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Spartan said:
Let me get in on that action

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panthis said:
Spartan... dude, i nearly died
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I'm sure the splitting German soldier up there thought exactly the same thing :D
 
Telkom planning increase on certain ADSL lines

Hey,

If the speculation is correct, Telkom is planning to increase the speed of their 384kbps ADSL subscribers to 1Mbps, and boost their 1Mbps ADSL speeds to 2Mbps, during June 2012.

At least some people with lower speed ADSL lines, will hopefully have some benefit from it when playing the actual GW2.

Here's to hoping for green pings all the time!
(Yes, I know, but a girl can dream ;) )
 
Zeud said:
Hey,

If the speculation is correct, Telkom is planning to increase the speed of their 384kbps ADSL subscribers to 1Mbps, and boost their 1Mbps ADSL speeds to 2Mbps, during June 2012.

At least some people with lower speed ADSL lines, will hopefully have some benefit from it when playing the actual GW2.

Here's to hoping for green pings all the time!
(Yes, I know, but a girl can dream ;) )
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Sadly the line throughput will not make the ping higher, unless you are downloading stuff at the same time as playing. MMOS don't actually use much bandwidth, usually about 30-50k/s so upgrade from 384k to 1mbps will do nothing for your bad ping. Bad ping has other factors such as shaping, line sharing, packet loss, line quality, how far the target computer is and how many hops your data takes there and back. You will download patches quicker, that is about it.
 
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Shrike said:
Sadly the line throughput will not make the ping higher, unless you are downloading stuff at the same time as playing. MMOS don't actually use much bandwidth, usually about 30-50k/s so upgrade from 384k to 1mbps will do nothing for your bad ping. Bad ping has other factors such as shaping, line sharing, packet loss, line quality, how far the target computer is and how many hops your data takes there and back. You will download patches quicker, that is about it.
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Actually - my evidence is somewhat anecdotal - but throughput on a 384k line is so low that upgrading to 1Mbps does make a bit of difference, or it should. I noted a marked improvement in performance when I upgraded from a 384k to a 4mbps - my average pings dropped from around the 350 - 400 mark down to the 300 average. Not huge, but it was only since I was on the faster line that I actually started seeing green.
 
Blog regarding the beta http://www.arena.net/blog/the-beta-weekend-event-is-coming Asura and Sylvari are not playable.

We’re counting the days until the first public Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event, which begins on Friday, April 27, at noon PDT (GMT-8) and ends on Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-8). Hundreds of thousands of players from around the world will get their first taste of Guild Wars 2—and rest assured, we’ll be playing alongside them!

There are a couple important things you need to know about this Beta Weekend Event:

The only way to absolutely guarantee your access to this or any future Beta Weekend Events is to pre-purchase any edition of Guild Wars 2.
Customers who have pre-purchased the game will receive an e-mail next week with instructions on how to download the client and participate in the Beta.
This is a public event, which means that you’re not bound by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). So go ahead, feel free to take screenshots, shoot video, blog, tweet, write, or compose a rock opera to share your Guild Wars 2 experience with the world.

Let’s take a look at all the cool stuff you’ll be doing during the Beta Weekend Event.

Choices, Choices – You’ll create your own personalized charr, human, or norn character and pick from our eight powerful professions. Your choice of race is vital to your personal story, and it determines in which of the huge starting areas you begin as well. A noble human mesmer will have a radically different game experience than a charr engineer in the service of the Iron Legion. Fortunately, you can roll more than one character and sample each starting area for yourself!

Worlds Collide – If you want your PvP on an epic scale, look no further than World vs. World, where three teams comprising hundreds of players wage open war across four vast maps. You’ll lay siege to castles, raid supply camps, build devastating weaponry, ambush your foes, and leap into truly massive PvP battles—all for the glory of the server. We’re warning you: WvW is so addictive that you may spend the entire Beta Weekend Event there!

PvP For You and Me – After you’ve gotten your feet wet, put your newfound skills to the test in Guild Wars 2 PvP, where small teams battle for points on a variety of challenging, compact maps. We adjust the level of PvP combatants so that all players are on equal footing. If you’ve got a competitive streak or you like playing first-person shooters online, you owe it to yourself to try out Guild Wars 2 PvP!

I Love L.A. – For the first time ever, we’re opening the metropolis of Lion’s Arch to beta players. Wander the streets of this cosmopolitan trade hub, chat with traders and travelers from every corner of Tyria, hop through one of the many asura gates to points beyond, or discover the famed diving platform at Diverse Ledges. Lion’s Arch is a city like no other!

As you can see, there’s a ton of stuff to do in the upcoming Beta Weekend Event on April 27-29. It’s honestly way more content than one person can experience in 60 hours of playing—and we haven’t even included the asura and sylvari in this beta! Fortunately, this will not be the last Beta Weekend Event before launch—stay tuned for more news regarding the next event.

We’ll see you in-game!
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Actually - my evidence is somewhat anecdotal - but throughput on a 384k line is so low that upgrading to 1Mbps does make a bit of difference, or it should. I noted a marked improvement in performance when I upgraded from a 384k to a 4mbps - my average pings dropped from around the 350 - 400 mark down to the 300 average. Not huge, but it was only since I was on the faster line that I actually started seeing green.
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Yeah 384kbps is definitely to low for modern MMO's especially in high action situations like raids and pvp so you are bottlenecking on bandwidth. I did a few raids with a download meter open and watching the numbers, some points in the fight spiked to 80-100KB/s, which is more than 384 can handle, so you'll be hitting slowdowns.
 
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