By Chet on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 11:26 am:
Game released - I didn't see any bugs. But now, with every patch this game gets buggier and buggier for me.
Today I saw bears, spiders and sadly my headstone flying. I got stuck twice in places I have never been stuck before, once causing me to leave the game after dying and losing more exp.
Makes me doubt I will actually pay a monthly fee for this - especially a premium monthly fee.
Chet
By Mark Asher on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 12:30 pm:
I've yet to have any real problems beyond the lag that was introduced last weekend and then fixed later in the weekend. I know they're working on some network issues.
Well, lag in the big cities has always been terrible from the start. That's a real issue with the game for me.
By Sean Tudor on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 05:54 pm:
Where are the DAOC servers based ? Is there an Aussie server ?
By Mark Asher on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 06:21 pm:
I don't think there's an Aussie server, but an Aussie was playing last night.
By Sean Tudor on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 01:08 am:
Ugh - no Aussie servers = lag city.
I wonder how DAOC handles 28.8K connects ?
By mtkafka (Mtkafka) on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 05:26 am:
im on 56k it handles the game well, except in some cities... or particularly Hibernia cities like Mag Mell and Tir Na Nog. I havent seen as much city lag in the other realms main cities.
i think they may open up an aussie server... i do know they plan to have a few euro servers after xmas.
etc
By Rob Funk (Xaroc) on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 02:33 pm:
I believe all of the servers are located at UUNet in VA about 50 miles from me. :) UUNet is an integral part of the eastern internet backbone and can provide Mythic with tons of bandwidth on demand, something EQ couldn't do at startup. I love the servers being east coast based. It beats the crap out of San Diego. :)
BTW, I read about this in an interview on some site I can't remember. Do a google search for DAOC server location and you will probably find it.
By Al on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 04:21 pm:
Actually, out here in San Diego we're doing just fine, at least with cable modem connections. That even includes me using Roger Wilco for voice comms with a friend. Plus, it's warm enough to wear shorts today.
By Rob on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 06:08 pm:
Damn you and your warm short wearing ways!
-Shivering in bandwidth bountiful Boston
By Supertanker on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 06:27 pm:
Well, I'm slightly north of L.A. (35 miles), and it is 81 F now. However, the ten-day forecast shows us stuck in the mid-70s for the next ten days, so I might have to switch to long pants. Brrrrr! ;)