A Note On Oceania

[Longforge]

I am a US player, playing on this shard since its inception many, many years ago. I took a hiatus for about 3 years and am just back recently.

I have played with a nasty ping - usually 170+. Yet, for all the years I played UO I functioned just fine with it and I was once one of the top 5 wealthiest players on this shard. I hunted PvM most of the time, top end monsters, farmed their rare goods and made tons of gold. I even jumped in to PvP a little for a few years - not very well for the ping I had - but I had FUN.

Working with 170+ ping... 1/2 that time in the 200's, I see a ton of exageration here and if you need 30-70 ping to play this game and enjoy it, oh well, thats on you. I've had great times with people here on this shard - great times with this game and still do.

Hearing that a 200 ping results in 5 minute log ins and messages, and hearing that the game is unplayable is utter nonsense, that is pure experience speaking from my own play. While its not what you are used to - seriously stop crying and play the game for the reasons for playing the game.

I will say, it is truly sad the route that those in charge at UO took to the level of secrecy that they have deployed in moving the server. I PING AT 23 here in Nevada for Oceania right now. Rest assured the server is in California... because I ping 93 on Atlantic.

As a business manager myself, the deception deployed and no answers to good honest customers is a complete insult to customers and is a horrible business practice. If I ran a company like that, my customers would close my doors with their disdain.

Look at Cal's words quite closely... "Exploring options, waiting to give u concrete answer". What that really means is, "Yes, we moved the server for business reasons and never intended to return it, period. We didn't really know that moving it, with our plan of not having many issues, was going to be a total screw fest for our Aust. customer base.

The only fact is... they arent going to return the server anytime soon until they are absolutely sure that a US based server will not work.

The path to hell is paved with good intentions. Either tell these folks that their server is coming back or you are trying to figure out how to make it work and screwed up. Easy as that.

ASKING PAYING CUSTOMERS TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR A SERVICE THAT IS BROKEN WITH NO ANSWER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IS BAD BUSINESS. I mean seriously?

Is it impossible to take 5 minutes a day to address a "still paying" customer base in the hundreds so hard to do? Daily updates maybe???

I'm disappointed - period.

 

[Deneya]

I would imagine any of us in a similar situation would be just as displeased and the fact that the majority of comments from Oceania players have still been respectful is appreciated.

We at Stratics are just as anxious to see good news for you guys and are hanging in there looking for updates too. We don't want to lose anyone in the UO community and I'm sure Cal and the dev team feel the same way. 13+ yrs of active shards is a big accomplishment when other newer MMO's find themselves consolidating within a year. That is a reputation to support and I hope you guys are back to playing very soon!

-Air

Thank you, we certainly hope so too.

 

[Warlord III]

Any updating information yet ?
please ! please !

take 3 minutes time to login and type .. won't bother alot.
No solution , No reply , No update , Zero service

 

[Warlord III]

I would imagine any of us in a similar situation would be just as displeased and the fact that the majority of comments from Oceania players have still been respectful is appreciated.

We at Stratics are just as anxious to see good news for you guys and are hanging in there looking for updates too. We don't want to lose anyone in the UO community and I'm sure Cal and the dev team feel the same way. 13+ yrs of active shards is a big accomplishment when other newer MMO's find themselves consolidating within a year. That is a reputation to support and I hope you guys are back to playing very soon!

-Air

I would not be paying 5 accounts subscription 2 months ago if they notice me they would moving the server to US.
What can i do for now? Any suggestion?

I am happy to pay any value if i enjoying it , but not for these situation.

 

[Warlord III]

And one more thing ... Thx for the americanSSS CAME TO OUR SHARD AND FARMING POWERSCROLLS !
Trash talking Aussie & Kiwi players while we are all in the bad pings at this situation.

I really feel bad and shame to THESE americans !

 

[Gallica]

I have played with a nasty ping - usually 170+. Yet, for all the years I played UO I functioned just fine with it and I was once one of the top 5 wealthiest players on this shard. I hunted PvM most of the time, top end monsters, farmed their rare goods and made tons of gold. I even jumped in to PvP a little for a few years - not very well for the ping I had - but I had FUN.

