Swarm lag - explain like I'm five...

[Senn]

So,

Someone is swarming at the moment in LOIO. That's fine, it sucks to do it at primetime and also have the courier PH mobs trapped in the swarm, but hey, they can play how they want at lvl 17 trailing lvl 20 mobs for 30+ minutes...

Currently, I [my client] am around 5 minutes behind; in that I cast a spell and am waiting 5 minutes until the spell hits. Last time my client caught up I was being attacked by an icebone skellie, which came as a surprise.

I am on a wired, synchronous 200Mbps connection with the following speedtest:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5511637564

http://i.imgur.com/AbY4PUJ.png

I replied to someone at 49 minutes past the hour and it's now 01 minutes past the next hour and I still can't see my reply as being sent.

My connection status shows '100% - 295ms', which is usual for Australia, but anytime I am in a zone with swarming, it all goes to shit in that I can't sit, camp, cast, do anything.

Even on home connection which is 100/40 I get it, but to get it on a 200Mbps synchronous link just sucks.

My question is, why does my client lag out / desync (not sure what the correct term is here)?

(edit: just got disconnected after 15 minutes of being able to do nothing)

[Senn]

And just got back in to find myself dead, naked, missing xp and no clue where my corpse is. Brilliant...

[applesauce25r624]

explanation: shit is classic

[maskedmelon]

Anyone else ever lag going up the Kelethin lifts back in 1999, or did I suffer that alone?

[zanderklocke]

Lake of Ill Omen and Dreadlands cause unusual lag unlike other zones when bards kite. I don't know why. It doesn't affect all players either.

[Thulack]

You in australia you say? Well the servers are roughly 10,500 miles away from you. Packets get screwed up traveling that distance.

[Senn]

it's called a desync and you're stupid to try to wait it out

Thanks for that, Einstein. Given that I can't /camp or do anything, what's the go? I just end task on eqgame.exe?

Lake of Ill Omen and Dreadlands cause unusual lag unlike other zones when bards kite. I don't know why. It doesn't affect all players either.

I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to mitigate the desync in the first place when a bard is swarming in a zone I happen to be in?

You in australia you say? Well the servers are roughly 10,500 miles away from you. Packets get screwed up traveling that distance.

I figured this too, but then I don't show any packet loss in the status meter. I guess all the packets arrive but just in completely the wrong order.

Ho hum, thanks for the replies all.

[backsteppin123]

Probably not much you can do but end task the game or see if /q will work. Go to zones they can't swarm like Guk. Has a high ZEM and really cool anyways. ;)

[Glasken]

I'm an expert on packets and you should definitely try running to a zone line and plugging.

If the problem continues, reroll.


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[Laugher]

/ex quickest way out without task mgr

I had typed out why this happens in particular but desync explains it probably better in in 1 word; basically, the client missed the bus because it was too busy staring at the other inc server traffic and there won't be another.

[Jaleth]

I'm an expert on packets and you should definitely try running to a zone line and plugging.

If the problem continues, reroll.

Don't be an idiot.

[AgentEpilot]

LOL I know who this is, she's level 20 now though :P

[xKoopa]

If it makes it any better, these are bad bards when it comes to grouping - and having awfully bad experience with CC'ing/charming/etc you'll often find them in Sebilis with this face:-

ive seen 3 different places youve posted this today swish..

its a good one but come on now you can do better

[Xeras]

Anyone else ever lag going up the Kelethin lifts back in 1999, or did I suffer that alone?
Look out below...
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[Rararboker]

Why do people try to level in LOIO? I legitimately don't understand it. Zone sucks in almost all respects in terms of good zones to xp in that level range.

[myriverse]

I found LOIO a delightful zone to level in. Big deal if there's no great ZEM. Every bard experience was great too.

[Izmael]

Hate LOIO just like I hate all Kunark zones except Seb and HS.

Trees everywhere, no visibility because everything is a mountain, every mob is a see invis undead sowed shaman.

Long live Antonica etc.

[myriverse]

Trees shmees. I learned to even like the terrain of FM. :)

[Nune]

Leave the zone. Not trying to be a dick, but it was the only thing I could do when i'd be soloing in zones where swarms were happening. Being a nub doing North Wall in DL by KC I would start getting throttled, and it would start getting worse, then people would start saying it was happening to them and the bard would say "almost done sorry." Good bards can pull and kite damn near an entire zone, BasementBox doesnt like that so much