Downtime Notice: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) Thursday, April 14th

[Cordovan]

UPDATE: The game worlds are now open. Thank you for your patience, and we will see you in the game!

The DDO game worlds will be brought down on Thursday, April 14th, from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern for server and data center maintenance along with a small update to improve game performance. We thank you for your patience, and will keep you updated.

[Lerincho]

May the odds ever be in your favor.

[Bolo_Grubb]

May the odds ever be in your favor.

+1 and hoping

[Cordovan]

This downtime will be used to make some optimization-related changes at the data center and correct several barbarian enhancements that were stacking improperly behind the scenes, decreasing game performance.

[FranOhmsford]

and correct several barbarian enhancements that were stacking improperly behind the scenes, decreasing game performance.

Is there a reason why we can't know exactly what enhancements?

Is this going to be a proxy-nerf to Barbarians?

At least give us a rundown of the enhancement changes in the patch-notes pls.

[Greantun]

Is there a reason why we can't know exactly what enhancements?

Is this going to be a proxy-nerf to Barbarians?

At least give us a rundown of the enhancement changes in the patch-notes pls.

They aren't changing the enhancements, they are fixing stacking issues, like they have for some spells in the past.

See this post for more tech details from Sev on the changes

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/473717-Game-Performance-Improvements-and-Feedback/page16#post5814658

[Nuclear_Elvis]

This downtime will be used to make some optimization-related changes at the data center and correct several barbarian enhancements that were stacking improperly behind the scenes, decreasing game performance.

So, the Lag Monster is a Barbarian?

[Khatzhas]

So, the Lag Monster is a Barbarian?Yeah. And moving house made it angry.

[Silverleafeon]

http://www.hulklibrary.com/superhero-library/Img/Gallery/incredible-hulk-wallpaper-l.jpg

Puny Servers, smash Servers.....

[Bobmj]

So, the Lag Monster is a Barbarian?

Now that it's out in the open, I might as well come clean...I've been playing a Barbarian on Sarlona and I would like to apologize for contributing to all of the lag. Please forgive me.

[CaptainPurge]

Deep Gnome Iconic Past Life Stance Illusion DC Bonus Isn't Working
Will this be fixed?
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/472914-Deep-Gnome-Iconic-Past-Life-Stance-Illusion-DC-Bonus-Isn-t-Working


And whatabout force damage on Riftmaker, will it finally be fixed? It is probably most certainly the sole cause of epic raidlag.
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/464245-Epic-Riftmaker-broken-Did-I-miss-an-announcement

[Enoach]

Turbine here is hoping for a win. Even if it is only a small one.

[drwho1985]

I guess apologies to all the warlocks are in order?

[PsychoBlonde]

They aren't changing the enhancements, they are fixing stacking issues, like they have for some spells in the past.

See this post for more tech details from Sev on the changes

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/473717-Game-Performance-Improvements-and-Feedback/page16#post5814658

Am I the only one who thinks Cordo sounds like a radio announcer and Sev (unfortunately) sounds like a serial killer? I don't know why Sev sounds like that to me, he must be reminding me of some movie character or something.

[Caine33]

I guess apologies to all the warlocks are in order?

This

warlock auras aren't the cause? Well...

[Sunnie]

I guess apologies to all the warlocks are in order?
Looks like it. I was blaming them, too.

[Lerincho]

I guess apologies to all the warlocks are in order?

Let's not over react. We can still blame warlocks for many things. Apologies are a little premature.

[LrdSlvrhnd]

Ship buffs will take up to an hour to repopulate once the servers are reopened.

/futilely tries to get ahead of the people complaining about the ship buffs disappearing

[Lerincho]

Ship buffs will take up to an hour to repopulate once the servers are reopened.

/futilely tries to get ahead of the people complaining about the ship buffs disappearing

OMG FAIL, where are the ship amenities! :D

[Nyata]

Ship buffs will take up to an hour to repopulate once the servers are reopened.



Just quoting to increase chance for it to be read - and hey, my gym teacher kept telling me 'okay, you are hopeless at this, but effort matters!'

[Aishana]

Ship buffs will take up to an hour to repopulate once the servers are reopened.

/futilely tries to get ahead of the people complaining about the ship buffs disappearing

Actually, I'm fairly certain that's only an issue when they restart the servers. I could be wrong, of course.