170 ping would be a vast improvement on the 260 I am currently getting. There are people here trying to play on 350+. And its not just the ping that is a problem....its the huge amount of lost connections that makes it impossible to play. Go try hunt ANYTHING when your connection drops as soon as you try to tackle anything stronger than the little red hen! I think you will find that grey robes are the rule around here.

 

[Cal_Mythic]

After some investigation we’ve come up with a short term solution and are investigating a long term solution for players on Oceania server.

We recognize our messaging could have gone better. In the flurry of messages about the server migration, the specifics about Australia were missed. There will be more details about the upgrades in our video blog we’ll be releasing soon.

In the short term we will be moving players back to the shard in Australia before the end of the week. In addition, Mesanna and the EMs will have some events focused specifically for our Australian players.

Please understand that we will need to address the server issue again in a few weeks. We are working during this time to find a long term solution that will serve all of our needs.

Thanks to those who waited for us to resolve the problem with the facilities. Australia is a tough nut to crack, and we want every gamer in Australia to know UO lives on!


You should see a message on the Herald today.

- C

 

[Claydo]

After some investigation we’ve come up with a short term solution and are investigating a long term solution for players on Oceania server.

We recognize our messaging could have gone better. In the flurry of messages about the server migration, the specifics about Australia were missed. There will be more details about the upgrades in our video blog we’ll be releasing soon.

In the short term we will be moving players back to the shard in Australia before the end of the week. In addition, Mesanna and the EMs will have some events focused specifically for our Australian players.

Please understand that we will need to address the server issue again in a few weeks. We are working during this time to find a long term solution that will serve all of our needs.

Thanks to those who waited for us to resolve the problem with the facilities. Australia is a tough nut to crack, and we want every gamer in Australia to know UO lives on!


You should see a message on the Herald today.

- C

thx for finally telling us something of what is going on......next time, if there is a next time, which i hope there isn't, just try telling it like it is....you will get a lot more respect and a lot less grief if ya do

 

[Isaac OC]

In the short term we will be moving players back to the shard in Australia before the end of the week.

Happy Australia Day!

Thank you Cal, we are getting the message that UO lives on, for Oceania. In another 2 days, we are celebrating Oceania's 11th Anniversary Day, 28th January, and this news marks the reborn of Oceania, back into our lives.

And thank you, all Oceanians and Stratics community, for your love and support for Oceania, your effort is finally bear a fruit, and it's all worth-it. Let's this mark our new beginnings, forging a new friendship, and reflect the kindness of Mythic to support Oceania community.

I really wish this can be your long term solution, I couldn't see any other reason or alternatives for Oceania market. Because as Oprah said, it is the end of the yellow brick road, it is a huge remote continent, and Sydney is the traffic hub of internet for Oceania region.

 

[Isaac OC]

UPDATED: 4th Feb 2011 2:15AM - summary on ISPs test results (in bracket).

Here are some traceroutes and ping stats from my Optus (good for oceania only), TPG (laggy during peak time), INTERNODE (laggy during peak time), Telstra (the best, for oceania/japan shards), IPRIMUS (laggy almost all day) and NZ Telecom (currently laggy to oceania, used to be 60ms, routing fault?) to the new Oceania, Sakura (Japan), Atlantic (USA), and Formosa (Taiwan).


