A Laghodessa Raid that doesn't lag.

• sakraycore wrote on 2010-12-21 06:15
  So far I've been in many laghodessa raids, and not one of them was without lag.
  
  I'm wondering whether it's because the host has insufficient upload speed or it's just simply too demanding for the system?
  
  Has anyone been in a laghodessa raid where it doesn't have everyone at 1 or 2 bars?
  
  I'm looking at youtube laghodessa raid videos and observing that this is a problem that plagues virtually all the videos that is uploaded.
  
  What gives? Have you been in a laghodessa raid that didn't lag? How much upload speed does that host have?
  
  Edit: Never mind, just saw a run with above average latency in youtube, and it's my guild!! Woooo
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6vJRsTWxBg
• Retcher wrote on 2010-12-21 06:29
  I always host and everyone in my party always has 3-4 bars. I have a 20 mbps connection (~3 mbps up), but you have to remember that this game isn't pure p2p. Everyone is still going through the Nexon servers, and I've had days where people have 1-2 bars in my parties and that's Nexon's fault, not mine.
• sakraycore wrote on 2010-12-21 06:31

  Quote from Retcher;255277:

  I always host and everyone in my party always has 3-4 bars. I have a 20 mbps connection (~3 mbps up), but you have to remember that this game isn't pure p2p. Everyone is still going through the Nexon servers, and I've had days where people have 1-2 bars in my parties and that's Nexon's fault, not mine.

  
  
  You're talking about Laghodessa raids right? So far after the latest maintenance the servers have been fine from what I can tell.
• Lolicon wrote on 2010-12-21 07:51
  My internet connection is fine. Its the fact that my sister always has 3/4 Youtube tabs loading in HD, downloading whoknowswhat, my mom is streaming TV onto her computer, sometimes a friend is hogging the computer I built, and my dad using Cisco to work at home sometimes. Yeah, a lot of traffic alright.
• Okami wrote on 2010-12-21 08:05
  I'd say over about 80% of the parties I've been in, everyone had at least 3 bars but me and my ****ty internet.
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-12-21 09:20
  Every run I host has 3-5 bars.
  
  And I've been in plenty where I've kept up with that too.
• TA wrote on 2010-12-21 09:39
  I haven't really had any problems...
• Papa wrote on 2010-12-21 12:02
  Ironically, everyone had 4-5 bars in that party and it was during the event stress test.
  
  <3 Hosting.
• Miyumi wrote on 2010-12-21 14:34
  Dude Jon what is up with that music LOL!
• Shirayuki wrote on 2010-12-21 14:58
  I've only lagged once in a Laghodessa run, and that was because of a sh*t host.
  
  Usually I have at least a 4 bar in those raids though, only reason it isn't a 5 bar is because my comp wastes too much time staring at the prettiness of 6 Spear Lanns spinning :(
• Papa wrote on 2010-12-21 16:03

  Quote from Miyumi;255512:

  Dude Jon what is up with that music LOL!

  
  
  Dont knock the epic that is Ceadeus BGM. Alot of players know and adore it. <3
• sakraycore wrote on 2010-12-21 16:19
  I'm extremely sensitive to bar fluctuations (maybe because I host most of the time myself). Like I was in some ok host that I was getting like 4 bars (most of the time I can say) in a Laghodessa raid. In the first area I noticed everyone dipping to 1-2 bars for like a couple of seconds at least (and I'm not talking about the VERY beginning where it is sort of normal). Most people wouldn't notice that, but I do. This lag is usually when everyone is ganging up on the little spiders in the first area. The 2nd area with the 2 huge spiders is actually better.
  
  That's the "lag" I'm referring to. It's not normal.
• heretic304 wrote on 2010-12-21 16:55
  I experience that lag a lot when I host more than 5 people at a time, in any raid actually >_> When I do Dethrone, that happens in the first room, same with Giant Spider and Nightmare at the Ruins :< I think it also happens in Red Tyrant throughout the whole fight Dx Probably has something to do with my somewhat sad upload that Earthlink gives :\
• sakraycore wrote on 2010-12-21 17:03

  Quote from heretic304;255590:

  I experience that lag a lot when I host more than 5 people at a time, in any raid actually >_> When I do Dethrone, that happens in the first room, same with Giant Spider and Nightmare at the Ruins :< I think it also happens in Red Tyrant throughout the whole fight Dx Probably has something to do with my somewhat sad upload that Earthlink gives :\

  
  
  You probably have 512kb Upload, but really this game could be poorly coded because I've been googling around a bit and 512kb Upload should "in theory" be enough for 8 player rooms. I think the real reason could be that you're not only uploading said data to other players, but also have to host additional data to Nexon at the same time.
  
  But it's not just you, I've really been in a lot of hidden parties where this exact lag happens. So much that I come to expect it even if I do get 4-5 bars in the boat.
  
  Update: just hosted a couple of my own runs, and have come to the conclusion that most of the lag in Hidden and Laghodessa runs comes from frame rate lag (host computer frame rate lag) due to Vindictus not taking advantage of multiple cores at all. My frame rate in the first room falls under 20FPS which means at that point even the host wouldn't have 5 bars. My framerate stabilizes after 1 of the big spiders falls or if I can only see 1 spider. If both of them are running around knocking objects down then again it can fall to low 20s.
• Retcher wrote on 2010-12-22 05:44
  www.speedtest.net
  
  Under 1 mbps upload? You shouldn't be hosting boats.