Server dc'ing issues.
 

The server issues involving the disconnection from the server is still not fixed,
I was 3 wins off the mixed streak record and I got disconnected can fp4 or dusty please investigate the issues and their cause thanks.

How are you playing Classic?

Right now it should be work better on mobile Devices and Facebook. Playing via classic.graalonline.com will have some issues.

You may have to flush your DNS or reset your network settings.

How to flush dns again? Colin posted somewhere, but I forgot.

Classic.graalonline, and I get disconnected on my iPhone 5c as well.

Lots of iDevice players are telling me they are getting disconnected frequently as well, I've experience this since 2PM EST today

Should do the trick :)

Flushed my DNS, but it did not do the trick :(

Still getting d/c. Could it be the side effects of what happened on Saturday?

Side effect of 'ddos protection' more like.

When was ddos protection added ? Knowing unixmad it must be some cheap ass program because a 16-18 year old kid called Ben can take down the server in less than 5 mins ....

16-18 year old kids have taken down organizations that are a lot larger.

that was why connecting to graal was a lot slower than usual.
are british well known for hacking?

LizardSquad on ya FOREHEAD

Yes they have , however try did not achieve this using low orbit ion cannon whereas Ben probably did.

The server provider typically puts up 'protection' when there's an incident or null-routes the server. If there was an incident on Saturday then they're likely filtering the connection to the server which is causing all the issues everyone is experiencing.

The reality of the situation is that it's (unfortunately) easy and inexpensive to attack but defending yourself from the attacks can be significantly harder and more costly.

We hope to see the server moved to another provider who can deal with the attacks better soon. It is being worked on it's just being done carefully to try and avoid as much as issues as we can with the migration to a new server/provider.

SERVER UPGRADE???? PLSSS

Which started on Saturday :)

I see, so no vip free vip tickets? </3

Just for ddos protection I think.

Lol just wait.

in tears

new provider, better server quality hype?

I haven't been able to get on for the past hour or two keeps popping up the reconnect button on the loading screen even though my internet connection is working just fine for everything else. Is anyone else getting the same problem?

I hope the migration is going to end fine and that the server providers offer better DDOS protection.

It's honestly not bad for me just some dc's every 30-1 hour.

still not fixed, dcing in the middle of spars

Then don't spar lol cmon if you keep dcing take a hint n do something else then try again later

I can hardly stay on for 10 minutes at a time.

Server need more dedidated wam.

Problem solved
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They need less inexperienced kids running the game.

Lol

That's one of the major reasons for the upgrade/move.

Will the server be able to cope with such a high player count after the move, and will it be harder to attack it with a ddos?

does this include all the other servers as well? or only classic?

Yes all servers (eventually).

Apparentlylitowilllbe ableIto'holdm10,000 peoplejwithoutklag, so might take a few years for people to start complaining again. People will have 0.1ms as well, so beating delayers will be easy, I don't even know if they will delay hard either..0.5ms?x10

0.01ms*

@fp4 did you purposely avoid my question?
will the server be able to hold the rising player count once the provider is switched

High player counts are another issue in itself that moving the server or upgrading the network won't necessarily fix (not saying it won't help) as the bottleneck is with the software (pushing 15-16 years old now) at that point.

One of the ideas to help with the high player count is to have multiple servers. e.g. a channel/instance system. This is easier said than done however and would likely require some updates to the Graal server itself to implement properly.

and yes.

Wat do u kno egg hed...

spar server

No need, just make forts and the BA have their own instance, so people inside these levels don't have to load everything else of the server making the main activities far less laggy

Is the server going to be hosted in Australia because I heard all the good servers are hosted there

No matter how good the server becomes, it will always have lag. IMO has a ton of players, so several servers were made.(5 Global servers, 5 Korean servers, and 1 japanese server.) And it still gets the occasional lag, the lag isn't SO bad, if you got horrible wi-fi, you'll obviously lag in IMO.:3 (Also fixed slow loading problem even while adding 2 new maps!^.^)

I hope everyone starts to understand now, even those who did. The people in Graal City that just stand there are actually the source of the problem and everyone else that afks.

My suggestion for a temporary fix: Just don't afk. If you aren't going to play, log out. Even just one person doing this is helpful. If we can get most of the people who understand the issue to do this, it can be better for everyone.