Keep the feedback and ideas coming. Good news is the NA VA server no longer exists.
Another factor of the horror stories depends on the Data center. Multiplay isnt the greatest in customer service, but I had completely dismissed UK as playable because it always felt like our NA server... until they got their new data center in London. Germany usually gave me better results. I enjoy playing on a EU based server alot more now.
On the other hand, we've had miserable luck and I could easily write a horror story for each NA server move. Each data center is different tho it may be the same company. And different companies use different data centers. NFOserver is even willing to tell you what hardware you are on rather than mysterious hardware with others.
As of now, we have the NA#2 server in NY with NFOservers that we used as a practice server now set to be the NA battle server. John at NFO is aware of our displeasure with east coast servers. He asks for feedback on the server during the battle.
For everyone that wants to help, run this while the server is having issues and submit results in this thread.
Download WinMTR -
http://www.fileplay.net/file/12395/winmtr-v09
- Unzip the file and run the WinMTR.exe file inside it
- Set the host as your server's IP address (no port) and hit 'Start'
- Continue to play with this running the in background for at least 20 minutes
- When you have finished, stop the trace and export the results to TEXT
On the Multiplay NA front, that started in NY, the VA server that should have been put down with a bullet, its been relocated to Chicago. I'd like to see part of the battleday played on it while loaded 64/64. If this server also lags, use WinMTR on it also. The reason is, our contract expires mid March and we wont renew it if it cant meet our needs. But we need more data on this NA beast that we are wrestling. Cant believe all of us need to blame our ISPs while the EU behaves decently, but maybe we can see a pattern.
IP addresses for NA servers so you can ping trace.
NFOserver NY: 74.91.116.142
Multiplay Chicago: 199.21.112.122