Nagafen Performance

Rothgar · 07-29-2010, 05:05 PM

Please let us know what your experiences are on Nagafen today after some of the hardware changes. We monitored a warfields event this morning and it appeared to be running very smoothly. I wasn't able to log in and check it out for myself, but it appeared that the zone should have been relatively lag-free for having 120+ people in the zone.

Please post your experiences here.

ThomasCH · 07-29-2010, 05:08 PM

Is this all that you updated at the moment?

Our SF raids on Nagafen has never been more clear than today. No spell lag at all, no delay on CA's, just perfect. Dont know if you updated those zones as well.

Wytie · 07-29-2010, 05:42 PM

Rothgar wrote:

Please let us know what your experiences are on Nagafen today after some of the hardware changes. We monitored a warfields event this morning and it appeared to be running very smoothly. I wasn't able to log in and check it out for myself, but it appeared that the zone should have been relatively lag-free for having 120+ people in the zone.
Please post your experiences here.

This is 10x better than any new content you could have ever givin us.

Havent got to raid yet, dont know if you even upgraded our raid zones yet but If you did I would <3 you.

ThomasCH · 07-29-2010, 05:53 PM

It really feels like they did. Raiding atm is awesome.

Rothgar · 07-29-2010, 08:13 PM

Paill@Nagafen wrote:

Rothgar wrote:
Please let us know what your experiences are on Nagafen today after some of the hardware changes. We monitored a warfields event this morning and it appeared to be running very smoothly. I wasn't able to log in and check it out for myself, but it appeared that the zone should have been relatively lag-free for having 120+ people in the zone.
Please post your experiences here.
This is 10x better than any new content you could have ever givin us.
Havent got to raid yet, dont know if you even upgraded our raid zones yet but If you did I would <3 you.

The simple answer is that you should see a lot less lag in all zones. But as with anything there's always room for issues to crop up which is why we need to monitor the new hardware and our load balancing system to make sure things are behaving correctly.

From my angle, things look awesome. I'm going to pop into Nagafen shortly to see how things are going. If you're seeing good things, let us know.

We're shooting for early next week for AB to get the same upgrade treatment.

ThomasCH · 07-29-2010, 08:26 PM

The real test here for raiding is when we try for Klaaktuus challenge-mode as that has the worst lag I have ever experienced except for mass PvP zerg.

Onyx or Europa should be able to tell soon enough!

TalisX1 · 07-29-2010, 08:33 PM

Warfields with Large numbers of people in zone and in the immediate area and 0 spell lag. It was awesome.

Silat

LardLord · 07-29-2010, 08:39 PM

Sounds like the experiment is already a huge success.

AB next week, what's the timetable for the other servers? The last thing we need on AB is everyone and their brother transferring there and negating the effect of the upgrades.

Roald · 07-29-2010, 09:16 PM

Lag is Warfields is drastically lower to non-existent, even with lots of people there.

Good job guys

Rothgar · 07-29-2010, 09:31 PM

Quabi@Antonia Bayle wrote:

Sounds like the experiment is already a huge success.
AB next week, what's the timetable for the other servers? The last thing we need on AB is everyone and their brother transferring there and negating the effect of the upgrades.

We can't post a timetable yet because there are many decisions to be made first. But trust me when I say we are working our tails off and trying to do everything as fast as we can.

LardLord · 07-29-2010, 09:44 PM

Rothgar wrote:

We can't post a timetable yet because there are many decisions to be made first. But trust me when I say we are working our tails off and trying to do everything as fast as we can.

Cool, did you mean to confirm that the other servers are getting upgrades as well, or am I reading too much into it? Just knowing that other servers are getting upgrades would be great, even if we don't know the timetable.

I've been saying for a long time now that fixing the lag is more important than any content or mechanics updates, and it looks like you guys are getting really close to solving that problem...which is awesome.

Putyo · 07-29-2010, 10:05 PM

So is the hardware affecting more then just CL/Antonica at this point?

or are we still waiting for all zones to be switched over

2BeTold · 07-29-2010, 10:16 PM

I've had frequent disconnects since the change over of the hardware. More so now than before the change over.. I am not in a warfield when this is happening. Does it prioritize zones?

-2BeTold

Putyo · 07-29-2010, 10:17 PM

The lag is basically gone from contested content

very good change, sad it didnt happen a year ago when there was competition for contested content and open world pvp but nevertheless, things are running smoother then smooth

Grayspirit · 07-29-2010, 10:20 PM

Just did what was one of the previous laggiest encounters in sentinel's fate (Klaaktuus Unbound) in an open zone and had zero lag.

What used to be a 15-25minute fight from lag alone just died in 5min20sec.

