Many players have been reporting unusual lag over the past several weeks, Sporkfire commented on this issue today on the Official Site:
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I had actually replied to this previously, but here is the latest status: We checked with Network Operations, and there has been no maintenance that would cause the issue. So we know that's fine. Now, we have our Server Programmers going through code, trying to determine if something got passed along with the last patch (which it seems was when the reports started coming in). We'll keep you posted and continue working until the issue is resolved.
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thats the news article...
the first post in the planetside discussion is as follows, spork's response is word for word however
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Originally Posted by OF by BzA
It is all over the boards and the in-game chat. The game choking lag that resulted from the recent Holiday series of patches and/or some other unseen factor.
Are the developers and supervisors aware of how severe the problems are at times and what is the status of any fix.
What is the official comment from SOE and its representatives?
It is generally accepted that the level of network performance associated with PlanetSide has been on a constant decline since mid December and in recent days has reached a boiling point.
The Symptoms include but are not limited to
> 4+ seconds of lag at equipment terminals for buying items and favorites
> 4+ seconds of lag while enabling and disabling implants which have had their appropriate warm-up time and show as active
> 4+ seconds of lag while reloading and changing weapons
> Doors which fail to open
> Doors which appear to be unhackable
> Sudden deaths from vehicles while deep inside buildings having not seen a vehicle of the type which killed the player for upward of 2 minutes.
> 30+ seconds of lag in the kill message window as well as chat.
These factors as well as some I am sure I neglected to post are symptoms of a failing network supporting this game. A reasonable explanation is expected and a fix is demanded. It is the opinion of this player that this choking lag will cause more players to cancel or non-renew their subscriptions than any other bug to date.
Hundreds of players upgraded their machines in order to stabilize PlanetSide and the current gameplay is the same as it was before these people upgraded.
Rumors of budget cuts and bandwith slashes are dancing around these and other forums and the lack of comment on this matter is calling into question SOE's dedication to the game and its servers.
This must not be allowed to stand.
Please inform us of your status in regards to this issue.
Thank you.
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2004-01-14, 02:01 PM
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