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Old 2004-10-28, 03:52 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Remember how they said they weren't actually going to prohibit dial-up users?

Well guess what! All this BFR crap has made the game completely unplayable for dial-up users. Whenever I'm even close to one of these things, the game gets choppy. But since there are always 20-30 BFRs in any given area during combat now, I will literally go LD for minutes at a time. It's very annoying to have to sit at a door for 30-45 seconds before it opens. And then when it opens you run out and drop dead. Then you realize that you actually died 30 seconds ago when an enemy opened the door and saw you standing there like an idiot.

I've tried everything, even sniping, and guess what...I can watch a BFR in my scope simply fade out of existance because the connection can't even carry it's image to my computer.

Congratulations Developers! You've seemed to have found a way to cut the game's population without technically banning anyone! You simply make the game unplayable.

I guess I have two options: Upgrade to a much more expensive broadband, or quit. Unfortunately, the island I live on off of Japan doesn't have broadband.

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Old 2004-10-28, 05:08 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Originally Posted by KamiGaijin
Remember how they said they weren't actually going to prohibit dial-up users?
No, they never guarenteed such a thing.





You could always play on the Test Server

if you know what your doing you could get some decent upgrades for not a bad price.
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Old 2004-10-28, 05:11 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Is the China server online yet? And are you using it?
Because the 30-45 second door wait just sounds like massive ping because of the distance to your nearest server (West Coast America?).
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Old 2004-10-28, 06:54 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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30-45 seconds before it opens. And then when it opens you run out and drop dead.
Feel sorry for you dude. I had the same problem as my old computer was really OLD. All I can say is drop all your grapichs to really low and fight in the caves where bfr's cant get in.
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Old 2004-10-28, 07:41 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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I think it's testament to the efficiency of PlanetSide that you've been able to play it thus far with a 56k modem. Come back when the BFR novelty factor wears off
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Old 2004-10-28, 11:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Originally Posted by KamiGaijin
I can watch a BFR in my scope simply fade out of existance because the connection can't even carry it's image to my computer.
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Old 2004-10-28, 12:10 PM   [Ignore Me] #7
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The devs have already stated that they are aware of some frame rate issues connected with the BFR's and will be working to improve the situation. Hang in there - things may yet improve as they continue to fine tune things.
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Old 2004-10-28, 12:34 PM   [Ignore Me] #8
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I have a similar problem even on cable. Whenever I get around a squad of BFRs my FPS drops below 5, even with my graphics on low/off. One night during mayhem it hit 1.8 FPS and I just logged in frustration.

I bit the bullet last night and ordered an ALIENWARE. Let's see what things look like when I can set my graphics on high in 2 weeks

Plasma Purple w/Astral Blue cooling. Even my computer is a Vanu
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Old 2004-10-28, 12:46 PM   [Ignore Me] #9
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Originally Posted by Majik
I bit the bullet last night and ordered an ALIENWARE. Let's see what things look like when I can set my graphics on high in 2 weeks
You didn't just bite the bullet, you swallowed the Marine that fired it.
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Old 2004-10-28, 12:52 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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Old 2004-10-28, 02:43 PM   [Ignore Me] #11
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Just tell us the specs from your computer and we might be able to explain a few things..
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Old 2004-10-28, 06:44 PM   [Ignore Me] #12
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Old 2004-10-28, 09:03 PM   [Ignore Me] #13
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If you can afford a planetside subscription why dont you get broadband internet?
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Old 2004-10-28, 09:37 PM   [Ignore Me] #14
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Originally Posted by KamiGaijin
Remember how they said they weren't actually going to prohibit dial-up users?

Well guess what! All this BFR crap has made the game completely unplayable for dial-up users. Whenever I'm even close to one of these things, the game gets choppy. But since there are always 20-30 BFRs in any given area during combat now, I will literally go LD for minutes at a time. It's very annoying to have to sit at a door for 30-45 seconds before it opens. And then when it opens you run out and drop dead. Then you realize that you actually died 30 seconds ago when an enemy opened the door and saw you standing there like an idiot.

I've tried everything, even sniping, and guess what...I can watch a BFR in my scope simply fade out of existance because the connection can't even carry it's image to my computer.

Congratulations Developers! You've seemed to have found a way to cut the game's population without technically banning anyone! You simply make the game unplayable.

I guess I have two options: Upgrade to a much more expensive broadband, or quit. Unfortunately, the island I live on off of Japan doesn't have broadband.

/emote finger
/cancel subscription
i'm sorry /sarcasm

first you live increadibly far away from the servers so ping is going to be high anyway.
second noboday ever said this games was supposed to be playable on dail-up
thirdly i played on dial-up for a while(inc. beta), it was horrible then and i would have stoped playing, i woudl lag beind by several minutes at times

fourthly Majik you got duped, by buying an AW you payed way to much no matter what you got there. AW sometimes adds more than 2k to the price of building your own.
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Old 2004-10-28, 09:38 PM   [Ignore Me] #15
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Does anyone know where the east coast server is.. because I use a DSL connection and only get problems when my dad is on his computer

BTW Why buy an alienware when you can custom make ur own cpu???

sorry Rbstr, you already mentioned that
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