Night and day difference. Requesting avatars to be put in game again since lag was the #1 blocker for us on pvp servers.

Edit: Seplling.

ThomasCH · 07-29-2010, 10:25 PM

That is pretty awesome to be honest. I dont care much for the PvP but the massive raid lag, both contested and instances has really bugged me since the beginning. Knowing that its pretty much gone is really gonna make it fun again.

JenoJeno · 07-29-2010, 10:32 PM

I agree.. this should of happened a year ago. But now that it has finally happened I am more excited than ever!

FINALLY !

p.s. now if only the devs can review the conj requests SMILEY joke!

Wytie · 07-29-2010, 10:34 PM

Already feels like the best thing you have ever done for us imo.

ThomasCH · 07-29-2010, 10:35 PM

Its like a new game! Okay, maybe that is a bit too much but omg, f* awesome.

Toxicz · 07-29-2010, 11:46 PM

I'm not sure what else to say, but the new servers are redic. This is by far one of the best things the devs have done, amazing job.

Notsovilepriest · 07-30-2010, 12:14 AM

FANTASTIC! Wish it didn't take so long though

Portbott · 07-30-2010, 12:17 AM

<3 Love you guys. The new server hardware has greatly increased performance in every zone I've been in today. Not a bit of lag. Thankssss! Now we just need fame back! *cough*

Runelaron · 07-30-2010, 12:28 AM

IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE I SAY! ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! AHAHAHAHAHA!

Onorem · 07-30-2010, 02:07 AM

Quabi@Antonia Bayle wrote:

Rothgar wrote:
We can't post a timetable yet because there are many decisions to be made first. But trust me when I say we are working our tails off and trying to do everything as fast as we can.
Cool, did you mean to confirm that the other servers are getting upgrades as well, or am I reading too much into it? Just knowing that other servers are getting upgrades would be great, even if we don't know the timetable.
I've been saying for a long time now that fixing the lag is more important than any content or mechanics updates, and it looks like you guys are getting really close to solving that problem...which is awesome.

It's more likely that they want to see how much load this setup can handle so that they know what level of server consolidation needs to be done with the available hardware.

BlueEternal · 07-30-2010, 03:59 AM

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In all seriousness, this is probably the greatest thing to hit this game in the last 2-3 years. Lag had totally made raiding/pvping and basically just playing the game not enjoyable to me. I had stayed here for friends but this totally has me hooked again. Kudos to the development team, you really surprised us.

29 · 07-30-2010, 10:10 AM

...one small step for soe, one giant leap for playability.

great. thanks!

(but could you please find a solution to the recent

increase in disconnects)

Bremer · 07-30-2010, 11:05 AM

If upgrading six old year hardware has such a great effect on the game performance (who would have thought SMILEY

), then this can only mean that international servers, that suffer since years from spell lag due to the on the fly translation, that significantly increases the server load compared to English servers, are No 1 candidates for new hardware.

Malicorp · 07-30-2010, 12:47 PM

I normally play on Najena, but have several characters on Nagafen from when it was my principle server. After hearing how incredible the changes were, I decided to log in an alt to test it out for myself....

Wow, the change in the gameplay experience is unlike anything I've experienced. It brought me back to 2004 with how the game felt. Its amazing that you can get so used to lag that it almost feels weird when your controls respond when you touch them. Its like getting the power-steering working in a car after years without it.

I really look forward to my home servers getting an upgrade like this. Its the closest to a new lease on life for this game as I can imagine.

BlueEternal · 07-30-2010, 12:50 PM

We were discussing in guild chat today about this but is there any way we can get confirmation Rothgar that the entire Nagafen server is on the new hardware or are you currently still in the process of monitoring the loads and transferring and all that good stuffs? It surely seems like the entire server is running 500% better than it used to.

kalaria · 07-30-2010, 01:55 PM

Grats Naggy players.Utter shame there's nothing the works for the rest of the servers asside from AB.

07-29-2010, 05:08 PM	#2
ThomasCH Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AB Posts: 378	Is this all that you updated at the moment? Our SF raids on Nagafen has never been more clear than today. No spell lag at all, no delay on CA's, just perfect. Dont know if you updated those zones as well. __________________ Just another noob..

07-29-2010, 05:42 PM	#3
Wytie Mouse Betrayer! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,579	Rothgar wrote: Please let us know what your experiences are on Nagafen today after some of the hardware changes. We monitored a warfields event this morning and it appeared to be running very smoothly. I wasn't able to log in and check it out for myself, but it appeared that the zone should have been relatively lag-free for having 120+ people in the zone. Please post your experiences here. This is 10x better than any new content you could have ever givin us. Havent got to raid yet, dont know if you even upgraded our raid zones yet but If you did I would <3 you. __________________

07-29-2010, 05:53 PM	#4
ThomasCH Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AB Posts: 378	It really feels like they did. Raiding atm is awesome. __________________ Just another noob..

