Yes, I am well aware of the latency issues in regard to sattelite connections. However, prior to season 4 release I was having virtually zero issues other than some lag in pvp which really wasn't too bad about 80% of the time. I can live with that, sattelite is what it is. My question is, has the server time out been changed? Since season 4 release , after a couple minutes of gameplay it now goes into rubberbanding/lock up mode. I suspect the server has timmed out because the log out button wont log me out of the game, I have to actually exit the game, sometimes from task manager.
I understand that satelite users are not a huge part of the player base, but there are many of us who have no choice but to use it due to where we live. I think most of my connection isuues could be cleared up if the server timeout were to be extended by 2 or 3 seconds...the longer the better. I have no idea if or how that would affect performance for the majority of players, but if it is possible to extend cryptic's server time out without degrading performance for the majority of players it would sincerely be appreciated by those of us stuck using this ghetto satelite garbage. If the techs would be so kind as to just look into it, we'd all be greatful.
Tracert reveals round trip times that range between 857ms-1678ms. It varies depending on time of day and weather and all the usual things that affect sattelite internet. The max time I've ever seen is around 2500ms.
I'm running 64 bit win7 home premium
16gig pc 1333 RAM/Dual channel mode 8 gigs each
AMD 2.8 GHz 6 core processor
IE9 is default web browser
GTX450 Asus Graphics card 1 gig GDDR5RAM
Internet speed is 1.5MBPS/750kbps...actual speeds vary depending on weather and traffic.
All current updates and drivers are installed.
On Demand Patching is disabled
Voice Chat is Disabled
I tried to run nettest, but after 10 attempts which timed out, I thought I would add that info to the situation. Prior to season 4 patch, as mentioned previously, there were relatively few instances of not being able to connect and play fairly well via sattleite. Something has appearently changed. Whaterver the timeout settings were prior to season 4 were working pretty well.
I really do understand if the reality is that things needed to change in order to have season 4 perform correctly. My hope is that the things that made it work so well on sattelite before the update can be re-implemented, if they were changed, or some kind of adjustment be made if they were not. If it just isn't possible, I would appreciate it if one of the DEVs could respond and just let me know the game has evolved to the point that I pretty much just need to give up on it.
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I really do understand if the reality is that things needed to change in order to have season 4 perform correctly. My hope is that the things that made it work so well on sattelite before the update can be re-implemented, if they were changed, or some kind of adjustment be made if they were not. If it just isn't possible, I would appreciate it if one of the DEVs could respond and just let me know the game has evolved to the point that I pretty much just need to give up on it.
Thanks kindly,
Krog
Playing from Hartsville Tn USA
ISP: Hughesnet