TRACE to OCEANIA (AFTER AUSTRALIA DAY MIGRATION)

OPTUS (Sydney) - FAST AND NO PACKET LOSS
Ping statistics for 159.153.189.13:
Packets: Sent = 2847, Received = 2835, Lost = 12 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 254ms, Average = 55ms

C:\>tracert 159.153.189.13

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 26 ms 26 ms 24 ms 10.59.0.1
2 9 ms 67 ms 67 ms bla2-ge0-0-5.gw.optusnet.com.au [198.142.160.161]
3 16 ms 16 ms 17 ms xe-3-1-0.sd21.optus.net.au [119.225.8.253]
4 68 ms 11 ms 12 ms ge4-7.22btc76sg7.optus.net.au [61.88.227.72]
5 90 ms 16 ms 23 ms 61.88.224.133
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 87 ms 35 ms 21 ms gi1-0-0.sn1.optus.net.au [61.88.242.17]
8 190 ms 49 ms 49 ms SPRINT.sn1.optus.net.au [202.139.18.38]
9 98 ms 17 ms 30 ms 203.222.35.102
10 13 ms 15 ms 64 ms 159.153.188.11
11 54 ms 21 ms 20 ms 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

NZ TELECOM (Christchurch) - LAG BUT NO PACKET LOSS
Ping statistics for 159.153.189.13:
Packets: Sent = 263, Received = 261, Lost = 2 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 218ms, Maximum = 387ms, Average = 239ms

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 18 ms 99 ms 99 ms dsldevice.lan [192.168.1.254]
2 61 ms 61 ms 65 ms 122-63-0-4.jetstream.xtra.co.nz [122.63.0.4]
3 177 ms 73 ms 62 ms 122-63-0-1.jetstream.xtra.co.nz [122.63.0.1]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 68 ms 70 ms 69 ms ae4-10.akbr5.global-gateway.net.nz [202.37.244.221]
6 69 ms 69 ms 68 ms ae1-2.akbr4.global-gateway.net.nz [202.50.232.77]
7 68 ms 67 ms 88 ms ae1-10.tkbr9.global-gateway.net.nz [202.50.232.37]
8 92 ms 93 ms 93 ms so7-0-1.sybr6.global-gateway.net.nz [122.56.127.42]
9 94 ms 95 ms 91 ms xe2-0-0-2.sybr4.global-gateway.net.nz [202.50.232.242]
10 115 ms 93 ms 96 ms vlan356.52gdc76f02.optus.net.au [59.154.21.137]
11 97 ms 97 ms 96 ms gi1-0-0.sn1.optus.net.au [61.88.242.17]
12 249 ms 249 ms 249 ms SPRINT.sn1.optus.net.au [202.139.18.38] (??? - why it jumps to 249ms? previous local OPTUS traceroute doesn't show any increase between these 2 hops)
13 248 ms 248 ms 249 ms 203.222.35.102
14 222 ms 221 ms 223 ms 159.153.188.11
15 249 ms 222 ms 223 ms 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

INTERNODE (Sydney) - FAST AND NO PACKET LOSS
Ping statistics for 159.153.189.13:
Packets: Sent = 201, Received = 201, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 28ms, Maximum = 155ms, Average = 30ms

C:\>tracert 159.153.189.13

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.32.1
2 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms ppp59-167-166-25.static.internode.on.net [59.167.166.25]
3 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms lns20.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.199.159]
4 29 ms 28 ms 28 ms te3-3.cor2.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.195.9]

5 28 ms 28 ms 28 ms gi6-0-0-136.bdr1.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.195.237]
6 28 ms 28 ms 28 ms te2-0-0.bdr1.syd4.internode.on.net [150.101.197.2]
7 * 29 ms 28 ms p23765.syd.equinix.com [202.167.228.21]
8 45 ms 28 ms 28 ms 159.153.188.11
9 29 ms 29 ms 29 ms 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

IPRIMUS (Sydney) - FAST BUT SOME PACKET LOSS
Ping statistics for 159.153.189.13:
Packets: Sent = 230, Received = 214, Lost = 16 (6% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 27ms

C:\>tracert 159.153.189.13

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 5 ms <1 ms 7 ms 1.20-168-192.network.zzz.iprimus.net.au [192.168.20.1]
2 24 ms 28 ms 28 ms lb0.sydbras5.syd.iprimus.net.au [203.134.7.72]
3 30 ms 28 ms 29 ms vlan452.sw02.syd.iprimus.net.au [203.134.7.33]
4 29 ms 30 ms 27 ms 143.67-134-203.network.zzz.iprimus.net.au [203.134.67.143]
5 * 28 ms 25 ms p23765.syd.equinix.com [202.167.228.21]
6 31 ms 31 ms 26 ms 159.153.188.11
7 26 ms 29 ms 25 m 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

