Connection Error

[RGGStriker07]

Hi Everyone I dont know if I am the only one experiencing a connectivity issue when the internet connection I have is strong and still says that check connection?

[Kane526]

Do you happen to be in the EU? Their servers are notoriously poor.

[Isaac]

Yeah, I haven't been able to login in days, keeps getting "Connection Error". I've uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared the cache, tried different connections. This is a Konami issue, like most problems with YGO.

[RGGStriker07]

Originally posted by Isaac:

Yeah, I haven't been able to login in days, keeps getting "Connection Error". I've uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared the cache, tried different connections. This is a Konami issue, like most problems with YGO.

I cant really tell what server I am on but one thing I do know I keep playing against chinese players who run Runic which is one massive pain in the neck to deal with but over all I am facing this for the past few days I am hoping this gets fixed

[RGGStriker07]

Originally posted by Kane526:

Do you happen to be in the EU? Their servers are notoriously poor.

I can't tell which server I am on but over all its one pain in the neck to deal with NGL

[Isaac]

From what I know, Konami has one singular Server, that's why we play against Japanese and Chinese players as well as American and Europeans, there is crossplay between all regions.

As for what is causing this, and if it will be resolved, I don't know. I had something similar happen one time, but it self resolved in a day or so, this is much longer lasting.

[Kane526]

Originally posted by Isaac:

From what I know, Konami has one singular Server, that's why we play against Japanese and Chinese players as well as American and Europeans, there is crossplay between all regions.

As for what is causing this, and if it will be resolved, I don't know. I had something similar happen one time, but it self resolved in a day or so, this is much longer lasting.

I don't think they do, because more often than not, the EU tends to have the most issues, according to people from those parts of the World. If they did have just one big server, it would be weird for only some people to experience issues when others are perfectly fine, unless the problem is on that individual's end.

Also I think you have to pick a region when starting the game for the first time. That wouldn't have a point if they didn't have regional servers.

[Malthius]

I've been getting it since the last patch. It wont let me download the update on steam due to connection errors but i was able to fine on mobile on the same network.

[gentalmanbotch]

Have been looking for solutions to this problem and have been unable to find anything, i emailed konami about the issue and they told me it was something on my end so it doesnt seem like they are interested in fixing this

[Unforgiven]

Originally posted by gentalmanbotch:

Have been looking for solutions to this problem and have been unable to find anything, i emailed konami about the issue and they told me it was something on my end so it doesnt seem like they are interested in fixing this

yea and "on your end" suddenly happened to hundreds of ppl after their January 10th patch, weeeeird xd

[Isaac]

Hello guys, I fixed it.

I had a friend who has the game files, he uploaded them for me, I downloaded the whole folder and replaced mine. When I attempted to connect it still gave me the Connection Error, but after pressing "Retry" a few times it started downloading and now it works fine.

No idea why it worked, since I still had to download the 9Gb, but whatever was stuck got unstuck.

That'll be one salary please, Konami.

[fokkenm]

I also have the error. My best guess is it's just too much traffic right now. There's a big update, so that eats up more bandwidth per player than usual, and more players than usual are logging in, so you end up at the very far end of a queue on the server. Since you aren't getting a response from the overloaded server, it sends out a generic error assuming that you are the one with a connection issue.

Assuming that people get in, download the update, and eventually leave (thus freeing up the server) you should eventually be able to get in again. However, the server volumes will probably be nutty for a while, so it could be days before everyone gets in.

It's an issue on Konami's end, and this isn't the first time it's happened. Konami could buy more servers and make sure they maintain enough bandwidth to facilitate all of their players wanting to play the game. However, if you aren't in the JP servers, they couldn't care less about your day to day play experience. They probably won't even notice overseas players having sign in issues until someone sees that they aren't selling as many gem packs as usual. We'll have slow, crummy connections for about a month, then Konami will post an update saying they've "resolved the issue with NA and EU clients", or they might claim they've resolved an issue with Steam. They won't actually have changed anything, they just want it to look like they're working on it. It's not the first time, and it won't be the last.

[tripleeeg59]

Originally posted by RGGStriker07:

Hi Everyone I dont know if I am the only one experiencing a connectivity issue when the internet connection I have is strong and still says that check connection?

man i just dl the game and it wont let me log on at all i open the game and start it. it just says connection error check my network connection. i have internet obviously tho, i have no idea why it wont let me start the game at all

[SweetGreenChiliPeppers]

Also having this issue ever since the latest update, game works just fine on my phone but it won't run on Steam. Contacted Konami support so hoping except not expecting much.

[Coffee Pudding]

Can't play the game for 2 days due to to this issue, when is konami gonna fix this?

[RGGStriker07]

I am wondering why this happened