07-29-2010, 08:13 PM	#5
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Paill@Nagafen wrote: Rothgar wrote: Please let us know what your experiences are on Nagafen today after some of the hardware changes. We monitored a warfields event this morning and it appeared to be running very smoothly. I wasn't able to log in and check it out for myself, but it appeared that the zone should have been relatively lag-free for having 120+ people in the zone. Please post your experiences here. This is 10x better than any new content you could have ever givin us. Havent got to raid yet, dont know if you even upgraded our raid zones yet but If you did I would <3 you. The simple answer is that you should see a lot less lag in all zones. But as with anything there's always room for issues to crop up which is why we need to monitor the new hardware and our load balancing system to make sure things are behaving correctly. From my angle, things look awesome. I'm going to pop into Nagafen shortly to see how things are going. If you're seeing good things, let us know. We're shooting for early next week for AB to get the same upgrade treatment.

07-29-2010, 08:26 PM	#6
ThomasCH Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AB Posts: 378	The real test here for raiding is when we try for Klaaktuus challenge-mode as that has the worst lag I have ever experienced except for mass PvP zerg. Onyx or Europa should be able to tell soon enough! __________________ Just another noob..

07-29-2010, 05:05 PM	#1
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Please let us know what your experiences are on Nagafen today after some of the hardware changes. We monitored a warfields event this morning and it appeared to be running very smoothly. I wasn't able to log in and check it out for myself, but it appeared that the zone should have been relatively lag-free for having 120+ people in the zone. Please post your experiences here.

07-29-2010, 08:33 PM	#7
TalisX1 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 387	Warfields with Large numbers of people in zone and in the immediate area and 0 spell lag. It was awesome. Silat

07-29-2010, 08:39 PM	#8
LardLord Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,515	Sounds like the experiment is already a huge success. AB next week, what's the timetable for the other servers? The last thing we need on AB is everyone and their brother transferring there and negating the effect of the upgrades.

07-29-2010, 09:16 PM	#9
Roald Loremaster Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,417	Lag is Warfields is drastically lower to non-existent, even with lots of people there. Good job guys __________________ Lickle Milambers Qtoon

07-29-2010, 09:31 PM	#10
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Quabi@Antonia Bayle wrote: Sounds like the experiment is already a huge success. AB next week, what's the timetable for the other servers? The last thing we need on AB is everyone and their brother transferring there and negating the effect of the upgrades. We can't post a timetable yet because there are many decisions to be made first. But trust me when I say we are working our tails off and trying to do everything as fast as we can.

07-29-2010, 09:44 PM	#11
LardLord Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,515	Rothgar wrote: We can't post a timetable yet because there are many decisions to be made first. But trust me when I say we are working our tails off and trying to do everything as fast as we can. Cool, did you mean to confirm that the other servers are getting upgrades as well, or am I reading too much into it? Just knowing that other servers are getting upgrades would be great, even if we don't know the timetable. I've been saying for a long time now that fixing the lag is more important than any content or mechanics updates, and it looks like you guys are getting really close to solving that problem...which is awesome.

07-29-2010, 10:05 PM	#12
Putyo Server: Nagafen Guild: Eternal Destiny Rank: Harbinger of Destiny Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 155	So is the hardware affecting more then just CL/Antonica at this point? or are we still waiting for all zones to be switched over

07-29-2010, 10:16 PM	#13
2BeTold Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1	I've had frequent disconnects since the change over of the hardware. More so now than before the change over.. I am not in a warfield when this is happening. Does it prioritize zones? -2BeTold

07-29-2010, 10:17 PM	#14
Putyo Server: Nagafen Guild: Eternal Destiny Rank: Harbinger of Destiny Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 155	The lag is basically gone from contested content very good change, sad it didnt happen a year ago when there was competition for contested content and open world pvp but nevertheless, things are running smoother then smooth

07-29-2010, 10:20 PM	#15
Grayspirit Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Broncas Posts: 208	Just did what was one of the previous laggiest encounters in sentinel's fate (Klaaktuus Unbound) in an open zone and had zero lag. What used to be a 15-25minute fight from lag alone just died in 5min20sec. Night and day difference. Requesting avatars to be put in game again since lag was the #1 blocker for us on pvp servers. Edit: Seplling. __________________ Broncas. Broncas.mybrute.com

07-29-2010, 10:25 PM	#16
ThomasCH Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AB Posts: 378	That is pretty awesome to be honest. I dont care much for the PvP but the massive raid lag, both contested and instances has really bugged me since the beginning. Knowing that its pretty much gone is really gonna make it fun again. __________________ Just another noob..

