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[Oda]

During the mid to late afternoon, we will be briefly taking the Renewal servers that host the War of Emperium castles offline to make some hardware tweaks that we hope will make an improvement to the latency situation during WoE.

During this maintenance, we will also be restricting the use of the following on WoE maps:

-Mercenaries
-Pets
-Costume gear

We are continuing to work on identifying and fixing possible causes of server slowdown, non WoE maps should still be accessible during this time.

[KriticalAssassin]

first
Hopefully this fixes lag.

Edited by KriticalAssassin, 24 January 2013 - 04:47 PM.

[Braska]

Thanks for the update !
How come you guys are restricting mercs, pets, and costumes on woe maps?

[meli]

Pets... homunculus can still be used, yes?

[Oda]

Homunculi have a legitimate use on WoE maps so far, but we're basically trying to try removing variables from the WoE equation that may be causing undue load.

[Sully]

Ah, nice idea.

[KriticalAssassin]

Homunculi have a legitimate use on WoE maps so far, but we're basically trying to try removing variables from the WoE equation that may be causing undue load.

So do costumes. (My cake hat for more gfist damage) D:

[Azyrk]

Is the memory used for costumes really that significant? I don't think many people use pets, and I highly doubt anyone uses mercs.
Hopefully the other stuff you're doing helps the servers process the loads of extra actions.

What is different about this server and valk? Or what about the difference between WoE 1.0 and 2.0? Is there a difference server wise? Last 1.0, we had ~5guilds in one castle, and I didn't get action delay. I did lag a few times, but that was on my end (/effect helped + school internet isn't too great). The same 5 guilds were in Valf2, and I lagged to hell. Used hardly any potions, couldn't even use Seeds. Could be that there are less people, but if there is a difference server-wise, swap them and lets see what happens.

[JIGSAW]

I just care if the woe latency is gonna be fixed
and ofc it's better if you can let us use costume headgears

but anyway, the most thing we want is to reduce the lag in woe

Thank you, Oda

[ryfee]

I'm assuming we still can play during this maintenance?

That or my brain just doesn't function properly yet. Way too early to sober up atm.

[Lapphy]

Uhm, pets give stats too. Like a whisper pet lets me hide? don't say that isn't good.



You know... you could probably reduce half the lag if people stop autopotting. just saying.

[Alaska]

Good luck.

Although I really hope you guys don't restrict the use of costumes during WoE... aside from aesthetics one of their best uses is to conceal headgear.

[OHiSoKawaii]

And pets have added effects too X_x

[Alaska]

Does anyone actually use pets in WoE? They wouldn't lose so much intimacy. xD

[IsisThump]

Does anyone actually use pets in WoE? They wouldn't lose so much intimacy. xD

I see some people with Zealotus and Alice pets sometimes 0:

[Alaska]

I see some people with Zealotus and Alice pets sometimes 0:

I think I would be too afraid of losing the pet... I wanted to go in with my white lady a few times but always decided against it. xD

But I guess if the bonuses are good enough?

Edited by Alaska, 25 January 2013 - 07:27 AM.

[JIGSAW]

Uhm, pets give stats too. Like a whisper pet lets me hide? don't say that isn't good.



You know... you could probably reduce half the lag if people stop autopotting. just saying.

man, actually i just wanna ask them why do those stuff matter in woe forts hehe

[GuardianTK]

Probably the animated costume headgears like the Wickebine's Cat Ears and the Weather Report Hat are adding onto the animations being loaded into a server. Weather Report Hats look pretty stupid in most cases during WoE, so you don't see many of those. The Wickebine Cat Ears though..........

[DrAzzy]

Uhm, pets give stats too. Like a whisper pet lets me hide? don't say that isn't good.

You know... you could probably reduce half the lag if people stop autopotting. just saying.

Whisper pet is the only one i've seen in WoE - and the most useful too. I'm not sure how much of a difference removing the half dozen pets that get used in WoE (as in, half dozen people probably across whole server using pet in WoE) is going to make, but by all means try it. The lag must be stopped.

Probably the animated costume headgears like the Wickebine's Cat Ears and the Weather Report Hat are adding onto the animations being loaded into a server. Weather Report Hats look pretty stupid in most cases during WoE, so you don't see many of those. The Wickebine Cat Ears though..........

The animations are not handled server side.

They're removing things like this as a troubleshooting aid - to see if removing these improves performance.

I'll miss my blue xmas cheer though :-( That was my trademark. Now i'll look just like any other RK... and take people by surprise! /an

Way too early to sober up atm.

Yeah, srsly, it's way too early to get drunk, let alone sober up.

[GuardianTK]

I wonder what factor the costume headgears play in all this then if that's the case.

[ilovemilk]

I'm buying VIP for both of my characters now just because you guys are working on the one issues (out of many) that matter most. I'm pretty rebellious, so keep providing bad services and you wont get a dime from me.

[Memoir]

Noooo... Costumes! People will see my headgear switchings! And I don't get to woe with a crown

It's no biggie! Just make sure to not make woe crappy

[ShiveringShadows]

I wonder what factor the costume headgears play in all this then if that's the case.

Smaller payload to the client. Less data to process for the server.

[DeathDealer]

are they still working on woe maps? cuz I JUST logged in and theres no kafra in greenwood? Edit = Kafra missing in luina too so Im guessing other realms may be affected. Am I the only one with this problem?

Edited by DeathDealer, 25 January 2013 - 06:17 PM.

[Kydon]

Both woe1 and woe2 realms dont have kafra npcs. i dont know if this is intended or someone forgot something