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Message ID: 7651
Date: Fri Oct 1 23:41:36 BST 1999
Author: JasonF
Subject: Re: Zone times [OT]
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel P. Sniderman <fuzzbone@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 5:21 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Zone times [OT]
> From: "Daniel P. Sniderman" <fuzzbone@...>
>
> It's ENTIRELY CPU related. I recently upgraded my X2 connection which
> averaged about 41-48K (of course that's upstream only 31K downstream) to
> SDSL at 768K (!!!!)
>
> There is ABSOLUTELY no difference in zoning times in Everquest. So don't
> get your hopes up that getting that nifty cable modem, DSL Line (or playing
> on that T1 at work when your boss isn't looking) is gonna erase the annoying
> zone time.
>
> There is one difference though... In the analog world I saw that anything
> over about 5-7 pct packet loss would create lag. At the ping times I'm
> getting now (averages around 125 - occasionally I see two digits pings and
> sometimes close to 200) Even packet loss of close to 20 pct doesn't really
> cause noticeable lag...
>
> The biggest advantage of course - when it has to download a patch - the time
> download time is basically instantaneous.
>
> Slyde
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. <Dean_Kimes@...>
> To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 4:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] RE: Hey this sounded interesting.. *Time to KABOING
> ??*
>
>
> > From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
> >
> > Odd, could be cpu speed as well I know my neighbor has a slow box but I
> have
> > a 450. Still nearly double the ping making it an extra minute or so does
> > not surprise me. An extra minute per zone would still add 10 minutes or
> > more.
> >
> > Kitasi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Naeeldar [mailto:jackal@...]
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:57 PM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] RE: Hey this sounded interesting.. *Time to
> > KABOING ??*
> >
> >
> > From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>
> >
> > I guess I play on a 28.8 as a matter of fact and it takes me a mere minute
> > to zone with a average of 268 ping.
> >
> > Naeeldar
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kimes, Dean W. <Dean_Kimes@...>
> > To: 'eqbards@onelist.com' <eqbards@onelist.com>
> > Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 4:11 PM
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] RE: Hey this sounded interesting.. *Time to KABOING
> > ??*
> >
> >
> > >From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
> > >
> > >Maybe with DSL. It takes me 2-3 minutes just to zone and I have a 56k
> > modem
> > >due to having a nearly 500 ping, which Brad recently said was within the
> > >average range (200-500). 9 zones takes 18-27 minutes just for zoning.
> My
> > >neighbor who plays on a 33.6 modem takes 4 minutes to zon on average.
> Now
> > >that's painful.
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Naeeldar [mailto:jackal@...]
> > >Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:02 PM
> > >To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > >Subject: Re: [eqbards] RE: Hey this sounded interesting.. *Time to
> > >KABOING ??*
> > >
> > >
> > >From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>
> > >
> > >Why would the trip from Qeynos to Freeport take 45 minutes? With selo's
> you
> > >can easily make it in 20.
> > >
> > >Naeeldar
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Blair, Keith (Keith Blair) <kblair@...>
> > >To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
> > >Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 11:07 AM
> > >Subject: RE: [eqbards] RE: Hey this sounded interesting.. *Time to
> KABOING
> > >??*
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: "Blair, Keith (Keith Blair)" <kblair@...>
> > >>
> > >>> I think the melee/hybrid/caster thread needs to
> > >>> be kaboinged.. now. And the bind thread should IMO
> > >>> go the same way, but first I would like to
> > >>
> > >>If you have an opinion on it, which you do - then it doesn't need to be
> > >>"kabonged" after you get your opinion noted. Everyone should be free to
> > >>speak on the issue.
> > >>
> > >>> If there wasent a penalty like this the game would
> > >>> turn into something very boring.
> > >>
> > >>And boy oh boy it's such exciting fun running back to
> > >>your corpse. Yay!
> > >>
> > >>> With selo's we are pretty well off for travelling and
> > >>> giving bards bind will seriusly overpower unless it was
> > >>> made useless by giving it penalties.
> > >>
> > >>Selo's gives us a good way of GETTING somewhere. It
> > >>doesn't even come close to comparing to gate.
> > >>
> > >>I'd be interested in seeing the results of a caster
> > >>and a bard racing from Freeport to Qeynos and back.
> > >>I can see it now. Caster pays 1pp for SOW and nearly
> > >>keeps up with bard. Bard arrives in Qeynos let's
> > >>be generous and say 10 minutes before wizard does.
> > >>Bard heads back and gleefully waves at wizard still
> > >>on his way to Qeynos. Wizard gets to Qeynos. Wizard
> > >>gates back to Freeport and laughs it up for 45 minutes
> > >>while the bard is still running.
> > >>
> > >>Or better yet, high level bard & high level wizard in
> > >>the same race. Bard takes off a runnin'.. Wizard does
> > >>his fancy teleport to the Karana's. Runs rest of way
> > >>to Qeynos. Gates back to Freeport. Bard arrives in West
> > >>Commons on his way to Qeynos.
> > >>
> > >>Yeah, Selo's makes up for all of that.
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >>
> >
> > >
>
> >