On topic: Cordo, are you really trying to claim that all the godawful lag in LH TS last night was caused by our sole barbarian, even before he joined? What about the lag in the EE Chrono with no barbs? Seems to me there's something else at work. I've seen it suggested that it's tied to the renown that's automatically granted when enemies die. Is there any creedence to that? If so, it might be prudent to disable the auto-granted renown until someone comes up with a better solution.

[Bargol]

Servers are up and my game updated, but when i type my password in and try to login I get an unusual error:

Failed to read authentication response [err: unexpected end of file][line: 1][col: 1]

Any idea what is going on here?

[babarakus617]

The servers are not actually up yet. Just the patch servers. Should be up soon though.

[Aishana]

Servers are up and my game updated, but when i type my password in and try to login I get an unusual error:

Failed to read authentication response [err: unexpected end of file][line: 1][col: 1]

Any idea what is going on here?

Patch servers are up; login servers are not. Or something along those lines.

EDIT: ninja'd

[Bargol]

The servers are not actually up yet. Just the patch servers. Should be up soon though.

I see, ok.

First time its ever happened to me and I have been playing 7+ years.

[Greantun]

On topic: Cordo, are you really trying to claim that all the godawful lag in LH TS last night was caused by our sole barbarian, even before he joined? What about the lag in the EE Chrono with no barbs? Seems to me there's something else at work. I've seen it suggested that it's tied to the renown that's automatically granted when enemies die. Is there any creedence to that? If so, it might be prudent to disable the auto-granted renown until someone comes up with a better solution.

Since Cordovan is not really technical, he can't give all the details. That said, he had Severlin on the weekly livestream right at the beginning, and he did some more technical details. The first 6 minutes of this video is where the interview is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4nNLDdi5CY

[Aishana]

Since Cordovan is not really technical, he can't give all the details. That said, he had Severlin on the weekly livestream right at the beginning, and he did some more technical details. The first 6 minutes of this video is where the interview is.

That really didn't help much. Sev was mostly going on about the barbarian issues. Most of our lag last night seemed to happen after mobs died, while renown was being granted to the entire group.

[Enoach]

I see, ok.

First time its ever happened to me and I have been playing 7+ years.

In that time did you try and get into the game 40 minutes before the estimated uptime?

[LrdSlvrhnd]

Actually, I'm fairly certain that's only an issue when they restart the servers. I could be wrong, of course.

I believe it's anytime the servers are brought down, for maintenance, updates, hotfixes, whatever... but likewise, I could be wrong *g*

[Cordovan]

The game worlds are now open. Thank you for your patience, and we will see you in the game!

[Cordovan]

Actually, I'm fairly certain that's only an issue when they restart the servers. I could be wrong, of course.

On topic: Cordo, are you really trying to claim that all the godawful lag in LH TS last night was caused by our sole barbarian, even before he joined? What about the lag in the EE Chrono with no barbs? Seems to me there's something else at work. I've seen it suggested that it's tied to the renown that's automatically granted when enemies die. Is there any creedence to that? If so, it might be prudent to disable the auto-granted renown until someone comes up with a better solution.

Yes, it may take a bit of time for ship amenities to repopulate. In regard to lag, no, we are not claiming that. Today's work included that change, but that is not the entirety of today's maintenance. We will be keeping a close eye on the game environment, and appreciate your feedback.

[Greantun]

That really didn't help much. Sev was mostly going on about the barbarian issues. Most of our lag last night seemed to happen after mobs died, while renown was being granted to the entire group.

I think the non-barbarian part will probably have more impact. The change to some low level vm tech used by the app to adjust CPU usage. "Replace some Microsoft functionality that was Depricated because we moved to a new OS" relating to how the VMs the game uses interact with the CPUs - they can't switch for performance.

Hopefully that will fix it.

[Aishana]

Yes, it may take a bit of time for ship amenities to repopulate. In regard to lag, no, we are not claiming that. Today's work included that change, but that is not the entirety of today's maintenance. We will be keeping a close eye on the game environment, and appreciate your feedback.

All right. I meant no offense, and I apologize if it came across that way. All this lag is just becoming frustrating. I'll be sure to give you guys some feedback when I get back in the game.

