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  • deodir
    deodir Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    The solution to the uber massive lag and all the client crashes would have been quite simple. But ofc, it would have taken a little more effort to the GMs/devs, and it shows how they don't care.

    The solution would have simply been to implement the npcs in every starting towns and make it so everyone can only take the quest in their char's starting city. This would have forced everyone to divide the lag by 5.
    Like there would have only been people of 2 classes in every city, which virtually everyone's computers and connections could have handled.

    Sounds like somebody needs a nap. b:laugh
  • Jellytoast - Sanctuary
    Jellytoast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    RouxLouka - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Ended up with two wrong answers because of the insane lag. b:angry

    Only got 57 boxes out of 59. I could have gotten another 16 in if I didn't have to slowly move my mouse instead. b:cry

    How did you get so many questions? I was only allowed 15. :(
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  • Asthariel - Dreamweaver
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    deodir wrote: »
    Sounds like somebody needs a nap. b:laugh

    Eh, what's wrong with it honestly ? This is the only mean to decrease the lag. Even if they implemented the npcs in every starting cities but didn't make it so you are forced to take the quiz in your starting city, some cities would have been more flooded than other ones, and people would have wasted time checking every city to see which one was the less crowded.
    At least, with my idea, it divides the lag by 5 and you don't have to bother wondering where you are gonna take the quiz.
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  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Eh, what's wrong with it honestly ? This is the only mean to decrease the lag. Even if they implemented the npcs in every starting cities but didn't make it so you are forced to take the quiz in your starting city, some cities would have been more flooded than other ones, and people would have wasted time checking every city to see which one was the less crowded.
    At least, with my idea, it divides the lag by 5 and you don't have to bother wondering where you are gonna take the quiz.

    Cause the ratio of classes playing is completely and totally even amirite?


    That one thought is the massive roadblock in your idea. At least if it wasn't restricted based on your class, you could choose to relocate between Archo and any other area with the NPC. With a class restriction, however.... well.... I suppose at least untamed would have it easy.
  • Aneurysmal - Heavens Tear
    Aneurysmal - Heavens Tear Posts: 798 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Honestly, was a great idea for an event... but the 30 min timeframe=lag city... I have now successfully seen South arch as just a green compass blob. Please for Sat and sun make it a 24 hour window so that at least hopefully we won't be in as thick of a swarm of lag machines.
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  • Asthariel - Dreamweaver
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Maybe Raging Tides would have been a bit flooded because of the massive abundance of sins, but I bet the rest would have not.
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  • chaoticshelly
    chaoticshelly Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I've asked Frankie, there are two NPC's - Luna for level 20-59 and Yuna for 60-105.
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  • SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary
    SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    It would be nice if multiple npcs were placed in all 4 arch areas, not just in the South... I didn't crash, but haven't had such insane lag in a long time.
    I've asked Frankie, there are two NPC's - Luna for level 20-59 and Yuna for 60-105.
    Yup, & they are placed together, & during those 30 mins of the event being on the majority of the servers' population clusters there...
  • chaoticshelly
    chaoticshelly Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary wrote: »
    It would be nice if multiple npcs were placed in all 4 arch areas, not just in the South... I didn't crash, but haven't had such insane lag in a long time.

    There are NPCs located in 1k as well. b:thanks
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  • SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary
    SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    ChaoticShelly wrote: »
    There are NPCs located in 1k as well. b:thanks

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  • Knownase - Heavens Tear
    Knownase - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,959 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I logged on for once to try this event, and I loved the client crashing. It was the best lag I've ever had, thx GMs.

    Logged on for the last 5 mins of the event, only got like 6 questions, woot......
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  • Asthariel - Dreamweaver
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    ChaoticShelly wrote: »
    There are NPCs located in 1k as well. b:thanks

    Seriously ? -.- And why none knew ?
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  • chaoticshelly
    chaoticshelly Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary wrote: »
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    Asthariel - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Seriously ? -.- And why none knew ?

    I didn't know either - I finished RB and saw them right by the Mysterious merchant. Keep that in mind for tomorrow!
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  • Flare - Heavens Tear
    Flare - Heavens Tear Posts: 331 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Seriously ? -.- And why none knew ?

    Because the event post on the site only gave coordinates to south district lol.

    To Knownase: no wonder you didn't answer my pms..LOL

    and I noticed it is one set of questions per account?
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  • Knownase - Heavens Tear
    Knownase - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,959 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Flare - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Because the event post on the site only gave coordinates to south district lol.

    To Knownase: no wonder you didn't answer my pms..LOL

    and I noticed it is one set of questions per account?

    Yea, it crashed about 4 minutes after I entered the green blob of ppl doing the quiz.

    I blackscreened, and then my computer just froze, I was sad. b:cry

    My settings were also at minimum.
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  • Irdis - Sanctuary
    Irdis - Sanctuary Posts: 152 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    this was fun XD love those trivia pills b:chuckle
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  • RouxLouka - Dreamweaver
    RouxLouka - Dreamweaver Posts: 511 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Jellytoast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    How did you get so many questions? I was only allowed 15. :(

    Multiple characters/accounts. You're allowed to do with different characters on the same account as long as it's in a different level range.
    /quit.

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  • Flare - Heavens Tear
    Flare - Heavens Tear Posts: 331 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Knownase - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Yea, it crashed about 4 minutes after I entered the green blob of ppl doing the quiz.

