If the server issues don't get fixed soon, this fails before even having a chance to prove itself...

Dramaqueen...

No problems here. I got few dc, but not a big deal and i could reconnect in a sec.

See, this is what beta testing is for- to find the places where the game needs patching, fixing, or beating with a stick. :)

As someone else said, a lot of those threads are repeats of issues already reported, either because the original thread has sunk (stuff moves pretty fast on this forum!) or the people posting the threads aren't using the search function (quite common on forums- a lot of people would rather post a new thread.) Quite a few threads that come up in General Discussion are also probably better suited to the bugs and feedback forum, but hey- that's a personal gripe of mine and isn't really related to this. ;)

Overall, yes, the game can be improved. No doubt. If the devs thought it was perfect they wouldn't be bothering with an open beta. I just don't think the problem is as bad as you think it is, OP. ;)

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Metronomy wrote:

Thanks for collating these threads, but I would think this is more the case of posters creating new threads without reading the old ones, surely if some of these posters read the other threads about people having connection issues that they would post in those threads instead of creating their own.. GGG are responding, perhaps not to every single thread, but they have given us an insight to this in the Announcements section

I have had a few more disconnections & crashes than normal (though still less crashes than alpha, but a little more than beta) but as mentioned in this thread, its not all that surprising..

I really don't see any "insight" from GGG regarding the connectivity problem. The quote I mentioned on the OP ("Since the last crash, the server has been very stable.") was from the announcements. Nowhere does it mention anything about the connectivity and lag issues.

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Hornet85 wrote:

If all of us who did not have any issues on the other hand were to voice our opinion, its going to be even more than you can list in a thread. Of course the people who having problem will be more vocal and it looks like many are having problems.

Yes, there are issues going on, its not perfect. If you read their tweet update, their site got DDOS several hours ago. This malicious act is not helping GGG either.

But its beta. There bound to be some issues at the moment. However, the affected users are relatively small and it will take time to iron out the issue.

But the question is: Do they recognize there's an issue and will they iron it out? Because at the moment, the general feeling on the forums towards the infrastructure issues is something like "Boo hoo, too bad you can't play, tough luck for you, but we'll just continue enjoying our awesome game without you."

i got the same problem..
i have good internet connection i am playin games like WoW and GUild Wars 2 with no lags Problem..
i have strong comp...(New)
and Path of Exile just dont want to work right !
i need to relog 9999 times to get it work...
every time that I Switch for new area Lags start and i need to relog and pray to god for better ping this time...the funny thing every time i log to the game and i start in Starting area "city" i got 80 ping,every time i teleport for new zone i dont have any Ping at all its shows "Zero" or 1999 ping.. or if i'lucky my ping will be stable 90 ping ! this game is so exhausting..
Something wrong with this zones,why Once i log the zone (area) work fine with No lags i switch zone and lags start i relog and lags Stop i change zone lags start i relog they stop agian.. i play for 1 our "Bah" got DC ffffffs..then i log goin to my old Area Lags start ! relog ! and relog and relog and relog and relog ! omg its working now i got a good ping !!
FIX THAT PLEASEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have exactly the same problems heisenbergman is addressing and i hope GGG are on it! it is quite annoying....

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Misguidance wrote:

See, this is what beta testing is for- to find the places where the game needs patching, fixing, or beating with a stick. :)

Yes, that is what beta testing is for. But the nature of the problems that beta testing hopes to address are stuff like: "Hey, the hit detection system is a bit off..." or "The items won't show even if I press ALT..." or "Spell won't cast when bound to specific hotkey..." Meaning, what beta tries to address are problems with the actual software. Those issues are patchable.

But before one can detect those issues, one should be able to get into the game first and the game should be playable. Meaning, the infrastructure of the game should be robust enough to handle the players that want to play the game. And I know that GGG has made steps to fix the server crashing since that is a major issue. But it seems like all of us who have had connection and lag issues have been left hanging.

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Misguidance wrote:

As someone else said, a lot of those threads are repeats of issues already reported, either because the original thread has sunk (stuff moves pretty fast on this forum!) or the people posting the threads aren't using the search function (quite common on forums- a lot of people would rather post a new thread.) Quite a few threads that come up in General Discussion are also probably better suited to the bugs and feedback forum, but hey- that's a personal gripe of mine and isn't really related to this. ;)

This just goes to show the number of people affected.

I listed those threads not to show that the game had a lot of problems. In fact, I'm only pointing out two general problems: Connectivity and Lag. The reason I listed all those threads is to show that there are a lot of people affected.

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Misguidance wrote:

I just don't think the problem is as bad as you think it is, OP. ;)

On the contrary, I think a lot of people are underestimating the amount of people affected by the connectivity and lag issues.

lag and desync & connection issues are talked about abundantly, this is an online game, so it is only natural that these discussions exist. Every single online game I play, I get around 180-220 ping (this goes for PoE as well) and I dont consider this a problem. (Yet someone above is complaining about 90 ping?) It is all a matter of perspective, GGG have servers in certain locations, this may be different locations than other online games, but relatively similar given all gaming companies are affected by pricing of servers.

Needless to say, GGG will always be working on trying to improve their online server issues, it would be absurd to think that they dont try and fix these.

EDIT: You may also want to try selecting a different server (at the login page) to see which one gives you the best ping. There have also been some issues with the singapore server which have been completely unrelated to GGG & have to do more with the company that GGG are using to host that server (so that issue is temporarily out of GGG's hands, but it is still being worked on)

I think I disconnected once in 40 levels of play.

I think i had like a total of 4 lag spikes in 40 levels of play.


I think I lag less in this game than Diablo III.


I never die to lag in PoE, it has fast DC'S so if you DC you log-back in almost instantly and you find yourself alive in town instead of dead on the floor.


I can't complain I think they provide an excellent service, maybe your ISP'S just have a bad link to them.