07-29-2010, 10:32 PM	#17
JenoJeno Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 91	I agree.. this should of happened a year ago. But now that it has finally happened I am more excited than ever! FINALLY ! p.s. now if only the devs can review the conj requests joke! __________________ Oonej - 90 Conj \| Penumbral - 90 Sk \| Jeno - 90 Lock \| Onliest - 90 Mystic

07-29-2010, 10:34 PM	#18
Wytie Mouse Betrayer! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,579	Already feels like the best thing you have ever done for us imo. __________________

07-29-2010, 10:35 PM	#19
ThomasCH Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: AB Posts: 378	Its like a new game! Okay, maybe that is a bit too much but omg, f* awesome. __________________ Just another noob..

07-29-2010, 11:46 PM	#20
Toxicz Server: Nagafen Guild: Laser Beam Attack Walrus Rank: Joffrey Baratheon Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 158	I'm not sure what else to say, but the new servers are redic. This is by far one of the best things the devs have done, amazing job.

07-30-2010, 12:14 AM	#21
Notsovilepriest Server: Nagafen Guild: Ill Gotten Gain Rank: Raider Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,184	FANTASTIC! Wish it didn't take so long though __________________

07-30-2010, 12:17 AM	#22
Portbott Server: Nagafen Guild: Onyx Rank: Recruits Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 150	<3 Love you guys. The new server hardware has greatly increased performance in every zone I've been in today. Not a bit of lag. Thankssss! Now we just need fame back! cough

07-30-2010, 12:28 AM	#23
Runelaron Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 194	IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE I SAY! ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! AHAHAHAHAHA! __________________ "The Storm came and I had no where to hide" - Genghis Khan Rune Nagafen

07-30-2010, 02:07 AM	#24
Onorem Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,155	Quabi@Antonia Bayle wrote: Rothgar wrote: We can't post a timetable yet because there are many decisions to be made first. But trust me when I say we are working our tails off and trying to do everything as fast as we can. Cool, did you mean to confirm that the other servers are getting upgrades as well, or am I reading too much into it? Just knowing that other servers are getting upgrades would be great, even if we don't know the timetable. I've been saying for a long time now that fixing the lag is more important than any content or mechanics updates, and it looks like you guys are getting really close to solving that problem...which is awesome. It's more likely that they want to see how much load this setup can handle so that they know what level of server consolidation needs to be done with the available hardware. __________________ _________________________________ "EQ2 is not a "free to play" game, so microtransactions are unlikely to ever have the "front seat" role that they have in F2P games" - SmokeJumper - 4/20/2010

07-30-2010, 03:59 AM	#25
BlueEternal Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 553	Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you! In all seriousness, this is probably the greatest thing to hit this game in the last 2-3 years. Lag had totally made raiding/pvping and basically just playing the game not enjoyable to me. I had stayed here for friends but this totally has me hooked again. Kudos to the development team, you really surprised us.

07-30-2010, 10:10 AM	#26
29 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Purity / Nagafen Posts: 43	...one small step for soe, one giant leap for playability. great. thanks! (but could you please find a solution to the recent increase in disconnects)

07-30-2010, 11:05 AM	#27
Bremer Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,902	If upgrading six old year hardware has such a great effect on the game performance (who would have thought ), then this can only mean that international servers, that suffer since years from spell lag due to the on the fly translation, that significantly increases the server load compared to English servers, are No 1 candidates for new hardware.

07-30-2010, 12:47 PM	#28
Malicorp Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 159	I normally play on Najena, but have several characters on Nagafen from when it was my principle server. After hearing how incredible the changes were, I decided to log in an alt to test it out for myself.... Wow, the change in the gameplay experience is unlike anything I've experienced. It brought me back to 2004 with how the game felt. Its amazing that you can get so used to lag that it almost feels weird when your controls respond when you touch them. Its like getting the power-steering working in a car after years without it. I really look forward to my home servers getting an upgrade like this. Its the closest to a new lease on life for this game as I can imagine. __________________

07-30-2010, 12:50 PM	#29
BlueEternal Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 553	We were discussing in guild chat today about this but is there any way we can get confirmation Rothgar that the entire Nagafen server is on the new hardware or are you currently still in the process of monitoring the loads and transferring and all that good stuffs? It surely seems like the entire server is running 500% better than it used to.

07-30-2010, 01:55 PM	#30
kalaria Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 121	Grats Naggy players.Utter shame there's nothing the works for the rest of the servers asside from AB.