Server issues

[Bog the Builder]

Is it just me, or has the server connection been far worse since maintenance? I mean, we Australians don't have our own server and we usually play on 250-500ms latency anyway but it's never been this bad before.

[[Ju1cY] PuRG3]

agreed its pretty bad

[warlord05]

yep Agreed

[Bog the Builder]

STO is unplayable for me atm. All of my missions are totally borked; I have to reset them 5 times just to fix some interactables that should always be working, the latency is absolutely ridiculous to the point where my Captain is literally skating and rubberbanding everywhere; my ship does doughnuts until the server recognises that it should not be this agile and combat is horrible now.

What have Cryptic done??

[[FuFo] Mortucus]

they did a bug fix today seems they broke the game even more lol this is what happens when you work from home on a massive system and fire people that new how to manage that system lol

[[FuFo] Mortucus]

Originally posted by 🅱og The 🅱uilder:

Is it just me, or has the server connection been far worse since maintenance? I mean, we Australians don't have our own server and we usually play on 250-500ms latency anyway but it's never been this bad before.

im australian 200 yea but 500 hell no anything over 300 will cause problems but i pay for a bpn so 200 is the max for me in lat

[shredd1]

I'm having the same issue, I can log in but before long I get "Server Not Responding". My internet is working fine no problems with other games. Seems to be on Steam side

[Bog the Builder]

Originally posted by FuFo Mortucus:

Originally posted by 🅱og The 🅱uilder:

Is it just me, or has the server connection been far worse since maintenance? I mean, we Australians don't have our own server and we usually play on 250-500ms latency anyway but it's never been this bad before.

im australian 200 yea but 500 hell no anything over 300 will cause problems but i pay for a bpn so 200 is the max for me in lat

500 is pretty much the max for a few games I play, but I hover around 200-250ms and yeah: it's unplayable. Americans don't seem to get it, because they play at 50-150 so it's buttery smooth for them. I wish we could play buttery smooth ):

[Bog the Builder]

Originally posted by shredd1:

I'm having the same issue, I can log in but before long I get "Server Not Responding". My internet is working fine no problems with other games. Seems to be on Steam side

I can get in, but it's not worth it because everything bugs out. Missions are literally unplayable because half of them don't work without resets

[Bog the Builder]

It seems that the latency issues have resolved, after 5 days. Are any of y'all still experiencing the aforementioned gamebreaking latency issues?

[SangReal]

Originally posted by 🅱og The 🅱uilder:

It seems that the latency issues have resolved, after 5 days. Are any of y'all still experiencing the aforementioned gamebreaking latency issues?

No, it's gotten pretty good here. Last week it was pretty bad here at some times (West coast, USA). Got the "server not responding" counter a LOT and disconnected many times.

[Bog the Builder]

Originally posted by SangReal:

Originally posted by 🅱og The 🅱uilder:

It seems that the latency issues have resolved, after 5 days. Are any of y'all still experiencing the aforementioned gamebreaking latency issues?

No, it's gotten pretty good here. Last week it was pretty bad here at some times (West coast, USA). Got the "server not responding" counter a LOT and disconnected many times.

I'm glad to know that it's improved :3 For as long as I've been playing STO, the servers have always been unstable

[MintberryCrunch]

Mines pretty bad today. Its kicked me out 4 times in 20 minutes.

[Maj_Cyric]

Originally posted by MintberryCrunch:

Mines pretty bad today. Its kicked me out 4 times in 20 minutes.

Might just be you connection, and or a server on your hope route to the STO servers or from the Servers to you (your Hop route to an end point isn't always the same route back from the end point)..

Perhaps running a tracert or pathping to 208.95.184.200 .. that will show you what and or where any latency or network loss is happening that could be the cause of your unstable connection..

Because i'm i've been rather shocked that they really did do something that improved the servers.. It's has always felt like the lag in STO that always been, was just "Written into the game code"

Without those 0.25 to 0.5 sec network hiccups, i've found it so easy to avg 2500 to a perfect 2700 score playing DDR STO-Omega Edition...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2400245499
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2400245474

[Rat Meat]

STO is not playable right now. It is really bad. With all the wild weather and freezing though, I am not surprised really. Power is flaky from the top US border to the South border through the whole middle of the country and its heading East with a massive snow storm.

[Maj_Cyric]

Originally posted by Rat Meat:

STO is not playable right now. It is really bad. With all the wild weather and freezing though, I am not surprised really. Power is flaky from the top US border to the South border through the whole middle of the country and its heading East with a massive snow storm.

There are things that just aren't correct.. STO has been very playable and I haven't had any issues since the the start of the KDF Recruit event (none of the "normal" rubberbanding).. I also wouldn't really call the current weather patterns and effects "wild".. They were predictable and it was known beforehand that an arctic front was going to be pushed down farther south then normal.. It is what you'd call "An Effect" which is the result of "A Cause".. Which was a large warm pocket of air in the northern pole region that disrupted the northern polar vortex (aka climate change)...
Which we have two Polar Vortices, one at each pole of the planet and are created and maintained by the spin of the earth and consistent cold/cool temps..
Picture a large dust devil, then something moving into/through it disrupting/blocking the airflow pattern.. It would break up the pattern and the air currents break off in different directions.. That is what in a simple comparison happened in the north this past January and causing the shift of arctic tempts down farther to the south..

As for "Power being flaky".. No I would strongly disagree with that assessment.. The US power grid is stable and sound with a consistent flow and wattage rate... In the West (California) PG&E was just failing to properly maintain their lines making sure they are free and clear of foliage, as cost "saving measure" just save a buck or three... To which the fires were their fault..
And Texas, they are just a state that is frighten of "The Man" overseeing and holding their utilities to a common safe standard like the rest of the country is... Texas has chosen to have their own overpriced and unregulated power grid apart from the rest of the USA.. Most of their power plants/sources are fossil fuel based sources.. That do not want to be held to a standard with what is known as "Oversight".. Leading to everyone's "shock" and learning that many of their power plants weren't designed or protected enough so as to function in extreme low temps like the rest of the countries power systems are.. I do feel sorry though for the avg person living in a state that is run by a bunch simple minded "oversized man kids" who won't dare allow anyone to tell them what or how to do something...