Emerald can't handle the player load!

2coasts · 2003-05-21, 08:18 PM

Just now Emerald started to melt down. After a few hours of play with the same squad, on the same continent, hoorible lag struck. My entire squad got frozen, unable to respawn anywhere, we had to log off (which entailed clicking "quit" and then waiting 5 minutes for it to log off)...

Whats going on in Emerald? Some of the ppl I talked to on the server said it couldnt handle the number of players on it, and that they never stress tested the servers with numbers as high as are on them right now...

Was anyone else on Emerald around 8pm EST?

MasterGnr · 2003-05-21, 10:04 PM

at 7:04 PST Emerald got really bad...tanks driving in the air, people floating...stuf like that.

We looked at the other servers, and noticed that the west coast servers were less cluttered and ran smoother.

Also, both West Coast servers needed TR. Tells me where all the TR are playing...

"we charge the $12.99 to maintain the servers..."

umm....hehe

�io · 2003-05-21, 10:06 PM

Wow it's the MasterGnr! Been a while since i've seen that name here.

And i'm just curious does anybody know how many players where on the server?

Hamma · 2003-05-21, 10:08 PM

I'm not sure what the deal is with Emerald, it has always been a little flaky in my experience.

Tolvy · 2003-05-21, 10:08 PM

Good ol' Markov

No lag worries on there. When are they starting up the other servers?

Hamma · 2003-05-21, 10:10 PM

Well konried is up (second east serv) they should have brought that one up first, seems more stable

Prowler · 2003-05-21, 10:21 PM

Originally posted by MasterGnr
at 7:04 PST Emerald got really bad...tanks driving in the air, people floating...stuf like that.

We looked at the other servers, and noticed that the west coast servers were less cluttered and ran smoother.

Also, both West Coast servers needed TR. Tells me where all the TR are playing...

"we charge the $12.99 to maintain the servers..."

umm....hehe

Wow the l33t Tribes Talk dude , How ya been MG?

MasterGnr · 2003-05-21, 11:41 PM

Been pretty busy with Army stuff, thx for asking!

I enjoy what this game represents, but in the two nights I have owned it, I could not play for more than 45 minutes. Between issues that I am having with the balance and the horrid lag on emerald...argh

Some people say "find another server if u dont like lag" but the point is many of us are playing this because teammates from previous games are playing. I am a west coaster, but the GeeZers want to play east. Central would be more fair....but they didnt give us a choice did they? You can't just change servers after you have invested time in earning BEP and CEP.

They should allow your character to change servers.

TR is owning on most servers! Go TR!

Matuse · 2003-05-21, 11:52 PM

Welcome to the introduction of EVERY MMO GAME...they suck for the first couple days. Deal with it.

And why do you need character portability between servers the first two days? Not like you have anything worth keeping.

BUGGER · 2003-05-21, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by MasterGnr
TR is owning on most servers! Go TR!

We are? damn my planetside thing is wierd.

*sigh* For once i really want to go shopping.

Hamma · 2003-05-21, 11:59 PM

I'm guessing they will add the ability to move between servers at some point.. at least I'd hope so.

Matuse · 2003-05-22, 03:31 AM

Considering how little there is to gain from a server transfer, again...why?

Name? If you transfer to a server where someone has the same name, YOU are the one to change it, not the person who had it on that server first.

BEP? Trivial, and not that important.

CEP...well, that's a maybe. Harder to get that, at least.

Granted there is a lot less to transfer with PS than EQ, but Sony charges big time $$$ to transfer characters between servers on EQ, and you transfer without any of your items or cash.

Hamma · 2003-05-22, 08:34 AM

I'm not talking about now

But later, when I am BR20, or CR4 or something, and my team decideds "hey we want to switch servers" I'm not gonna want to start over again. BEP may be trivial to you, but after a month of working hard to gain all that BEP I'm not gonna want to give it up. I worked hard for it.

At this stage in the game, you gain nothing from moving your char. Later things will be different.

kerosene31 · 2003-05-22, 09:17 AM

Konried may be more stable simply because hardly anybody is there rigth now. Hopefully it will get more players as more join the game.

It seems right now like there are too many east players for ine server, but not enough for two. Hopefully more people join in and things even out.

Banditman · 2003-05-22, 09:34 AM

Even during Beta, Emerald was simply not as good as the west coast servers, Johari in particular.

I am on the East Coast myself, I live near Charlotte, NC and have broadband. During beta, I really wanted to play on Emerald, but the lag was simply horrific. I tried once again when retail hit, hoping that it would have been improved, but it seems to be no better.