time to give the routing companys a booting :B
By
Aurealis,
Posted on: 2008-12-21 17:47 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Yes, but my other half is reporting lag and general, global irritation over in the WoW universe as well. Seems like it could be a biggish Internet problem.
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Although not directly on our region, due to traffic rerouting etc, I suspect this might have something to do with the problems.
@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
aye figured as much 
Yup. If a cable is out anyware, all the data which would use it gets rerouted onto the rest of the net, so everyone suffers.
Having said that, I have one character on Union who is getting constant mapserver DCs today, and another on Union who is has had no DCs today, so I think there is something fishy locally too.
I really should do something about this signature.
Cant play the game fullstop. I crash every 5 minutes now. NOT happy.
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
working fine for me now and the peeps i just did an itf with 
It was totally unplayable earlier tonight, kept disconnecting every minute or so and it was really becoming irratating. I ended up leaving for a few hours just to let it sort itself out, was a bit better when i came back, thank goodness
The above is only my opinion, please don't hate me for it
SG: Suicidal Maniacs @Aurealis
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I phsyically cant play the game no more, i last roughly 5 minutes each time i log in before "lost connection to mapserver" comes up.
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
Have you tried using a different character?
I'm still getting it on one specific character. Play for around 5-10 mins, then Mapserver DC.
Play with a different character on the same server and everything is fine. I'm just doing a petition + bug report. It must be something on the character that is causing the mapserver to crash.
What zone are you playing in? What day job power do you have?
I really should do something about this signature.
At the moment iv only tried it on two characters (both on union btw).
Ultimate damz
level 50
controller
illusion/rad
got the patroller day job badge
Constant d/cs in PI means i cant play it, have enough time to send a petition or exit the zone.
Noob buster
level 36
NO day job badges
scrapper
fire/dark
stuck in RWZ
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
Hmm, the server seems to be the only obvious common factor. I change the title to see if anyone else has the exact same problem:
"Mapserver disconnected" about every 2-10 minutes.
I really should do something about this signature.
I have this problem intermittently - it is either really bad, or non-existant. Doesnt seem to matter when I play or which computer I play on - just at times it is really bad for mapservers - others it isnt...
Golden-Phoenix - Lvl 50 Fire/Fire Tank
Oodja Nikabolokov - Lvl 50 SS/WP Brute
Baby-Phoenix - Lvl 50 Peacebringer
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris?
Tried logging on the same character from my laptop (which uses the same internet connection), and haven't had any DCs.
Very strange. If it something to do with my other machine, why does it only seem to be affecting one character?
I really should do something about this signature.
Union had the same problems tonight, i even mapservered after relogging
ouch, constant discons on union every 10mins, looks like something the servers route thru needs a good kicking - unlikely to be the servers