TPG (Sydney) - FAST AND NO PACKET LOSS
Ping statistics for 159.153.189.13:
Packets: Sent = 296, Received = 294, Lost = 2 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 17ms, Maximum = 199ms, Average = 22ms

C:\>tracert 159.153.189.13

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
2 17 ms 20 ms 19 ms 10.20.21.148
3 18 ms 17 ms 17 ms 202.7.173.157
4 26 ms 18 ms 19 ms 202.7.171.129
5 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms syd-nxg-men-crt1-po-3.tpgi.com.au [202.7.162.193]
6 * 41 ms 25 ms p23765.syd.equinix.com [202.167.228.21]
7 18 ms 24 ms 19 ms fert01-eqx-syd.ea.com [159.153.188.3]
8 20 ms 18 ms 19 ms 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

TPG (Brisbane) - FAST AND NO PACKET LOSS BUT INTERMITENT LAG?
Ping statistics for 159.153.189.13: (taken Sunday, 30th Jan 2011 19:46pm)
Packets: Sent = 222, Received = 222, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 480ms, Average = 55ms (ISP maybe congested during peak period, note the ping time reached laggy 480ms, average of 55ms means 50% can reach higher than 88ms)

C:\>tracert 159.153.189.13

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
2 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 10.20.21.36
3 47 ms 15 ms 16 ms 202.7.173.93
4 41 ms 15 ms 15 ms bri-sot-wic-crt1-gi-2-1-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171
.217]
5 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms syd-nxg-men-crt1-po-3.tpgi.com.au [202.7.162.193
]
6 33 ms * * p23765.syd.equinix.com [202.167.228.21]
7 37 ms 34 ms 35 ms fert01-eqx-syd.ea.com [159.153.188.3]
8 34 ms 32 ms 33 ms 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

TELSTRA (Adelaide) - FAST AND NO PACKET LOSS
C:\>tracert 159.153.189.13

Tracing route to 159.153.189.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 100 ms 99 ms 99 ms BigPond.BigPond [10.0.0.138]
2 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 172.18.112.235
3 26 ms 26 ms 28 ms 172.18.71.46
4 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 172.18.242.33
5 27 ms 28 ms 27 ms Bundle-Ether10.way30.Adelaide.telstra.net [120.151.110.21]
6 28 ms 28 ms 27 ms Bundle-Ether1.way-core4.Adelaide.telstra.net [203.50.11.1]
7 41 ms 42 ms 42 ms Pos0-4-1-0.exi-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net [203.50.6.189]
8 55 ms 57 ms 57 ms Bundle-Pos3.chw-core2.Sydney.telstra.net [203.50.11.14]
9 56 ms 57 ms 56 ms Bundle-ether1.pad-gw1.Sydney.telstra.net [203.50.6.25]
10 52 ms 59 ms 52 ms i-0-0-0-peer.sydp-core01.pr.reach.com [134.159.126.33]
11 56 ms 57 ms 56 ms i-0-1.sydp02.bi.reach.com [202.84.220.158]
12 54 ms 53 ms 54 ms unknown.net.reach.com [134.159.123.250]
13 53 ms 53 ms 54 ms 159.153.188.11
14 54 ms 53 ms 53 ms 159.153.189.13

Trace complete.