[Eryhn]

changes to the volume slider are nice.

as for other things: ran from approx 11.30AM till just now on Argo:
started on a 13/2 pally fighter PDK with GS speedrunning the 10th event on a leisurely CR15
-some slight rubberbanding here and there, worst was a smite going off like 5 sec after i cast it in the fight with cordovan and his trolls,
-not hitting mobs right in front of me when swinging did occur several times
-switching haste goggles and haste cloak frequently, though not super often caused a 2-3 sec item switch delay
-heals and lay on hands sometimes 2-4 sec late
-when doing kobold side and pulling about a dozen of them around the 2 gates that need to be opened, rubbrbanding intensified, though all still playable, but, it was clearly there.
did a player count in whois, at the time approx 200-230 people logged into argo, not rly much, i saw only 1 or 2 going in and out of the challenge and maybe 5 standing around in house P in the vicinity

after switched to LV30 9/8/3 pdk cleric/kensei/pally TWF and ran a 2man EH HH lootrun with a LV30 archer
by and large same, if, interestingly, despite epic levels, slightly better conditions
some few item switch hickups
some few minor rubberbands
on zombie corridor some few more noticeable hangups in large groups

ping and loss were stable at 145-160ms, 0.0%loss all the time


bottom line, it wasnt terribly bad but issues clearly persist. bit early to tell if some gradual imporvement, will report again after tonights raids

[Ebondevil]

The game worlds are now open. Thank you for your patience, and we will see you in the game!

So I went to patch and AVG (Antivirus) ate TurbineLauncher.exe

Fun times!

[LrdSlvrhnd]

Still suffering some stuttering on Thelanis, EE A Small Problem & Party Crashers, and on the guildship. L30 Warlock, not using aura. By myself in all three areas.

I seem to have lost my volume slider entirely, as have others.

[Saekee]

I seem to have lost my volume slider entirely, as have others.
What did you say?




Srry couldn't resist

[Cordovan]

I'm hanging out on Twitch for a bit if someone wants to chat: https://www.twitch.tv/ddostream

[hunzi2010]

Hello,

Chat would be awesome, but when you stream im either at work or sleeping.
See here in Australia, what do you American's say... "looks its hunzi standing on his head again" bwhahahaha
my guild call me upside down. so to chat you need to have a late night... lol or early morning.....
gotta love time zones.

[dontmater]

Am I the only one who thinks Cordo sounds like a radio announcer and Sev (unfortunately) sounds like a serial killer? I don't know why Sev sounds like that to me, he must be reminding me of some movie character or something.


bill gates voice is creepy too :D think its a nerd thing :D sorry sev. i called you a nerd...... NERD!!!!!

[Calinthus]

think its a nerd thing :D sorry sev. i called you a nerd...... NERD!!!!!

N.E.R.D. Never Ending Radical Dude.

[cardplay]

To fix the slider issue, click on the green volume button on the toons icon on the healthbar. Say yes if you want the slider. Thanks to Obarr from The Explorers of Thelanis guild for this answer.

[Belgarath22]

Hello, reporting lag:

Server Argonessen
Time: 21.15 Easter time
Class: 15/3/2/ bard/fighter/rogue warchanter, 3

I just logged to the game and joined friednly guild raid group for Legendary Normal tempest spine.

I got in time for the end fight, and all the run was smooth, but at the end fight we started lagging badly, and still lagging after 30 minutes (this started like 30-40 minutes ago around 21.15 easter time)
Party size: 9 when we started lagging (8 man till end fight)

[Belgarath22]

Hello, reporting lag:

Server Argonessen
Time: 21.15 Easter time
Class: 15/3/2/ bard/fighter/rogue warchanter, 3

I just logged to the game and joined friednly guild raid group for Legendary Normal tempest spine.

I got in time for the end fight, and all the run was smooth, but at the end fight we started lagging badly, and still lagging after 30 minutes (this started like 30-40 minutes ago around 21.15 easter time)
Party size: 9 when we started lagging (8 man till end fight)

P.D. 2nd run Wyrm.. all went good till green/red lights
That is broken, please look at it.. the spell absortion is eating charges even when u dont move, and several of it, so you just die

P.d 2 excuse repost, I tried to edite.. sleepy

[Malleable]

1. Server: Argo
2. Approximate Time: 12.30pm EST
3. Approximate location of your computer: Spain
4. Quests/raids run: Gianthold Tor
5. Difficulties run: Epic Hard
6. Your character class: Wizard15/Paladin3/Fvs2/epic6
7. Number of players in the group: 1 plus hireling
8. Anything else you think we should know: basically totally frozen with jitters - lag death

Both prior to and after the server move, I've suffered very little to no lag. This is probably due to the fact that I play mostly off (US) prime time, mainly between 6am and 12pm EST. First time for me that I have suffered a lag related death.