Client-server Action Synchronisation

Edit. Decided to remove whole discussion since I made an assumption on Gateways. in 0.9.3g they added European servers with separate login-servers.

My mistake and apologies.



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With the expansion we are adding a Deterministic Lockstep mode to Path of Exile that will have no desync. Bear in mind that this means that when you click you will have to wait for whatever your ping time is before you start to move or do a skill.

This works the same way as you would see in strategy game like Starcraft or a MOBA like Dota.

Because this requires a fairly low latency to feel good we are still supporting the old mode for high ping players, however, we have a lot of improvements there too.

It's not quite finished yet and we are working out the bugs, but I'm optimisitic that we will be able to get it done before the beta starts, or otherwise a week or so into it...

i can't wait to try this deterministic lockstep mode :D

yesterday i die 2 time in an istance just because some mob use high desync rate skill like the charge and the frog jump , now my question is why u continue develop stuff thath increase desync ?? evrytime i see those mob i get hit before i see the animations or i found myself attack on the opposite direction after some second and die..evry time i try to create a dynamic not full block char is the same story ...hope the nex patch fix something .

cya all and ty for the good game :)

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We are also adding a bunch more servers to new locations in order to reduce latency so expect to see East and West coast of America servers, as well as more locations in Europe like London.

What about the Asia-Pacific Region? or are we still the ugly stepchild?

I am hopeful that the client mode will be improved, tho.

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Bjorn_Angannon wrote:

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We are also adding a bunch more servers to new locations in order to reduce latency so expect to see East and West coast of America servers, as well as more locations in Europe like London.

What about the Asia-Pacific Region? or are we still the ugly stepchild?

I am hopeful that the client mode will be improved, tho.

Both modes are being improved, with the old method that's been used for years featuring several improvements/over 100 fixes to problems with it.

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Bjorn_Angannon wrote:

What about the Asia-Pacific Region? or are we still the ugly stepchild?

GGG expects you to use... Garena....

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HikaruYami wrote:

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Bjorn_Angannon wrote:

What about the Asia-Pacific Region? or are we still the ugly stepchild?

GGG expects you to use... Garena....

not just no, but PHUQ NO!!!!!

I am an english speaker, with many POE friends in AUS, PH, US, and EU. oh i forgot.....I know a few folks in Japan and Korea, to boot.

Why the hell should I use a server and company rife with xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, a crappy economy and no friends?????

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Nicholas_Steel wrote:

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Bjorn_Angannon wrote:

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We are also adding a bunch more servers to new locations in order to reduce latency so expect to see East and West coast of America servers, as well as more locations in Europe like London.

What about the Asia-Pacific Region? or are we still the ugly stepchild?

I am hopeful that the client mode will be improved, tho.

Both modes are being improved, with the old method that's been used for years featuring several improvements/over 50 fixes to problems with it.

Thank you for the explanation, and that what I wrote didn't correctly convey my feelings......

What I should have said is;

I am hopeful about the client mode improvements.

I couldn't manage to drag my eyes through every page of this thread but what became apparent was that another technical triage of desync is not useful. Whatever the mindless "I don't get a problem lawl" children say, among the upper echelons of racers and league players desync is well understood and lamented.

What GGG need is incentive to fix the ingrained design flaws that cause it, an obviously costly undertaking.

The seemingly large number of paying customers GGG are ignoring in this thread and every other forum aside. Perhaps if they examined abandonment rates for new players, might the economics drive a fix? To a large degree, the impact of this broken design is probably masked by new players simply having a bad experience, walking away and never mentioning why. This should be a trivial metric to derive from data they already have.

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Beta is much improved already imo.