TRACE to SAKURA

OPTUS (Sydney)
C:\>tracert sakura.owo.com

Tracing route to central-jp8.owo.com [159.153.173.108]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms 10.59.0.1
2 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms bla2-ge13-1-1.gw.optusnet.com.au [198.142.192.145]
3 9 ms 11 ms 24 ms bla5-ge13-0.gw.optusnet.com.au [211.29.125.249]
4 207 ms 175 ms 170 ms 203.208.191.153
5 168 ms 171 ms 173 ms ge-0-0-0-0.laxow-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.171.65]
6 170 ms 179 ms 368 ms so-2-0-0-0.sngc3-cr2.ix.singtel.com [203.208.172.101]
7 375 ms 360 ms 343 ms 203.208.152.234
8 363 ms 362 ms 361 ms ge-7-0-0-0.laxow-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.183.154]
9 348 ms 351 ms 410 ms POS0-0-0.venus.ix.singtel.com [203.208.172.10]
10 344 ms 352 ms 342 ms ge-1-0-0-0.sngc3-ar3.ix.singtel.com [203.208.172.162]
11 433 ms 423 ms 434 ms sjkBBAC05.bb.kddi.ne.jp [118.152.210.246]
12 421 ms 445 ms 435 ms otejbb203.kddnet.ad.jp [118.155.197.1]
13 555 ms 531 ms 481 ms cm-sjk215.kddnet.ad.jp [113.157.224.26]
14 428 ms 424 ms 434 ms sjkjbb201.kddnet.ad.jp [118.152.254.238]
15 449 ms 438 ms 451 ms cm-sjk215.kddnet.ad.jp [113.157.224.26]
16 431 ms 430 ms 420 ms 125.29.24.146
17 435 ms 468 ms 461 ms central-jp8.owo.com [159.153.173.108]

Trace complete.

TELSTRA (Adelaide)
C:\>tracert sakura.owo.com

Tracing route to central-jp8.owo.com [159.153.173.108]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 49 ms 99 ms 99 ms BigPond.BigPond [10.0.0.138]
2 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 172.18.112.227
3 26 ms 26 ms 27 ms 172.18.71.62
4 27 ms 27 ms 28 ms 172.18.242.33
5 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms Bundle-Ether10.way30.Adelaide.telstra.net [120.151.110.21]
6 35 ms 27 ms 27 ms Bundle-Ether1.way-core4.Adelaide.telstra.net [203.50.11.1]
7 41 ms 42 ms 55 ms Pos0-4-1-0.exi-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net [203.50.6.189]
8 56 ms 56 ms 56 ms Bundle-Pos3.chw-core2.Sydney.telstra.net [203.50.11.14]
9 56 ms 56 ms 56 ms Bundle-Ether1.oxf-gw2.Sydney.telstra.net [203.50.6.90]
10 56 ms 55 ms 56 ms 203.50.13.102
11 173 ms 172 ms 172 ms i-2-1-3.siko-core02.bx.reach.com [202.84.140.130]
12 169 ms 169 ms 169 ms i-1-1-1.siko01.bi.reach.com [202.84.219.54]
13 172 ms 172 ms 172 ms 118.155.194.149
14 169 ms 170 ms 171 ms otejbb204.kddnet.ad.jp [118.155.197.2]
15 173 ms 175 ms 174 ms sjkBBAC06.bb.kddi.ne.jp [210.234.225.6]
16 173 ms 172 ms 172 ms sjkjbb202.kddnet.ad.jp [118.152.254.234]
17 173 ms 173 ms 172 ms cm-sjk215.kddnet.ad.jp [113.157.224.142]
18 265 ms 252 ms 172 ms 125.29.24.146
19 176 ms 171 ms 170 ms e1-2-edge02.eqx-nrt.ea.com [159.153.172.2]
20 175 ms 172 ms 173 ms central-jp8.owo.com [159.153.173.108]

Trace complete.

