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[ruassasin]

The game has existed for over 10 years. Do you consider it normal that players wait 1-3 minutes to synchronize the store when entering the game, when moving from server to server. Do you think it's normal to wait 3-5 minutes for a shitty 2-minute game? Why can't the company do the obvious thing for 10 years? Do you consider it normal to lose a series of 30-40 games? The list of reasons for the lost time in the game is very long I would like to hear answers to at least these questions.

[BR33K1_PAWAH]

1. Yes
2. For normal tanks queue time is below 1 m, below 30 sec in primetime. Just stop playing arty
3. No, but you've never lost 30 battles in a row. It's possible, but the probability of it is so low it's safe to assume it never happened.

[ruassasin]

BR33K1_PAWAH, on 06 December 2020 - 09:03 AM, said:

1. Yes
2. For normal tanks queue time is below 1 m, below 30 sec in primetime. Just stop playing arty
3. No, but you've never lost 30 battles in a row. It's possible, but the probability of it is so low it's safe to assume it never happened.

I did not speak in a row. 3-5 victories in 3-4 hours of the game, and it is far from me. I have not once or twice seen the game of streamers with good statistics and they could not win. There comes a moment when shells do not hit, do not fly. And this cannot be explained just by coincidence. On the Streamer 3 people with statistics 65 + on the Stream could not win for an hour no 1 victory. How long will it last? Each of them makes 3-5k while the rest of the team dies with 0. This is not by accident.

 

[CausticSoda]

Not really a topic for the newcomers forum either way.

Yes I some sympathy with some of your comments though but not here.

[L3gionaire]

Moved to Gameplay section.

There is no connection with the Newcomers' Section

[Strapps]

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 07:11 AM, said:

Do you consider it normal that players wait 1-3 minutes to synchronize the store when entering the game, when moving from server to server.

 

Agreed, that's annoying but at least it's only on start-up or if swapping servers. If I decide to swap, it's the ideal time for a bio-break or to make a cup of tea.

 

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 07:11 AM, said:

Do you think it's normal to wait 3-5 minutes for a shitty 2-minute game?

 

The only time I've waited that long is when I'm trying to play arty at 3am. I'm not surprised when it happens, it's to be expected when the majority of the playerbase is asleep. Also, if you're having a lot of 2-minute battles then the fault probably isn't in the game.

 

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 07:11 AM, said:

Why can't the company do the obvious thing for 10 years?

 

It's so obvious that you don't need to explain what it is?

 

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 07:11 AM, said:

Do you consider it normal to lose a series of 30-40 games?

 

No because it doesn't happen unless you're suffering repeated connection issues that you're too stubborn to stop playing while you sort them out. Even complete potatoes get carried to victory enough times for this not to be a thing.

[Homer_J]

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 07:11 AM, said:

The game has existed for over 10 years. Do you consider it normal that players wait 1-3 minutes to synchronize the store when entering the game, when moving from server to server.

 

I would consider that not normal because it takes much less than 1 minute for me.

[Strapps]

Homer_J, on 06 December 2020 - 12:44 PM, said:

I would consider that not normal because it takes much less than 1 minute for me.

 

Do you run the game off an SSD? I'm seeing long loading times in this and other games, in part I suspect due to using a traditional HDD. It's only the initial load that takes excessive time, I'm usually loading into battles with 15-20 seconds left on the countdown timer.

[vanderkat]

I don't know what 'normal' or expected loading and connection timings are; so I've just run a few tests for comparison (installation on SSD, mid-spec, one year-old PC) - 

WoT client (38Gb folder) loading = 35s

MS FSX (41Gb) loading = 30s

Adobe Photoshop = 10s

Adobe Lightroom = 15s

 

WoT connection to server after client loaded = 40s (ethernet to router, FTTC broadband, 70Mb/s d/l, 20Mb/s u/l - server ping response usually around 18ms)

[Inappropriate_noob]

What is NOT normal is for a company  not to give a single flying eff about it's customers and players, must be a Russian thing, so this little matter after all these years is merely inconsequential to WG, it won't even register with them.

[Sacha]

I think he was only talking about the "synchronization to store" step when booting the game. It can be 2-3 min for me also (SSD, optical fiber). Everything else is very fast except for that step.

Annoying, but not life-breaking and you can still Ctrl+Esc during that time.

