Sir Truckula
26
Duel of Truth Timing.
PROBLEM:
During the last lower levels DoT, quite a few players died in the very early stages of the game. Not from stupidity, not from lack of game knowledge, not even from a server disconnect. They died from Server Overload. I as well as at least FIVE other players that I spoke with, (I know there were more, but, I spoke to these players), died with Pots and Bombs in there belts. We were all clicking anything trying to get any action to work. The server did not respond for us. Yes we even tried refreshing during the duel to no effect. However, any summon critter that was on "autopilot" was able to take their turns. Eventually, the NPC would just do a death blow to the players, even though we were actively trying to play. I have personally suffered from this problem as well in a couple of "epic BC fights" where there were more than 20 players on each side.
Actions taken by myself: Flash Player updated before the duel, Cookies thoroughly cleaned, (including flash cookies), a computer restart before duel, confirmed stable internet.
SOLUTIONS:
A) A better server that can handle the stresses involved of that many players in a fight.
B) Break up the duels so only one level bracket is going at a time.
PROS:
A) This is a long term fix designed to help the game playability for everyone.
B) This is a short term fix designed to ease the stress of the server, but still allow some playability.
CONS:
A) This would require serious upgrade costs, plus time investments for data shifting.
B) This is not a long term fix, and would be akin to putting a tourniquet on an amputation. It will hold you for a bit but does not truly fix the problem.
Notes: Please keep the discourse civil and on topic. I am trying to help us all out here and make a really fun game even more fun to play.
During the last lower levels DoT, quite a few players died in the very early stages of the game. Not from stupidity, not from lack of game knowledge, not even from a server disconnect. They died from Server Overload. I as well as at least FIVE other players that I spoke with, (I know there were more, but, I spoke to these players), died with Pots and Bombs in there belts. We were all clicking anything trying to get any action to work. The server did not respond for us. Yes we even tried refreshing during the duel to no effect. However, any summon critter that was on "autopilot" was able to take their turns. Eventually, the NPC would just do a death blow to the players, even though we were actively trying to play. I have personally suffered from this problem as well in a couple of "epic BC fights" where there were more than 20 players on each side.
Actions taken by myself: Flash Player updated before the duel, Cookies thoroughly cleaned, (including flash cookies), a computer restart before duel, confirmed stable internet.
SOLUTIONS:
A) A better server that can handle the stresses involved of that many players in a fight.
B) Break up the duels so only one level bracket is going at a time.
PROS:
A) This is a long term fix designed to help the game playability for everyone.
B) This is a short term fix designed to ease the stress of the server, but still allow some playability.
CONS:
A) This would require serious upgrade costs, plus time investments for data shifting.
B) This is not a long term fix, and would be akin to putting a tourniquet on an amputation. It will hold you for a bit but does not truly fix the problem.
Notes: Please keep the discourse civil and on topic. I am trying to help us all out here and make a really fun game even more fun to play.
Windlass
26