05-24-2012, 01:47 PM
I wanted to pool some of the intelligence here to try and apply some detective work to the disconnect issues still hassling people.
I've seen mostly two flavors:
1) Spicy lag lock. 30-60 second lag induced lockup usually ending in disconnect with a side of death. Not caused by ISP or client hardware.
My guess is that this has something to do with a software conflict with vent or some common background service. It's not that simple though, as it usually only occurs during heavy AV load in game (Zoning/Cut Scene).
2) Bitter Boot Back to Basics. An immediate DC that while solo resets all your progress in a given area. While grouped, the effect is not as toxic, but still annoying and frustrating.
This seems to be fixable also. Seems like a slight server out of synch thing. I recommend reboot for good measure. Others have suggested turning on General Chat (sticking a hot poker in the eye) to help synch to the server.
What are your observations with DCs? Any home remedies or interesting conspiracy theories?
I've seen mostly two flavors:
1) Spicy lag lock. 30-60 second lag induced lockup usually ending in disconnect with a side of death. Not caused by ISP or client hardware.
My guess is that this has something to do with a software conflict with vent or some common background service. It's not that simple though, as it usually only occurs during heavy AV load in game (Zoning/Cut Scene).
2) Bitter Boot Back to Basics. An immediate DC that while solo resets all your progress in a given area. While grouped, the effect is not as toxic, but still annoying and frustrating.
This seems to be fixable also. Seems like a slight server out of synch thing. I recommend reboot for good measure. Others have suggested turning on General Chat (sticking a hot poker in the eye) to help synch to the server.
What are your observations with DCs? Any home remedies or interesting conspiracy theories?
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