Orien Lag

[lion_mouse]

Hi,

Not sure about other servers but Orien is just bloody aweful today - finally able to teleport after 8 attempts and then in load screen even though showing green connection - DDO you really have to do something (not sure what the update did - if lag was what you meant to create - great job you gone beyond my wildest expectations with this update) if you want players to stay with other MMO's coming online in the next 12 months.

Tim

[cadaverash]

DDO servers are run by one legged halflings on a square shaped treadmill...

[Baahb3]

It is not just Orien.

The problem here is that the optics for SSG is really bad. They keep putting out system changes, stat squishes, and content but the lag really has not improved in any noticeable way for players, at least those I talk with.

The problem for them is that they only have so many people on staff skilled in performance. The rest are art and system coders and some story writers to round out the staff (I am guessing). You cannot take art and task them with performance any more than the other way around.

I am there with the population, this lag needs to be corrected and I would say by the end of 1st quarter 2022 or the exodus will intensify. It matters not how good the content is, how excellent the story or art is if the game continues to play in the state it currently is.

I don't know what the right business move to make is. But the state of lag remaining or getting worse is a bad image for them when they keep kicking out updates without ANY improvements. Pretty sure most of DDO would be ok with no content for a good long time if we saw meaningful strides to address the lag.