Yesterday after the 2nd small hotfix all was working well. I could hunt for an hour before a disconnect.
But now, I just tried hunting for I think the last half hour. I'm hunting rippersnappers, not a single soul around and in a very low spawn area.
- I got about 3-4 disconnects.
- I died a few times because the lag I'm suffering makes it hard to timely switch to a healing tool.
- The hitboxes for rippersnappers are a joke, I'm only able to target them either very very far away, or when they are close enough to hit me.
- When equipping my s.i.h.e.a.r.t. and when a new mob spawns around me, I get a micro lagspike. (which is helpfull for mobs, a bit annoying for my healing tool.)
The only good thing I noticed is that when I get a disconnect, my weapon gets a small 'rollback' on the decay
Assuming that is a compromise MA is giving.
I understand that MA tries his best to fix things. But for gods sake just tell us what the hell you are working on, give us an ETA when you expect it to be done. Etc. Keep the players informed, because that is the least that can be done.
For now, I'm going to wait a few hours in the hope I can play a little better again when there are less people online.
Edit*
After reinstalling entropia, I did the following and only get a DC every 20-30 minutes now:
Only downloaded calypso, changed my connection from 10mbit to 6mbit, have shadowing and textures on low, rest of my graphics on medium.
Still suffer from lag, but I'll manage.