms 152 ms 153 ms gtt-gw.ip4.gtt.net [173.241.131.238]
11 * 155 ms 155 ms ae1-50g.ar1.nyc3.us.as4436.gtt.net [69.31.95.194]
12 162 ms 154 ms 154 ms as20473.ae7.ar1.nyc3.us.as4436.gtt.net [69.31.34.62]
13 154 ms * * ethernet1-2-2-c8-12-b2-1.pnj1.choopa.net [108.61.80.218]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * *

It won't ping either.

[CityofChamps09]

So there's still issues with connection/lag today?

[Elerial]

I didn't have time to play yesterday so I Don't know, but right now, I got home from work and can't even log onto the server selection.

[Bluedarksun]

I was experiencing some lag last night. Same as everyone else basically, spell casts slow to respond, tells delayed, etc.. I did a tracert and results were the same as Elerial's

Tracing route to login.eqemulator.net [66.55.145.2]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 78 ms 73 ms 73 ms 10.206.200.109
3 82 ms 81 ms 58 ms 10.206.200.109
4 85 ms 77 ms 77 ms 10.206.206.33
5 92 ms 81 ms * bgbk-core-rtr-01.blue.net [66.38.0.1]
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 89 ms 64 ms 90 ms chp-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net [67.14.8.194]
8 * * 98 ms ip4.gtt.net [173.205.63.229]
9 112 ms 101 ms 108 ms xe-3-1-1.nyc39.ip4.gtt.net [141.136.105.50]
10 122 ms 133 ms 86 ms gtt-gw.ip4.gtt.net [173.241.131.238]
11 117 ms * * ae1-50g.ar1.nyc3.us.as4436.gtt.net [69.31.95.194
]
12 107 ms 92 ms 105 ms as20473.ae7.ar1.nyc3.us.as4436.gtt.net [69.31.34
.62]
13 107 ms 113 ms * ethernet1-2-2-c8-12-b2-1.pnj1.choopa.net [108.61
.80.218]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

[CityofChamps09]

Hope they iron out the issues by the time I get home from work. Trading in EC yesterday was a nightmare.

[Huck]

Okay, so knock on wood, no problems so far today.

This morning - I logged in and the lag thing would quickly go from 100% to like 98% acting like it was going to go LD. Then back to 100% all in like milliseconds.

So I updated firmware on my router which hadn't been done in like a year.

Been playing for like 6-7 hours and no issues. Think I locked up zoning once, but that was it. No errors at server select or anywhere else.

Maybe this will help someone? I can't imagine this was the actual solution though lol!. Been playing fine for a year since installed router, but I no nothing about tech stuff.

[CityofChamps09]

I've been smooth tonight! Thanks for getting us back on the right track, devs/top men!

[buffmagnum]

I too have Comcast. I remeber a few years ago having a similar issue while playing Aion. NCsoft eventually got with Comcast and fixed the issue. I came back in the morning dead, but didnt die during all the lag issues I had...I would zone out and/or restart and it would work for about an hour. I expect we will have this now and again, a free to play is pretty awesome I can deal with this once in a while.

[Bluedarksun]

I'm still having issues. I get to the Logging into server Please wait... dialog box, then nothing happens. I shut the game down and re-start same thing. When it does go past that screen into the server select screen sometimes the servers are listed other times not.

When they are I click on the Play button and maybe get to character select. If I manage to get in the game, it is guaranteed that when I zone I crash. Upon restarting, the whole ordeal starts over. I reset my router, and did a speed test on my connection and everything is fine there.

I even took the liberty of installing EQ on my wife's laptop, and the same issues are there with a fresh install. I even installed WinEQ and still the issues persist. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I went from smooth sailing to a sunken vessel in a matter of one night. :P


I finally made it to character select clicked on Enter World, and was met with Server isn't responding message.


I still cannot login and haven't been able to for three days now. I've tried everything I know to and games like WOW, EverquestLive, Everquest 2 to name a few all work, I guess I'll just stay out of pocket until they do a patch or something to correct this issue. It would seem with others having the same issues, that it isn't limited just to me. If that was the case then I'd have no need to post. Have fun all you that are able to play :P

[Piance]

I use Charter and have many of these problems. I will try to cast a spell and it will just darken my bar and lag. Sometimes it will come back and cast. Other times it will just DC me. I get DC'd out of no where all the time. It was going on months ago. Then it stopped for for maybe 1 month? It is back in full force DC'ing me throughout the day. What's odd to me is that I don't go LD. I can exit game and log back in to server. Dying in PvP like this is super annoying as well as dying in PvE.

[magisterco]

The past week i have also had issues with frequent disconnets, they range from 10 mins to 2 hours per DC.

[Decadus]

I have been having an issue where it stops and loads like I am zoning, but it is happening in the middle of zones randomly.

[Wildfire357]

Charter Internet. Southeast. Also experiencing similar issues. The site will be temporarily non-responsive, along with tracert issues. Random disconnects approximately 15 minutes from time of login. It has happened pretty consistently for all of today.

[Eldon]

^ same. Had this issues on and off for the past couple months but today is particularly bad. Really fucking sucks.

[gnotshr]

I can also confirm a similar issue. Charter is my ISP (South East), over the last 5 days or so I disconnect randomly through out the day (5-8 times). Often times during these disconnections I also cannot access the p99 site for a short time. The connectivity issues only apply to the game and the p99 site however, as every thing else seems fine.

[Sirviver]

Greetings. I also seem to have caught this 'bug.' I have 100% Connectivity and an average of 60 ms Latency, but for the last two weeks or so, I intermittently will go silently LD. My Net Stat shows perfect this entire time.

If it corrects in 5 seconds, it just acts like it was a DDoS attack.
If it corrects in 15 seconds, I go to black DC screen and am booted to character select.
If it takes longer, I go to black DC screen and am booted to login.

Nothing outside of the game seems to be having any issue. I do notice that when this is happening, I also lose my ability to browse this website. My voice chats in Skype and Vent are not interrupted. I am hoping for a solution soon. I have played since 2011, and have never seen this.

And oh yea, my ISP is Charter.

[Sirviver]

OH, and Charter, Southeast.

[Tasslehofp99]

This sounds like its an issue with Charter ISP blocking p99 packets?

Or something?

I would make a new thread regarding this issue; for the folks using charter ISP that are having this issue.

[Netina]

Thread necro -

I've been having the same issue, Charter internet, SE. I've been going crazy with the random lag spikes / spell lockouts. As a druid, it makes quadding impossible.

[Celticgirl]

I can't get into the game today

[Frudrura]

Been having issues too. Sometimes it takes a few times of logging in, typing my password and entering, before I can actually get to the server select screen. Then once I am in game, and in a zone, maybe 100ms, but when I zone, it is shotty. Seems like half the time, I don't make it through the zone, it will just hang on Loading, Please Wait... Eventually, it seems I either need to Crtl + Alt + Del and end the game or it will just boot me to the login screen.