Oceanic Lag now 300-400 ms even with a vpn - was 250-300??

everlastingodeb17_ESO

Keep waiting... They are too busy drinking pina coladas with your money.

Goregrinder

Well your packets don't go directly to ZOS, they hit Akami first right?

Shady_Knights

Since the free weekend has kicked in I'm struggling to even stay logged in. The lag spikes in populated zone kick me out all the time. Fantastic.

There's no escaping it. I even tried Mudfish again, and for some reason the best service I can get now is around 246ms to ESO servers with the VPN (305ms+ in game). Before ESO free weekend, I was getting 205-220ms.

I believe the additional load over this weekend has created more latency on the servers to service clients. It's okay if your connection is still under 300ms (lower the better) but once you are pushed over 300ms the wheels fall off often and you get kicked.

If I'm correct, this really sucks. Free weekends are great, but not at the detriment to others. A small increase in ms delay pushes my connection, even with a VPN in use back into the red, and is unsupportable.

Bhaal5

Well gw2 is free and ping sits aroubd 180-200, enjoy.

MrGarlic

Bhaal5 wrote: »

Well gw2 is free and ping sits aroubd 180-200, enjoy.

Lucky you.

I only get 240-250 in GW2, whereas even with Mudfish on ESO I am getting 280-300. (350 without.)

That's from NZ.

I can only reminisce about ESO when I stared playing getting 240 ping. So sad now.

ESO ping is just getting worse and worse as time goes by and ESO support does not care. I gave up on them when they kept blaming me and my ISP. Akamai is the problem.

Bhaal5

Back to the top where our 400+ ping belongs

Bhaal5

Back to the top where this belongs until its answered

Matchimus

Mudfish is starting to annoy me. Start playing. Why am I double tapping keys? Ping rate 320+. Darn..I forgot to set up mudfish first. Exit out. Set up mudfish. Log back in. Now I can start playing.

SathuDuwa

If Akamai is the problem, set your Mudfish node or VPN to a location near the ESO server data center (Texas for NA). You'll bypass more of Akamai this way

Also try another ESO server with refreshed VPN pings. You may be surprised that an alternative ESO server works better for you. IIRC ESO's EU server does not use Akamai

Runkorko

24 pages with not a single zos coment.
Hell... this guys know how to keep silence

Matchimus

SathuDuwa wrote: »

If Akamai is the problem, set your Mudfish node or VPN to a location near the ESO server data center (Texas for NA). You'll bypass more of Akamai this way

Also try another ESO server with refreshed VPN pings. You may be surprised that an alternative ESO server works better for you. IIRC ESO's EU server does not use Akamai

I am not home atm but there is a thing I can do that tests each pathway and lists them. I then just select the best one. Sometimes the path I am using seem to be going haywire (i.e. spikes) and I do this test thingy and choose another path and it settles most times..

Banana

Maybe a crown store addition one day. Premium connection with no akamai.

Haashhtaag

@ZOS_MattFiror is there plans to go away from Akaimi?

Heady

@ZOS_GinaBruno WTB forum response 57 gold

Coggo

Fellow Antipodeans in this thread seem to prefer Mudfish to improve ESO performance (a pox on your house Akamai) I use Battleping which gives me a stable connection and 320 ping (240 back in the day).

I was simply wondering why the preference for Mudfish? Is it objectively the best or does it simply come down to personal preference?

Matchimus

Mudfish for me probably averages 240-260
Without and I'm over 300.

TheRealPotoroo

Coggo wrote: »

Fellow Antipodeans in this thread seem to prefer Mudfish to improve ESO performance (a pox on your house Akamai) I use Battleping which gives me a stable connection and 320 ping (240 back in the day).

I was simply wondering why the preference for Mudfish? Is it objectively the best or does it simply come down to personal preference?

I bought a $2.99 pay for traffic Mudfish thing back in February and at this rate I won't need to recharge it until around November (not making that up), so I haven't had much incentive to try alternatives. That said, we probably need a Mudfish forum because it can be opaque and difficult to be sure you're gettging the best out of it. I still haven't worked out why I get a 50-80ms drop when connecting to EU over Mudfish but a much smaller and less noticeable drop when connecting to NA.

Meanwhile, ZOS should be ashamed of their silence on this problem.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober @ZOS_BillE @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_GaryA

Runefang

I never tried Mudfish since Battleping works well for me and its so cheap anyway. I get 240 ping with Battleping (320ish without) and I connect to the San Jose server.

You'd think the ping would be best connecting to Texan servers as the ESO server is in Texas but the traffic still ends up being re-routed from there to California anyway so San Jose works best. I assume a similar set up with Mudfish is going to work the best.

MrGarlic

I used Battleping in the past, but now I am trialling Mudfish as it has more servers from which to choose. Also Mudfish is pay per data use rather than monthly sub. So if you are a casual then Mudfish may represent better value.

Both are fine, to be honest. Neither is ideal.

BTW, I get;
320 - 350 ping without VPN.
250 - 300 ping with Mudfish. (250-260 on my current connection, off-peak USA)

Bhaal5

Use mudfish or battleping is being apart of the problem. You are congratulating zos for the terrible service.

TheRealPotoroo

Bhaal5 wrote: »

Use mudfish or battleping is being apart of the problem. You are congratulating zos for the terrible service.

No, we're just desperate.

Bhaal5

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

Bhaal5 wrote: »

Use mudfish or battleping is being apart of the problem. You are congratulating zos for the terrible service.

No, we're just desperate.

In the masterpiece of a movie once sang

"Let it go... Let it go"

Better mmo's amd developers out there that treat aussie right.

Matchimus

We will never get a response. I bought a mount with 400 gems. I had personal issues with it and submitted a ticket requesting an exchange. I got a response quickly saying we have 'escalated' it. 9 days later nothing further. I got help from these forums in the meantime to make my issue 'manageable' and I closed the ticket. Now if they cant respond reasonable quickly to a moron (me) that spends money on crates to keep him happy then what hope have we got? I am no longer a moron.

Heromofo

I know they have said nay already but it would be great if we had a oceanic server for the rest of us.

Runkorko

SathuDuwa wrote: »

If IIRC ESO's EU server does not use Akamai

False. EU use akamai too.

https://imgur.com/a/vx1M1Si
part of this post https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/473035/akamai/p1

Bobby_V_Rockit

I couldnt even play Fungal Grotto 1 without crippling lag the other day. Darting jolting and actions not going off. I mean, we won anyway cos FG1, but it makes me a saaaad panda. Also, I play PS4 EU from Melbourne Aus, so not ideal but too late now

Bhaal5

Back to the top so we can still be ignored.

(How to fix the lag eso for oceanics..... Make them all quit. No more complaints after that)

NoMoreChillies

still no changes?

False advertising ZOS

shame on you

Bhaal5

Wonder how much a game needs to be broken for it to be recalled?
Does a "mmo" need to meet a "standard"?

Because there are mmos that work fine an then there is eso

damarky

here is an idea.
How bout ZOS tells Akamai that we dont want the oceanic players having to do so many hops around the world. So only make them hop more direct. Say Aus to nz to hawaii to zos servers.
Na that will never work its too simple.
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