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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Please tell me it's not just me.

During beta and headstart, even the first few days after launch, my connection to the game has been excellent, able to play for hours at a stretch. Since after one of the patches last week, however, I'm now constantly rubberbanding in every sector, system and zone, and after between five to 10 minutes without fail my screen is plastered with "Server Not Responding" then I get disconnected and dropped to login.

When this happens I'm able to immediately log back in, back on my character and back into game, then the cycle repeats itself. Lather, rinse, repeat. I have to know, has my ISP suddenly gone to hell, or is this a common occurance right now with others due to server overpopulation. Is it a known issue being looked into? It's beyond frustrating, I just want to know that I won't be stuck a month or more like this.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I've been on for about 3 hours now and never got DCed once.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    dethduck wrote: »
    Please tell me it's not just me.

    During beta and headstart, even the first few days after launch, my connection to the game has been excellent, able to play for hours at a stretch. Since after one of the patches last week, however, I'm now constantly rubberbanding in every sector, system and zone, and after between five to 10 minutes without fail my screen is plastered with "Server Not Responding" then I get disconnected and dropped to login.

    When this happens I'm able to immediately log back in, back on my character and back into game, then the cycle repeats itself. Lather, rinse, repeat. I have to know, has my ISP suddenly gone to hell, or is this a common occurance right now with others due to server overpopulation. Is it a known issue being looked into? It's beyond frustrating, I just want to know that I won't be stuck a month or more like this.

    This happens to me when I play on my charter connection, but not my work connection. I assume for that reason it has something to do with Charter. Since charter also disconnects me every 20 minutes from LOTRO, DDO, and WoW, and it also has serious rubber band problems in STO that do not exist in my dedicated line, that something in Charter is the problem.

    I do think that maybe STO has cron set too high or some other issue in settings that mean unreliable connections get the shaft, so their is likely room for a fix from them.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have been playing in the higher levels and now the newly released 43+ area but I haven't received a disconnect for at least 3 to 4 days.

    Would recommend you look into the connect between you and the servers and see what happens during these disconnections (Ping Plotter with TCP support instead of ICMP).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have been playing in the higher levels and now the newly released 43+ area but I haven't received a disconnect for at least 3 to 4 days.

    Would recommend you look into the connect between you and the servers and see what happens during these disconnections (Ping Plotter with TCP support instead of ICMP).

    Charter reset my DHCP lease the other night nearly 40 times. Not sure why they feel that is required, but it affects all of my MMOs.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Battleunit wrote: »
    This happens to me when I play on my charter connection.



    Funny that, that's what I have, Charter, in massachusetts. though I've never had any disconnection issues in any other game, from EQ2, to EvE, to DDO, to LotRo and others...I bounce a lot :rolleyes: , What gets me is I had no issues till a few days after the feb 2nd launch of the game, I was playing fine from OB till about the 5th.
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