I have tried playing UO:R on two separate lines, in two different places and I'm getting lag spikes every 3-4 seconds. Connecting from the UK. Did speed tests and tracerts on both lines and both come back with no packets/speed drops. Only on this shard. What gives?
Yes it is a UOR issue. I believe its someone attempting to DDOS attack the server. It happens around the same time every night
I haven't been here too long, but from what I have seen these attacks tend to go on for a little while (1-2 weeks?) and then they stop. I speculate that could be because someone (a competing shard) only paid for a certain amount of this "service" or that the DDOS protection adapts and blocks it out. Telamon probably has better speculation though.
These DDOS attacks tend to be around event time (XMAS, Easter, etc) and also when there is an influx of new players. The intent is to drive people away. A couple years ago, it was pretty bad and Chris moved the server to a system that had ddos protection. That was mitigating pretty well and at worst, people were disconnected. This seems to last much longer. Yesterday, it was running great, until about 8pm MDT.
The thing is, this was going on straight away when I logged on for at least an hour until I logged off... No idea how long it happened for before and after logging off. This seems fairly detrimental to the server's status to me.
Yes, this seems to something that the DDOS system is unable to mitigate. This isnt caused by a patch as we have not patched in a few months. It isnt caused by a population boom as we have been 30%+ higher. It is detrimental to the server as they are trying to make it unplayable and drive people away. Hence they do it during events - which is when people want to play. You have been around since before I was here, you should remember when the DDOS'ing went on for many hours.
It’s annoying but that’s it for me, I can still play through it. Feel bad for people like you who it affects worse.
Also in the U.K. And last time this happened was right before I took a break from UOR. I'll just get stuck somewhere randomly and not be able to log back in for 30-40 minutes then when I finally could log back in I was obviously dead. Hella frustrating. Have you tried a gaming VPN that's based in the states? I think I remember someone saying something about that previously.
Nah I started in 2014 but only played for a few months and then returned in December last year. I have only noticed lag in the last few weeks
Same here. What kinda DB takes time out of their day to sabotage a UO server? I mean WTF????? Im assuming this is formal disgruntled players? reading the forums I have noticed there a lot of prominent former players who have been banned or something as you cant visit their profile pages. Maybe its one of them. Or another rival server.
While it could be a disgruntled ex or current player, the likelyhood is low. Typically it is a rival server that collects real money in exchange for items. We are taking their opportunity to make money away, therefore we are the target.
