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Marauder event is a TOTAL failure

adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
in Player Feedback (PC)
With 40 people on the map the lag during the marauder event is so bad that the event is simply unplayable.

Sorry, but this is a pretty big disappointment.
Hoping for improvements...
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  • vida44vida44 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    So much lag...40 people on the map and you can't move. Was this tested with 40 people on the map?

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  • crizpynutzcrizpynutz Member Posts: 349 Arc User
    This is atrocious, the lag, the rubber-banding. Absolutely awful. Shame on you.
  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    Actually, there were just 26 of us...not 40, but as I said...totally unplayable...and at the end we we got a voucher worth 5 Fey Trinkets for our trouble. Yay!
    Hoping for improvements...
  • bobby4700bobby4700 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 179 Arc User
    Yes was unplayable . see no need to rant just give a big thumbs down and hope u do fix it . yes i did use the F word FIX
  • checkmatein3checkmatein3 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 525 Arc User
    We rank Marauders event with almost 40 people. The lag was so bad: some people were permanently stuck, some people would phase and rubberband seconds after, you could not pick up items on the ground, and you could not return items to stashes. And the lag was so bad, when the vouchers were given as a reward, they came in small chunks. After 10 rounds, the 'no' vote was strong because of the lag. For our effort we got 23 white vouchers.

    Until you expand the ability of the SH to hold 40 players to reach end game, I doubt very much that Marauders will be run.
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  • micky1p00micky1p00 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 3,594 Arc User
    Also the vouchers are not the regular grey vouchers like from the minor HEs. These are new and pitiful vouchers, 5 currency per voucher !??!?!
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  • litaaerslitaaers Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 871 Arc User
    I would assume with half of the playerbase (the rest are working) trying it out, there would be lag.
  • ecrana#2080 ecrana
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         Member Posts: 1,654 Arc User
    Lag in Neverwinter? You must be kidding. ;)
    Not surprised about the lag either and have to say that the voucher rewards sound downright pathetic.
  • litaaerslitaaers Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 871 Arc User
    They might be a minimum, since no one stayed very long (at least successfully). Wait until its run normally and see.
  • arcanjo86arcanjo86 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,093 Arc User
    we will be pulled back to were we need to not use specif class abilities to reduce lag xD, like Heralds in WOD xD
  • minotaur2857minotaur2857 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,141 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    Also why did the module reset all the graphics back to defaults ? that will have made performance worse for many people.

    Complete unplayable lagfest with 20 ish people
  • lantern22lantern22 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,111 Arc User
    Sounds like Dread Ring
  • greywyndgreywynd Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 7,150 Arc User
    minotaur2857 said:

    Also why did the module reset all the graphics back to defaults ? that will have made performance worse for many people.

    Complete unplayable lagfest with 20 ish people

    They were reset because some settings were done away with.
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  • ghoulz66ghoulz66 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 3,748 Arc User
    Really people? Have none of you ever done large dragon flights or pvp siege? This was to be expected. The game sadly needs to be built around 20 players or less at a given time. Or they need to clean up the SH map, somehow.....
  • escatonescaton Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 17 Arc User
    The rewards for this event are, to put it politely, not very good. The Greed of the Dragonflight event gives far better rewards for the time spent.

    Stopping after 5 waves takes about the same time as running Dragonflight.

    Dragonflight gives 1 green or blue voucher (or rarely a strongbox) for every dragon killed (plus seal of the elements and dragon fangs).
    5 Waves of Stronghold Marauders gives 10 junk vouchers, which in total are worth less than a single green voucher.

    There's simply no reason to run this aside from the 600 influence once per week,
  • razor4lpharazor4lpha Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 89 Arc User
    The reward is a joke we stopped after wave 15, and it gave 10-13 vouchers from 3 different kinds, all of them from this 5 pts insulting version. The lagg was not an instance lag only .. since everybody was playing it the same time .. others were lagging and rubberbanding too.
  • litaaerslitaaers Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 871 Arc User
    I'm sure if they get feedback that doesn't include the words SUCK, they could modify it. I wonder if anyone even considered giving polite feedback?
  • ghoulz66ghoulz66 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 3,748 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    litaaers said:

    I'm sure if they get feedback that doesn't include the words SUCK, they could modify it. I wonder if anyone even considered giving polite feedback?

    Think people are tired of being polite after being ignored about mSP's loot.

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  • litaaerslitaaers Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 871 Arc User
    Well, they can see where it gets them. Their loss.
  • kalina311kalina311 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,082 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    devs just turn off companions likes like you should have done in stronghold siege... problem solved ..

    Mimic King said in the latest stream that they cant / will never fix this its impossible with all companion powers inter relating ... and they will never remove companion either so good luck to you all ..Catch 22 situation

    would love see a dev playing this or stronghold siege on a live stream with a straight face ...

    pve people wanted all your companions on all the time and its a major revenue stream.. so thats what you get balanced lag for everyone 24/7
  • litaaerslitaaers Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 871 Arc User
    Pretty sure the Devs play on top notch machines that can handle the load....
  • kalina311kalina311 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,082 Arc User

    @litaaers

    umm the load/ lag is network related and infrastructure server related even on a top end machine you will get it (lag)

    do you really think all the play testers are on high end machines as well ???
  • litaaerslitaaers Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 871 Arc User
    While not all, most people who playtest DO have better machines.

    I was referencing your comment:
    "would love see a dev playing this or stronghold siege on a live stream with a straight face ..."

    I'm sure they did test this, and wouldn't release it if it was that laggy. This kind of thing never surfaces until a jillion people with machines of all kinds get into the mix together.
  • kalina311kalina311 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,082 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    just like they tested the river district with like 50 people it in then rolled it back to like 20 people days later
    they were unable to do a thing ...

    or let players turn off companions in thier strong hold especiually for the MARAUDER EVENT
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  • scathiasscathias Member Posts: 1,174 Arc User
    yeah, the rewards for the event are quite pitiful. even when/if the lag gets fixed if the rewards stay the same there is no way i'll be doing the event vs using a bell for a dragonflight. After 25 waves the reward is an average of 40 vouchers per currency (so 160 vouchers total), and at 5 currency each that is 200 of each currency. from 40 freaking vouchers after spending all that time to get to wave 25.

    yeah, it is a pretty sad reward situation
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  • illhoraillhora Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 127 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    ran 35 waves - A guild with obstinates ppl :)

    at wave 35 mobs are lvl 76 and even with 120% + Arp the max damage done was between 30k - 40k ....enjoy the neverwinter lvl difference at his best :(

    Nice job Cryptic/Dev - huuuuuuge lag - to complete the event we probably need 3 hours and rewards are very very very very bad...

    With all our guildies we agreeded to never run it again...clap clap clap !!!
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