INTERNODE (Sydney)
C:\>tracert sakura.owo.com

Tracing route to central-jp8.owo.com [159.153.173.108]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.32.1
2 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms ppp59-167-166-25.static.internode.on.net [59.167
.166.25]
3 28 ms 28 ms 29 ms lns20.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.199.159]
4 36 ms 27 ms 27 ms te3-3.cor2.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.195.9]
5 142 ms 142 ms 142 ms gi6-0-0-136.bdr1.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.
195.237]
6 142 ms 142 ms 142 ms pos1-2-0.bdr2.nrt1.internode.on.net [203.16.211.
54]
7 142 ms 143 ms 142 ms AS209.ix.jpix.ad.jp [210.171.224.160]
8 144 ms 146 ms 142 ms 203.181.102.189
9 143 ms 144 ms 142 ms otejbb204.kddnet.ad.jp [59.128.7.194]
10 144 ms 143 ms 144 ms sjkBBAC06.bb.kddi.ne.jp [210.234.225.6]
11 143 ms 143 ms 143 ms sjkjbb202.kddnet.ad.jp [118.152.254.234]
12 189 ms 211 ms 145 ms cm-sjk215.kddnet.ad.jp [113.157.224.138]
13 144 ms 143 ms 144 ms 125.29.24.146
14 145 ms 155 ms 144 ms 159.153.172.14
15 143 ms 144 ms 145 ms central-jp8.owo.com [159.153.173.108]

Trace complete.

TRACE to ATLANTIC

OPTUS (Sydney)
C:\>tracert atlantic.owo.com

Tracing route to central-ae2.owo.com [159.153.233.23]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 11 ms 9 ms 28 ms 10.59.0.1
2 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms bla2-ge0-0-5.gw.optusnet.com.au [198.142.160.161]
3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms bla5-ge13-0.gw.optusnet.com.au [211.29.125.249]
4 168 ms 173 ms 175 ms 203.208.174.105
5 171 ms 168 ms 169 ms xe-3-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.79.9]
6 170 ms 169 ms 171 ms as7018.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.79.174]
7 252 ms 239 ms 238 ms cr2.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.123.30.190]
8 240 ms 245 ms 235 ms cr1.slkut.ip.att.net [12.122.30.29]
9 238 ms 238 ms 238 ms cr2.dvmco.ip.att.net [12.122.30.26]
10 236 ms 236 ms 236 ms cr1.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.31.86]
11 236 ms 241 ms 235 ms cr2.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.18.22]
12 237 ms 238 ms 238 ms cr84.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.10.250]
13 235 ms 239 ms 235 ms gar2.ascva.ip.att.net [12.122.134.121]
14 238 ms 236 ms 236 ms 12.116.77.34
15 262 ms 411 ms 410 ms fert07-eqx-iad.ea.com [159.153.224.226]
16 320 ms 315 ms 234 ms 159.153.233.23

Trace complete.

TELSTRA (Adelaide)
C:\>tracert atlantic.owo.com

Tracing route to central-ae2.owo.com [159.153.233.23]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 43 ms 98 ms 98 ms BigPond.BigPond [10.0.0.138]
2 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms 172.18.112.227
3 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 172.18.71.62
4 28 ms 27 ms 28 ms 172.18.242.33
5 28 ms 27 ms 28 ms Bundle-Ether10.way30.Adelaide.telstra.net [120.151.110.21]
6 28 ms 30 ms 27 ms Bundle-Ether1.way-core4.Adelaide.telstra.net [203.50.11.1]
7 42 ms 41 ms 41 ms Pos0-4-1-0.exi-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net [203.50.6.189]
8 57 ms 57 ms 56 ms Bundle-Pos3.chw-core2.Sydney.telstra.net [203.50.11.14]
9 56 ms 57 ms 57 ms Bundle-Ether1.oxf-gw2.Sydney.telstra.net [203.50.6.90]
10 57 ms 57 ms 57 ms 203.50.13.102
11 53 ms 53 ms 53 ms i-10-0-0.syd-core03.bi.reach.com [202.84.221.85]
12 204 ms 205 ms 204 ms i-0-3-0-0.1wlt-core01.bx.reach.com [202.84.140.222]
13 211 ms 210 ms 209 ms i-2-2.tlot03.bi.reach.com [202.84.251.189]
14 205 ms 206 ms 206 ms xe-11-2-0.edge1.losangeles6.level3.net [4.68.62.9]
15 210 ms 215 ms 216 ms ae-83-80.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.144.180]
16 271 ms 271 ms 271 ms ae-4-4.ebr4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.82]
17 275 ms 274 ms 274 ms ae-84-84.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.186]
18 271 ms 271 ms 272 ms ae-33-80.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.149.133]
19 275 ms 275 ms 277 ms ELECTRONIC.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.169.74]
20 277 ms 276 ms 276 ms fert08-eqx-iad.ea.com [159.153.224.238]
21 275 ms 275 ms 275 ms 159.153.233.23

Trace complete.

