The point was to humbly enlighten people that the reality is sometimes much more complicated than they have reason to believe. Remember that on the other side of a user's Internet connection are people who are professionals and deal with these things on a daily basis for a living. On the user's side is usually someone who doesn't even know the fundamentals of networking and still claim they are the experts when it comes to tools like traceroute. Regardless - my very sincere advice is to first secure and monitor any SOHO router since they are the main targets for malicious code these days because of poor design and infrequent updates.
Still so many cryptic white knights all over these forums, always trying to find an excuse for their obvious lack of quality control in everything. Its getting too old. Really.
I'm not defending Cryptic at all because I simply have no idea where the problem is. What I am saying is that traceroute is not a tool that can tell you if something is wrong with Cryptic's servers. It neither speaks the same language as the game nor has the ability to probe the servers and their configurations.
I debated with myself if I was actually going to post in this thread since I have seen this kind of response many times before. Humans want simple explanations to problems and if their worldview is challenged, deep lying parts of the brain usually turn to aggression. I took a chance to try to lower the ignorance among the readers but once again I see the same pattern repeat. I realize my mistake and I'll go back to focus my attention at other parts of the forum.
This is getting really old..Why is it that everything I run connects absolutely fine to the internet while only STO needs a VPN 75-80% of the time?! ONLY STO..
> @edwardsparrow1 said: > Happening to me too, been going on for a couple of weeks now. I'm in NSW Australia. > > I can get to my characters, but after clicking on one, it just times out.
Apparently it's not Region-based error, as i am in the US and this happens to me as well!
This is not funny..Was in the middle of counterpoint..SNR, kicked, then 3 attempts to get back in, then see I get an AFK for god knows what after only two us took out the first wave while the rest blew up, then get kicked again, and here I am!! what is wrong with your server guys?! everything else on my end is absolutely fine..
-I reinstaled SWTOR just to check if there were any connection issues to their servers in the US, and what you know!! It connects and there is no lag too!!
-Fired up MWO and again, what you know!! NO PROBLEMS AT ALL..
-Launched a multiplayer session for Aliens Colonial Marines and AVP 2010, and what you know!! Thats right you guessed it!! NOOOOOO PROBLEMS..
So this is leading me to believe that there is a server throttling/ active random regional blocking issue thats going on at the server end cause I can reach the doorstep of the cryptic server and then it just times out after that..
So this is leading me to believe that there is a server throttling/ active random regional blocking issue thats going on at the server end cause I can reach the doorstep of the cryptic server and then it just times out after that..
Something like that. And its happening for years. But guess what... since probably more than half of the playebase is not affected by this, well, why cryptic should move a finger...
Well, if there was a problem on Cryptic's end, it would affect everyone, not just half.
Wouldn't this point to the peering agreements (or lack thereof) between the ISPs on your route to Cryptic?
Uh NO..Because everything else is working just fine without issue..Its only STO that has issues..And when I look at a traceert (I know its not all that accurate to rely on but thats all I have to go by..) I reach the cryptic doorstep just fine then its pretty much dead there after..
I would love to play the game again and am impressed with all the new content. I would even consider lifetime subbing if I could actually play the thing. However, I can't hardly get my charactors to even pop up on the charactor screen, normally disconnect back to log in if I try to select a charactor, and if I do get in the game, can't move anywhere due to severe instability of connection. When I first came back to the game it would disconnect every 30 mins or so. Now it is unplayable and has been for weeks. Yet, I watch people on stream with zero problems. I have zero issue with any other game or service and a good cable connection. It is not a region issue. I am in Oklahoma.
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I debated with myself if I was actually going to post in this thread since I have seen this kind of response many times before. Humans want simple explanations to problems and if their worldview is challenged, deep lying parts of the brain usually turn to aggression. I took a chance to try to lower the ignorance among the readers but once again I see the same pattern repeat. I realize my mistake and I'll go back to focus my attention at other parts of the forum.
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> Happening to me too, been going on for a couple of weeks now. I'm in NSW Australia.
>
> I can get to my characters, but after clicking on one, it just times out.
Apparently it's not Region-based error, as i am in the US and this happens to me as well!
Adu-Uss Firefox NCC-93425-F (LVL 65 FED AoY ENG) UR/VR MKXV Fleet Intel Assault Cruiser (July 2016)
Jean-Uss Seratoga Ravenna (LVL 60 FED Delta ENG) UC/R MKVI Bajoran Escort (April 2018)
Dubsa-RRW Mnaudh (LVL 50 FED allied ROM Delta ENG) Warbird (May 2018)
Marop-IKS Orunthi (LVL 50 KNG Delta ENG) BoP (May 2018)
Kanak'lan-TRIBBLE (LVL 65 DOM Gamma ENG) TRIBBLE (June 2018)
-Fired up MWO and again, what you know!! NO PROBLEMS AT ALL..
-Launched a multiplayer session for Aliens Colonial Marines and AVP 2010, and what you know!! Thats right you guessed it!! NOOOOOO PROBLEMS..
So this is leading me to believe that there is a server throttling/ active random regional blocking issue thats going on at the server end cause I can reach the doorstep of the cryptic server and then it just times out after that..
Adu-Uss Firefox NCC-93425-F (LVL 65 FED AoY ENG) UR/VR MKXV Fleet Intel Assault Cruiser (July 2016)
Jean-Uss Seratoga Ravenna (LVL 60 FED Delta ENG) UC/R MKVI Bajoran Escort (April 2018)
Dubsa-RRW Mnaudh (LVL 50 FED allied ROM Delta ENG) Warbird (May 2018)
Marop-IKS Orunthi (LVL 50 KNG Delta ENG) BoP (May 2018)
Kanak'lan-TRIBBLE (LVL 65 DOM Gamma ENG) TRIBBLE (June 2018)
Well, if there was a problem on Cryptic's end, it would affect everyone, not just half.
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Uh NO..Because everything else is working just fine without issue..Its only STO that has issues..And when I look at a traceert (I know its not all that accurate to rely on but thats all I have to go by..) I reach the cryptic doorstep just fine then its pretty much dead there after..
Adu-Uss Firefox NCC-93425-F (LVL 65 FED AoY ENG) UR/VR MKXV Fleet Intel Assault Cruiser (July 2016)
Jean-Uss Seratoga Ravenna (LVL 60 FED Delta ENG) UC/R MKVI Bajoran Escort (April 2018)
Dubsa-RRW Mnaudh (LVL 50 FED allied ROM Delta ENG) Warbird (May 2018)
Marop-IKS Orunthi (LVL 50 KNG Delta ENG) BoP (May 2018)
Kanak'lan-TRIBBLE (LVL 65 DOM Gamma ENG) TRIBBLE (June 2018)
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