I don't think that you realize how laggy the game is until you actually try to play. This happened to me last night and I wasn't aware of how common and frustrating the freezing is. Apparently this is an issue for everyone, not just a few people, and it has been around consistently for the past 3-4 weeks. I don't think that playing under these circumstances is fun at all and I honestly don't know how you all have done it.

Staff members like myself are unable to fix this issue. Instead, I'm going to need to show that this is a common problem that affects a lot of people. Many people have tried to explain their issues, but 'its laggy' and 'fix the lag' are common things to say, even when it isn't lagging. So, to get this addressed I think the best idea would be to record your playing and upload an example of how bad the lag is for you onto YouTube. Please also provide the device you're using, the amount of players were online, your country location and any other details that you may feel are relevant.

If I'm able to get a fair few videos of this I'll stick them in a playlist and forward it on. If you're able to contribute to this, please do so, and post your video in this thread.  

u_u

Dark Times.  

Just a notice that some other factors could also affect gameplay. For example, using the widest range zoom level will increase "lag".

It's probably worth mentioning that everyone use the same zoom level or other similar settings that could impact performance.

Also, different device recording methods could affect gameplay. For example, using a screen-recording app or using AirPlay Mirroring to record the screen will use more system resources, causing more "lag" and giving inaccurate results.  

Just don't post it on the official game forums.

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Posted by Ph8

Just don't post it on the official game forums.

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A bit like era-go, stefan needs to actually put some information out on what the hell is happening not just 'oh were working on it'  

how about we spread people out around the world- I find the city to be the worst for lag and its because there is like 500 people there always-need a way to bring people into the world.  

/sub  

I get freezes like every 10 or 30 seconds >_< shame I don't have a youtube account and because I PK it triples the frustration and the sparrers aren't exactly happy by reading there status.  

Rufus, why can't we have someone like you on Era?  

Posted by iHot

Rufus, why can't we have someone like you on Era?

There's that guy in Southridge named '*Ruf'  

been lagging this way for nearly a month, I know because I've sparred nearly every single day and it is an occurrence in something like 95%+ of the spars
just constant spikes for absolutely no reason, makes offensive sparring and comboing impossible
will make a video later  

This is the best I could do considering how random the spikes tend to be. The spikes weren't as long and spaced out as they typically are, but more constant/shorter this time.

 

Posted by iHot

Rufus, why can't we have someone like you on Era?

Maybe, I dunno, because iEra already knows the lag is due to the lack of server resources or network resources and can't fix it themselves without the assistance of either Unix or Stefan?  

Posted by BboyEatsbacon

Maybe, I dunno, because iEra already knows the lag is due to the lack of server resources or network resources and can't fix it themselves without the assistance of either Unix or Stefan?

This has nothing to do with what he just said.  

Posted by MattKan

This has nothing to do with what he just said.

But it does? If you read the thread, he was questioning why iEra doesn't have someone like Rufus, in other words, someone that tries to fix problems like the latency in-game.

Anyway, we're getting off-topic. I haven't had any footage, but sparring seems to be painful with the intermittent server connection drops/dead packets/etc.