INTERNODE (Sydney)
C:\>tracert atlantic.owo.com

Tracing route to central-ae2.owo.com [159.153.233.23]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.32.1
2 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ppp59-167-166-25.static.internode.on.net [59.167.166.25]
3 28 ms 30 ms 31 ms lns20.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.199.159]
4 28 ms 29 ms 27 ms te3-3.cor2.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.195.9]
5 210 ms 209 ms 209 ms gi6-0-0-113.bdr1.syd7.internode.on.net [150.101.120.233]
6 185 ms 186 ms 198 ms pos5-0.bdr1.sjc2.internode.on.net [203.16.213.162]
7 212 ms 209 ms 209 ms sl-st22-sj-3-1-2.sprintlink.net [144.223.179.177]
8 251 ms 219 ms 251 ms sl-crs2-sj-0-8-0-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.28]
9 249 ms 281 ms 249 ms sl-crs1-rly-0-4-2-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.187]
10 267 ms 249 ms 257 ms sl-crs1-dc-0-4-0-3.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.14]
11 250 ms 250 ms 249 ms sl-st20-ash-8-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.222]
12 250 ms 250 ms 250 ms 144.223.246.6
13 274 ms 273 ms 273 ms fert08-eqx-iad.ea.com [159.153.224.234]
14 250 ms 250 ms 251 ms 159.153.233.23

Trace complete.

TRACE to FORMOSA

OPTUS (Sydney)
C:\>tracert formosa.owo.com

Tracing route to central-tw1.owo.com [211.72.250.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 8 ms 9 ms 9 ms 10.59.0.1
2 9 ms 8 ms 10 ms bla2-ge13-1-1.gw.optusnet.com.au [198.142.192.145]
3 9 ms 11 ms 19 ms bla5-ge13-0.gw.optusnet.com.au [211.29.125.249]
4 173 ms 179 ms 171 ms 203.208.174.105
5 168 ms 171 ms 169 ms ge-0-0-0-0.laxow-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.171.65]
6 175 ms 349 ms 361 ms 203.208.171.137
7 346 ms 342 ms 341 ms 203.208.171.85
8 344 ms 345 ms 344 ms ge-1-0-0-0.sngtp-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.173.133]
9 361 ms 372 ms 359 ms ge-4-0-0-0.sngc3-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.183.34]
10 446 ms 367 ms 344 ms ge-0-0-0-0.sngtp-dr1.ix.singtel.com [203.208.149.78]
11 470 ms 365 ms 348 ms TPDB-3407.hinet.net [220.128.1.237]
12 351 ms 349 ms 353 ms TPDT-3011.hinet.net [220.128.1.185]
13 429 ms 347 ms 350 ms TPDB-3407.hinet.net [220.128.1.237]
14 357 ms 358 ms 355 ms TP-S2-IDC-C37E8SA.router.hinet.net [211.20.176.245]
15 355 ms 364 ms 364 ms 211.72.252.17
16 348 ms 355 ms 359 ms TP-S2-IDC-C37E8SA.router.hinet.net [211.20.176.245]
17 347 ms 351 ms 347 ms 211.72.250.10

Trace complete.