[BR33K1_PAWAH]

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 12:00 PM, said:

I did not speak in a row. 3-5 victories in 3-4 hours of the game, and it is far from me. I have not once or twice seen the game of streamers with good statistics and they could not win. There comes a moment when shells do not hit, do not fly. And this cannot be explained just by coincidence. On the Streamer 3 people with statistics 65 + on the Stream could not win for an hour no 1 victory. How long will it last? Each of them makes 3-5k while the rest of the team dies with 0. This is not by accident.

 

Oh yes, i know what you are talking about. It's called "Kisliy's patent" - extremely powerful technology and a feature of AI, developed and patented by evil WG masterminds.

You can read all about this hideous machine on google.

[Balc0ra]

ruassasin, on 06 December 2020 - 08:11 AM, said:

The game has existed for over 10 years. Do you consider it normal that players wait 1-3 minutes to synchronize the store when entering the game, when moving from server to server. Do you think it's normal to wait 3-5 minutes for a shitty 2-minute game? Why can't the company do the obvious thing for 10 years? Do you consider it normal to lose a series of 30-40 games? The list of reasons for the lost time in the game is very long I would like to hear answers to at least these questions.

 

1-3 min? That takes 30 sec at the most on a slow day. For about 2 years they have used a chrome like plugin to get store info directly from the portal to the game client. There were some malware programs etc that blocked that access or slowed it down considerably as the client wanted to access a website via that file. No idea if that is still an issue for some as my malware program has updated to ignore such plugins. So turn anything like that off and try again. 

 

And 3-5 min way? Unless you play arty or tier 1. I can't say I've had to wait 5 min unless it's 5 AM and on lower tiers. As even in a light-heavy queue it takes 90 sec at the most. 

 

And lose 30 games in a row? My record is 17, and anything more than 8 is rather rare of late. Then again I've won 17 games in a row too, but no one complains about that oddly enough. But 30? I mean perhaps you should look at what you did, vs what WG did during those matches. 

[NekoPuffer_PPP]

Homer_J, on 06 December 2020 - 01:44 PM, said:

I would consider that not normal because it takes much less than 1 minute for me.

Strapps, on 06 December 2020 - 01:50 PM, said:

Do you run the game off an SSD? I'm seeing long loading times in this and other games, in part I suspect due to using a traditional HDD. It's only the initial load that takes excessive time, I'm usually loading into battles with 15-20 seconds left on the countdown timer.

 

I measured it once, takes exactly one minute. It depends on how much stuff you have on your account i.e. in your depot and garage (I assume, hence the synchronization bit), so it's not storage drive-related.

[malachi6]

It's funny what we consider normal.:  Clothes, cars, pollution, processed foods, international flights,  nuclear weapons,  tear gas, people living in space for the last 20 years (Nov 2 2000), napalm, the internet, videogames.  And now we have arrived at the point where playing games over the internet, on a computer, using electricity and eating and drinking processed foods is considered normal, while waiting is considered abnormal.  I guess some people never stop to think about how lucky they are.

[Psticide]

now imagine u play campaigns and clanwars, the lost time increases exponentially

 

window mode literally saved time of my life

 

Loading times and matchmaking times will only get longer, i have seen zero efforts to further optimize the game in the last few years from the devs

 

Also the fact u cant keep chatting with friends during loading screens and wait time with the ingame chat or friends lists is just antequated software and poor programming skills ... 

Edited by Psticide, 06 December 2020 - 06:42 PM.

[Robbie_T]

The logging into the game part getting annoying yeah.... and every patch it takes longer...

 

First ii thought it was my older pc ...but i have a brandnew one build for 2500 euro and logging in takes the same time.,...

[Sacha]

Psticide, on 06 December 2020 - 05:40 PM, said:

Also the fact u cant keep chatting with friends during loading screens and wait time with the ingame chat or friends lists is just antequated software and poor programming skills ... 

Please, don't confuse software design with programming.

[Zmago5000]

I can understand waiting quene,..but what I dont understand is 30s delay when the game and teams are set and ready for battle,...just need 30s to wait...WHY s that?

[qpranger]

L3gionaire, on 06 December 2020 - 03:15 PM, said:

Moved to Gameplay section.

There is no connection with the Newcomers' Section

 

Yes, let us not scare away new suc... customers.