    I blackscreened, and them my computer just froze, I was sad. b:cry

    My settings were also at minimum.

    ah...mine were at minimum too...and I logged on like 10 mins before it ended...managed to finish. Best performance on, hide other playername/icon, hide player outside range limit, and monster thingy on worked well... so On, off, on, on at the top of the hp thing, managed to finish a set of questions, then went to barb...b:cry no questions available...b:angry
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  • Flare - Heavens Tear
    Flare - Heavens Tear Posts: 331 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    RouxLouka - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Multiple characters/accounts. You're allowed to do with different characters on the same account as long as it's in a different level range.

    ah..k thanks, will keep that in mind, my barb was 91, so same lvl range as bm rofl
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  • Atone - Lost City
    Atone - Lost City Posts: 74 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Is it a daily event, repeatable tomorrow if you did it today, etc? Or is it 1 time only for the whole weekend?
  • Flare - Heavens Tear
    Flare - Heavens Tear Posts: 331 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Atone - Lost City wrote: »
    Is it a daily event, repeatable tomorrow if you did it today, etc? Or is it 1 time only for the whole weekend?

    I hope it is repeatable...as I did the questions on the wrong character in hopes of doing the questions again on another characterb:cry

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  • ResMePls - Heavens Tear
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,349 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I don't even get it....I went at All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:00 PM,went to coords and no quest :(. I dunno what I did wrong.
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  • Escorian - Dreamweaver
    Escorian - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I don't even get it....I went at All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:00 PM,went to coords and no quest :(. I dunno what I did wrong.

    we are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) or if you are East Coast its Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) its not dependant on your own time.
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  • buttercupcruella
    buttercupcruella Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Asthariel - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    The solution to the uber massive lag and all the client crashes would have been quite simple. But ofc, it would have taken a little more effort to the GMs/devs, and it shows how they don't care.

    The solution would have simply been to implement the npcs in every starting towns and make it so everyone can only take the quest in their char's starting city. This would have forced everyone to divide the lag by 5.
    Like there would have only been people of 2 classes in every city, which virtually everyone's computers and connections could have handled.

    That'd be fun. I, as the remaining few of the untamed would be happy.

    It was nicely done in BOI. The quiz was set to a certain hour and the system would remind you about it 10 mins before it started. The coolest thing about it was that... IT POPPED UP on your screen NO MATTER where you were. You could choose to open or close it. So I would always go to so secluded place with no1 around and prepare for the quiz. THAT could be an idea, you know? An idea that no1 would complain about.b:surrender

    Also, I lost net for the time of the event so I didn't have to go through the pain of immense laggggg.b:victory
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  • abstractive
    abstractive Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    lolol
  • DeffyNature - Archosaur
    DeffyNature - Archosaur Posts: 1,400 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I liked it, great lag, but then again Arch has 8 people on it ( which, just for laughs, decided to come on mounts AND our lovely clerics decided to set up BB and buffs, just for an extra lagcake ), managed to get the quiz done on 4 characters only, only got lots of fruit and pills, about 8 socket stones, 6 chips, no pet, but i was hoping I wouldn't get it since I only have 4 petslots and I use those for pets that actually help in battle lol.
    Oh, and it was sooooo fun to play at 3 FPS, yeeepy b:cry
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  • ResMePls - Heavens Tear
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,349 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Escorian - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    we are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) or if you are East Coast its Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) its not dependant on your own time.

    would be so much easier if PWI just made an in game announcement when it is starting so I would not have to be confused trying to figure it out b:laugh.
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  • Alsiadorra - Sanctuary
    Alsiadorra - Sanctuary Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Sir_Puma - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Event to me was a success.

    Now why are people complaining about it except the lag factor ??

    Oh yeah, right...Even if u can answer just 10 questions (like I did cause of lag) 760 000 spirit or so ain't worth it for no repairs, no stress, no cost, nothing..And 880k exp neither..Totally not worth *Insert sarcasm"

    Oh what's this ? A "Blinking pouctice" ? Well the effect on that is pretty darn good !!

    Oh.."Shining pill" too.. Nice effect !!

    I think gm's did GREAT !!

    They listenned to community :

    - We want a new event : Got that

    - We want a new rare item : Even if not from DQ system, got that

    - We want more ways to make exp/spirit : Got that

    - We QQ about TW factions or those with guild bases able to do pretty good apo pots and we are jealous : Got that, although it's random, u do get some pretty powerful ones.


    To me...4 solutions, all in 1 !!

    And some still whine b:sad

    Oh yeah ...Guess some expected 1 full level per correct answer, a mount/flyer of choice and a medal of glory...b:surrender


    Edited : More npc's would in fact be cool though to reduce a tad lag...
    - An event that only CERTAIN TIME ZONES of people can play because of the TIME it starts: Got that.
  • KillinEye - Sanctuary
    KillinEye - Sanctuary Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Another solution is making the time you can take the quiz longer and thus making it less busy.

    I'd suggest you just get to start the quiz at any random time of the day. Then you can do the quiz for a fixed amount of time after that the quiz will automatically stop and you wont be able to take another question.
    Would reduce the lagfeast, and enable non-Americans to participate in this event as well, without having to be online @ eg. 3AM in the night.
  • paralleogram
    paralleogram Posts: 596 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    This was a nice small event where everyone could compete. I don't think it should be every day as that is overkill.

    However, as others have mentioned a few NPCs sprinkled around other cities would help against the insane lag.

    I feel bad for anyone who was trying to do this on a computer that isn't the greatest and lags under normal circumstances. .b:surrender
    Here we go again....

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