Disconnect problem since patch

[Xzin]

Any luck, Bunny?

Take two

[Bunny]

No luck for me.

I renamed the wtf folders on all my computers and had the same things
going on: warping around, lags - It is really annoying.
Reading some of the posts on the tech forums it seems like this is a problem that has little to do with the fact that we play more boxes. Some people reported that they have the same problem following random players.

I my opinion this is just a huge bug. Blizz never ment to add a "walk when follow" feature. The reasons why I believe this are:
* No documentation in patch notes
* No benefit at all: No added role playing value, no anti-botting feature - just plain nuisance
* Strange behavior when using the /follow (warping around of characters etc.) aka not tested before patch release

The real question is why blizzard is not responding to all those posts (at least I have not found a blue response). They could say if it was a new feature that has it's problems or simply a bug so at least we whould know.
Well maybe todays downtime will do something for the problem.
Bunny

[Manaburner]

Sorry to hear that Bunny

I guess I got lucky and I feel for you. When it was happening to me I was about to tear my hair out. I even bought a Killer NIC thinking that my on-board network adapter was to blame but even that didn't help. I definitely believe this is a undocumented /follow fix gone awry as well.

[Xzin]

I truly believe it is either a) server side /follow bug or b) server side bug caused by too much data being sent for some unknown reason.

It just does not seem to be getting a high priority right now though - I guess us multiboxers and people who /follow are not as vocal?

Keep posting about it in tech support - make it clear what is going on so it can be fixed.

[Mirishka]

Guys go check out this thread. It's a common issue its not your wtf folders or routers or anything.

I put in a new router and new nic's in my mahcines trying to resolve this, I completed reinstalled wow, blah blah, I tried diff ram, I tried diff cables, i tried anything and everything you can think of.

I only run two boxes and my second account disconnects within seconds of being put on /follow. It's blizzard not your set ups. There's been a thread running over there for a month and they won't even respond to it or acknowledge its a problem

Here's a link:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...sid=1&pageNo=1

[wougoose]

This disconnection issue is really starting to get to me. I just began my 5-boxing experience and it has really made it much more difficult to play. I have to continually break follow on my 4 locks whenever my main comes to a stop or a few disconnections will occur.

Still no response on the bug report thread either...

*Crosses Fingers*

[Flight]

I've had no problems with disconnects playing normally on my 5 box rig. I'm not using any USB, just cat 5 ethernet cables to a regular hub.

I do get this problem whenever I leave the toons on follow on a ship. I have to take them off follow before the ship gets underway or 2 disconnect every time.


As an aside, I sometimes get the follow/walk issue. This never happens if the toons stay on follow. If I break/interrupt follow it happens randomly. As soon as they catch up the lead toon they start running again, whether that is from them catching up or if you run the lead toon back to them.

When they switch into walk it is only for the few steps close to the elad character, if they fall back a bit they start running until they get close.

[hapiguy314]

Hmm weird, the last time I had d/c issues was the first two days the new patch went live. After the quick fix, I have yet to get a disconnect from AF. I would however get the occasional slowing down to walking speed when coming to a stop; but since I'm 5 boxing instances, that's almost negligeable.

Like flight, I use normal ethernet cables using Cable connection from Time Warner (extreme package - so maybe I have more bandwidth?).

One thing also that might attribute to me not d/c is maybe due to my nostromos auto spam key? They just repeat spamming one button (maybe it makes the servers think that its not just idle - I dunno really). Hope the folks figure out what's wrong witht he d/c on AF

[Xzin]

I would like to weigh in here too.

I finally got my rigs operational. Still need to install UIs, finish a few more things, etc but I made some test accounts and walked around from the tauren starting area to TB. Started and stopped follow, went up the lift in TB, noticed the "walk to you" speed and basically tested it to see if I could DC it.

Keep in mind that this is with a FRESH install of XP, FRESH install of WoW (no UI mods) and redundant, load balanced internet.

I had exactly 0 disconnects. Which is a surprise actually.

I will of course keep testing it but so far it is smooth as silk. Perhaps the latest patch ninja fixed it - but I would suggest the WTF folder deletion option. Also, try stripping your UI if all else fails and rebuild it.

[Mirishka]

Its not your addons or your wtf folder or any of that shit, trust me, don't delete all that crap and make yourself redo all of your preferences.

In my case the disconnect is very easy to produce. If the lead char stops and follower catches up, the follower disconnects a few seconds later. It does not matter what the leader is doing.

Before 2.1 came out I had the same issue as one of the people above, disconnecting on boats, dunno what that one was all about.

Some people are saying its when you interact with objects or npc's or other things like that. It's not the interaction, its simply that the lead char is no longer moving.

Don't delete all your files, they are not the problem. This is a server side / game code / communication issue. Trust me, I have deleted all mine three times, done a full reinstall twice, and installed all new network hardware. Hasn't changed a thing.