The same thing has happened to me.

I called my ISP they said they foward all ports.I play on PS2 and use a wiureless modem, but connect an ethernet cable directly from it into my ps2. I've >NEVER< had D/C problems.


I called a GM in POL they gave me their macroed responses:

"Open up ports UDP-XXXX-TCPXXXXX"

Me:"But I've never had this problem before all my ports are opened, this has only occured since the last patch"

GM: As I said earlier, we use dynamic ports so EVENTUALLY you will have D/C problems because you have ports blocked. Could be days,weeks,months even years.

Me:I'm talking to my ISP as we speak, they want me to let you know no ports are blocked, you are an incompititant customer support agent, you use macro'd responses, and that you will feel bad knowing you're wrong once your supervisers inform you that the problem is YOUR SERVER side, not Roadrunner's connection or modem.

Systemmessage: Your session with GM Eisbrecher has ended.


I >HATE< YOU GM EISEBRECHER!!!!!!!!!

I am from NY on Verizon DSL connection, with a Netgear ProSafe Firewall/Print Server Router, also with a PC and PS2 on the router. I have never been DCed with the PC, but with the PS2 I get a FFXI-4001 error which is usually a Firewall interfering. But I have all the ports that needs to be open on that router, the thing that I discovered is that on the days that is hot and when the router gets really warm to touch it kills my PS2 connection but not my PC connection. Yet to figure why that only affects the PS2 and not the PC.

At first I hated it but I liked it, it gave us a chance against those JP provoke bots. Now they fixed it..gah that's so stupid...too many people complained...>_<

First of all, everyone please stop posting about every time you get disconnected. There are allready about 20 posts covering this now. I don't think this is the place to post about every time you get disconnected and how bad it is and how it is or is not SE's fault.

I thought it was great the way NMs and other mosters spawned "Claimed" for a second or two and then became free. It made things a whole lot easier for non-bots and European players like me who has a noticable dalay in sigals. Now it's an Issue to be "fixed", i say (| No, thanks |).

i know all of you have some downtime, check it out!!

truthfully, ive only been DCed twice. none of them have been since the last update, but actually, (this is kinda embarresing) i got kicked off because i pushed shift 5 times in a row, which activated this stickey keys bull, and killed the full-screen mode. i was so embarresed lmao. but the other two times really were because of the company running my DSL

<:P = Dunce
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Edited, Tue Jul 6 14:44:22 2004

Wow i had no idea that so many ppl were having DC problems. I've never been disconnected ever, unless it was something i did, usually it's because i hit ctrl+esc while going for 1 hehe. I've never noticed anyone i was in a party with drop link either. Could Midgard just be unusually stable? ?^^?

OK
I get disconnected at random. It can be an hour between, it can be 10 min between. Let me tell you that THIS is really annoying.
However, I've tried to narrow down why this problem might exist.
I'm playing on a PS2.
I have Quest/MSN DSL, and I have a router, with all the ports forwarded, and just in case, I have the DMZ host up with the correct IP of the PS2, just so if there is any ports that I missed with the port forwarding, then the DMZ will make sure.
I'm using a Linksys router.
I have been disconnected when there is a CRAP LOAD of people near me, like at the beaches of the Valkurm Dunes, or at any AH.
I've also NOT been disconnected at these times.
I've been disconnected when there is no one around, and not when I have just zoned or something.
There seems to be nothing that I can find why I get booted.

When I do get disconnected, I get sent to the character select screen, after receiving the error message. First the S/R slows down, and the % starts to go down. Then I know that like in 15 seconds I will get booted.

At other disconnect times, like once a day, there is no warning at all, the dreaded little red circle appears over my head, but I can still talk and receive messages for a bit, but I am no longer able to move, or engage the enemy if the party is in a fight. Then very shortly after that, I am disconnected, and I get sent to the main POL screen and need to re-connect. Then I have to start the log in process over again.

Now...
I've talked to my ISP often about this, and they say everything about what it might be, and not a lot about what is really is.
I've heard a virus or worm, I've heard that they dont support the PS2, or a router. I've heard that they have electrical discharge in the area. WHAT??? haha...I just have to laugh at the excuses they use...rather than just simply sending someone out to fix the customers problem! I've even been sent to Microsoft's website, and forced to call them about this, not sure why, when I use a MAC!!!

So, I ask myself is this the only thing that is effected.
And the answer is an emphatic NO!
Why? Well, my computer also has the same problem at the exact same time as the PS2. Or even at random times when I am not on the PS2 at the same time. Where I'm trying to send IM's or emails, or just web-surfing.
Also, all my other online PS2 and PC style games have the same problem.

So, is this my problem? I've tried to figure that out as well. I've not had IM programs on when I'm playing the PS2, I've had a straight pass with no router to the PS2, I've tried to do everything with the cables, and the DSL's modem settings, and even with support from the ISP itself on the issue.
I've changed the connection settings on the PS2!

I have no idea what the problem is, but I feel that it's the ISP, and not SE, or any of the companies that I play online games with.

This has not increased or decreased in frequency since the last patch.
So, for me, it's not the recent patch that has effected me at all.

Just wanted to share that I feel as if I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of, and I can't figure it out, and neither can the ISP that refuses to simply send someone out to check the connections, when I had the same issue about 3 months ago, and it took SO much to get someone to come out and check the connection, ONLY to find that there was a PHYSICAL problem with the connecting server!!!

I pay how much per month? I use it how frequently?
I mean, if I was with another business type, and this type of situation happened, the business would be more than happy to not only solve the problem, but also give me something for my trouble. Like lets say I'm at a restaurant, and I want to order a burger, but the meal comes with no burger in the bun! Well, what do you think they would do about this??? My wasted time, I'm hungry, I'm not satisfied, and I could easily tell others about my problem and want them to not go to that restaurant.
They would do everything in the means to make sure the problem is fixed, and that I am satisfied.
Now I am not saying that these people are incompetent, or anything, but that these companies are just too money grubbing to care about ONE or TWO peoples problems, and just continue to pass the problem off, and not have to actually spend some of the millions they receive, just to make sure that EVERY customer is happy, or at least as happy as possible, and not having to sit through problem after problem.
Am I complaining too much? sorry...but I'm just kinda distraught that they dont seem to care!

Prepatch I never got disconnected.

After the patch, I get disconnected maybe twice a full day of playing. Fortunately, not during battles.