Remove Akamai and provide a program that does internal tunneling!
Aquatorch
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Akamai is screwing over everyone outside of the US out of having an enjoyable gaming experience. ZoS, it's time for you to acknowledge the problem with them and drop them like a bad habbit. Don't fall into the sunk cost fallacy just because this is the path you've gone down for so long now. It is absolutely time for a change. GET RID OF AKAMAI!
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r34lian✭✭✭✭✭
✭Strongly agree with you2000 CP • 18 Maxed Characters • 6 Altmers • 7 Redguards • Necromancer Orc • Warden Dunmer • DK Nord • DK Imperial • Templar Breton5 -
UnseenCat✭✭✭✭Unfortunately, service providers like Akamai generally work on a contract basis, so there's no telling how long ESO's operations will be tied to them even if ZOS wanted an alternative.
Still, even in the US, Akamai's network seems to suffer from congestion problems that cause lag -- I hope ZOS will evaluate whether Akamai keeps up to their service level agreement terms and either negotiates for something better from Akamai or finds a provider who can deliver better service.4 -
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✭✭✭I totally know what this thread is about. Maybe someone can come in and translate it into double Dutch?1 -
Aquatorch✭✭✭Prof_Bawbag wrote: »I totally know what this thread is about. Maybe someone can come in and translate it into double Dutch?
ZoS pays a company called Akamai to inspect and prevent traffic for Distributed Denial of Service attacks. Akamai recently made a massive change that is adding 200+ ping rate to overseas gamers. For me, located in the Middle East, my ping spikes up to 2,000 at times.
It's time for ZoS to drop Akamai and provide a better solution. One such solution could be for their paying customers to have a direct connection via a VPN tunnel to the servers.11 -
jwarren68✭✭✭Yes this must be fixed. It not only ruins the game for those who are affected directly by it, but also for those who are not routed via Akamai. It's very unsatisfying to pvp against people who are at such a clear disadvantage.5
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Xajic✭✭✭Prof_Bawbag wrote: »I totally know what this thread is about. Maybe someone can come in and translate it into double Dutch?
ZoS pays a company called Akamai to inspect and prevent traffic for Distributed Denial of Service attacks. Akamai recently made a massive change that is adding 200+ ping rate to overseas gamers. For me, located in the Middle East, my ping spikes up to 2,000 at times.
It's time for ZoS to drop Akamai and provide a better solution. One such solution could be for their paying customers to have a direct connection via a VPN tunnel to the servers.
You play in the “Middle East” and you’re connecting to NA or EU servers, you must have always been lagging, also what change have they made that has added 200+ ping?
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Aquatorch✭✭✭You play in the “Middle East” and you’re connecting to NA or EU servers, you must have always been lagging, also what change have they made that has added 200+ ping?
I've been playing the game since beta with very little issues up until about 2 months ago. If you search ZoS forums, you'll see 10,000 other posts from people having the same issue with Akamai. I'm not sure what Akamai changed, but I do know that they changed something that is affecting me so drastically that I cannot play unless I run a VPN constantly.1 -
Arandear✭✭✭Couldn't agree more with the post to be honest. Puts a lot of people at disadvantage in PvP also.0 -
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✭Unsure about the root cause, but my ping went from mostly 230-300ish in pvp, to over 400 most of the time. I barely pvp these days because of it.1 -
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✭Unfortunately, service providers like Akamai generally work on a contract basis, so there's no telling how long ESO's operations will be tied to them even if ZOS wanted an alternative.
Still, even in the US, Akamai's network seems to suffer from congestion problems that cause lag -- I hope ZOS will evaluate whether Akamai keeps up to their service level agreement terms and either negotiates for something better from Akamai or finds a provider who can deliver better service.
Nice thing about contacts is if the service provider doesn't live up to their end of the agreement, you have a legal means of getting out of the contact. However. It may be mite l more difficult to prove than providers that give "physical" services.Zaghigoth- Orc Stamplar
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Disclaimer: My comments are a little sarcasm mixed with truth. If you can't handle that don't respond to me.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Akamai is screwing over everyone outside of the US out of having an enjoyable gaming experience. ZoS, it's time for you to acknowledge the problem with them and drop them like a bad habbit. Don't fall into the sunk cost fallacy just because this is the path you've gone down for so long now. It is absolutely time for a change. GET RID OF AKAMAI!
I'm in the US and my trace route to the ESO servers is fine until i hit Akamai, at which point it turns into a lag fest.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/436992/high-latency-at-akamai-com/p1
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/5575771/#Comment_5575771
Edited by SirAndy on November 23, 2018 5:20PM2 -
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✭✭Unfortunately, service providers like Akamai generally work on a contract basis, so there's no telling how long ESO's operations will be tied to them even if ZOS wanted an alternative.
Still, even in the US, Akamai's network seems to suffer from congestion problems that cause lag -- I hope ZOS will evaluate whether Akamai keeps up to their service level agreement terms and either negotiates for something better from Akamai or finds a provider who can deliver better service.
Idk, in that case surely there must be some quality of service clause Zos could invoke. It’s clear from the numerous posts with ping analyses that Akamai surely cant’t be delivering the quality of service Zos in that case most likely signed for.Edited by Idinuse on November 24, 2018 9:23AMSed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium dolorem que laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?0 -
Lelldorano✭✭✭Yes those of us connecting to US from Oceania have our game packets routed through the Netherlands, it's ridiculous.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/439549/oceanic-lag-now-300-400-ms-even-with-a-vpn-was-250-300#latest
Used to be fine until whatever changed.3 -
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