Pali Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 He's gone. Sick of the repeated connection-loss deaths I keep taking. Until my internet at home stabilizes a bit, I'm not likely to be playing FL much at all. Terryn was a fairly worthless character as far as I'm concerned; didn't have any special RP, and every time I got equipped I'd die to connection loss ('cept once to Dagizon, who simply outfought me). Sorry to anyone who liked having him around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Was Terryn a faerie? And yeah I feel for you man. I HATE playing even with the slighttest lag, I dont know how people do it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pali Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Oh, these weren't even lag. They were my router ceasing to function and me needing to reset it. For the most recent one the only way I know who killed me is because only one of the people around would've butchered my corpse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbond Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 i feel for you on the connection issue. i'm not playing until summer b/c of it, except my prob is i'm on a massive network, and peak times are completely fuggedaboutit. like i have to play from 3am-11am to get any sort of bandwidth to avoid total standstill during battle or even just walking into a room with a lot of objects or to looking at someone with a long description and a lot of equipment w/o freezing. internet problems are the crappiest way to not play FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Grosek_ Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I know that pain. My first character back after an extensive break took almost every death due to my router crapping out. I'd run over, reset it, come back to being in jail or at my pit. Drove me to delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I'd run over' date=' reset it, come back to being in jail or at my pit.[/quote'] Exactly what has happened to me several times now with Terryn. I just can't stand it. Certain types of deaths just remove all enjoyment from playing a char for me, and connection-loss deaths are one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Who do you guys go through for an ISP? I have the same problem with my router. I'd be halfway through a certain thing on the interweb, and then blammo... I'd be sitting around with my thumb up my butt waiting for the router to take it's own sweet-*** time reseting. I gave up calling my isp about it, because they'd send a service guy out. He'd check the modem, replace it, mess around with the cables outside and it'd be fine for awhile. Then the same thing would happen a few weeks later. And yes. I do realize that home networks/routers have little to do with ISPs unless they sent someone to your house to set it up. Which they didn't at mine. The reason I ask, is because I'm on time warner's Road Runner for my connection, and I thought I was the only one that had this problem. Maybe if other people are on Time Warner with the same problem, I could rest assured knowing it wasn't my hardware, but something they were doing. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelion Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I have Adelphia, and I'm experiencing similar problems. One minute I'll be playing fine, no lag. Then the next, it just cuts out. No slowdowns, no lag, the connection just drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbond Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 ooh just realized a tactic vs. borderline-ish connection players: make a really long desc!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 buy better routers?? *boggle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 This is our third router at this house. The first didn't work period, the second started doing this, the third continued doing it. The actual modem connection to the internet is fine; stable, fast, goes down very rarely. The router, on the other hand, seems to overload if you put any sort of strain on it for an extended period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 plugged into an outlet? or surge/battery? used the same network cables from modem -> router each time? if your plugigng into an outlet, and its your third router..or your plugging into one of those "outlet strips" you know..the crappy $9.99 surge protector. You could be the victim of poor wiring in your house/apt. Not just surges but brownouts (does it drop when your AC kicks on?) can cause routers to cycle unnecesarily. If its reseting by itself 90% of the time its a power issue. If the network cable from modem to router is bad, has bad ends or has a short this will cause your router to reset all the time. Though honestly the first item is usually the culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Our house wiring is pretty crappy... prettty much the entire place is on one circuit. Nothing we can do about it. And it's not resetting. It just drops connection suddenly, and then when I go over and reset it the connection'll come back fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 im telling you...if its not on a battery backup now, it should be..thats what your problem sounds like..and i would say 90% chance its getting brownouts from the outlet which fubars the router until it can be reset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H&R Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I feel for you man. But still, I liked Terryn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Only problem then would be getting it onto battery backup. I liked Terryn... Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I have Adelphia' date=' and I'm experiencing similar problems. One minute I'll be playing fine, no lag. Then the next, it just cuts out. No slowdowns, no lag, the connection just drops.[/quote'] Adelphia sucks, time warner bought them out in my area, and im very happy with what Time warner is doing here, pretty reliable with nearly no lag. So now I have no excuses for my crappy losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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