INTERNODE (Sydney)
C:\>tracert formosa.owo.com

Tracing route to central-tw1.owo.com [211.72.250.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.32.1
2 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ppp59-167-166-25.static.internode.on.net [59.167.166.25]
3 28 ms 28 ms 28 ms lns20.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.199.159]
4 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms te3-3.cor2.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.195.9]
5 143 ms 143 ms 142 ms gi6-0-0-131.bdr1.syd6.internode.on.net [150.101.120.249]
6 142 ms 142 ms 142 ms pos1-2-0.bdr2.nrt1.internode.on.net [203.16.211.54]
7 143 ms 142 ms 142 ms AS3462.ix.jpix.ad.jp [210.171.224.107]
8 173 ms 174 ms 173 ms 220-128-4-58.HINET-IP.hinet.net [220.128.4.58]
9 174 ms 175 ms 174 ms TPDT-3012.hinet.net [220.128.2.181]
10 174 ms 173 ms 174 ms TPDB-3407.hinet.net [220.128.2.237]
11 174 ms 174 ms 173 ms 211.22.41.229
12 173 ms 174 ms 173 ms TP-S2-IDC-C76r1.router.hinet.net [211.20.176.133]
13 173 ms 174 ms 174 ms TP-S2-IDC-C37E8SA.router.hinet.net [211.20.176.241]
14 174 ms 173 ms 173 ms 211.72.252.17
15 200 ms 175 ms 191 ms 211.72.250.10

Trace complete.

 

[Isaac OC]

At 5:43am, woken up because my baby kicked me on the face, and saw the good news from Cal. Here is another good news !

Greetings,

Today at 1:00PM EST all shards will be brought offline for maintenance, additionally at this time we are working to improve stability and encourage players to jump on Test Center 1 to assist us in forcing it to crash. With the exception of Oceania, we anticipate all shards will be back online by 3:00PM EST. Oceania will be migrated back to Australia, this should resolve latency issues players in the Oceanic region have been experiencing.

Furthermore, the following fix will be deployed during this maintenance:

•We have fixed the issue with Scalis’s corpse disappearing.
Thank you, and as always stay tuned to the Herald for updates during this and other future deployments!

Wow!! Thank you very much Cal and James. What a way to celebrate Australia day, after the traditional BBQ of course. with Sam Kekovich's lamb.

 

[James_Mythic]

Hey folks, I've updated the post but wanted to let you all know that the ETA for Oceania is 4:00PM EST (8:00AM Australia)

Thanks all!

 

[tiara1971]

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY


Best news ive had all week....... Thanks Cal and rest of the team at UO

 

[Deneya]

After some investigation we’ve come up with a short term solution and are investigating a long term solution for players on Oceania server.

We recognize our messaging could have gone better. In the flurry of messages about the server migration, the specifics about Australia were missed. There will be more details about the upgrades in our video blog we’ll be releasing soon.

In the short term we will be moving players back to the shard in Australia before the end of the week. In addition, Mesanna and the EMs will have some events focused specifically for our Australian players.

Please understand that we will need to address the server issue again in a few weeks. We are working during this time to find a long term solution that will serve all of our needs.

Thanks to those who waited for us to resolve the problem with the facilities. Australia is a tough nut to crack, and we want every gamer in Australia to know UO lives on!


You should see a message on the Herald today.

- C

I logged in this morning and thought I was moving a bit too well. Thought I'd check latency and it was 31ms. Naturally I came here and have realised there has been a development. Yippee!

Thanks Cal for a) acknowledging the communication could have been better and b) pre warning us that this will need to be revisited in the future.

Are you in a position to let us know why there seems to be an issue currently? I guess from my perspective (and I will be honest - when it comes to techno mumbo jumbo there is a lot I don't understand) I am having a hard time understanding why the server had to be moved -yet it appears to be quite easy to put it back?

Anyway, thanks for listening to us. Please keep us informed of any developments.

 

[oceaniabowman]

Woohoo!

Back to the packet loss problem that plagued us before christmas but still so glad to be back to a decent ping!!

Definetely a step in the right direction. *Gives James the thumbs up*

 

[Clog|Mordain]

THANK YOU MYTHIC

Next time, let us know what you are planning before you do something

 

[Dean478]

Happy Australia Day. And thank you Cal for listening to all of us.

 

[Isaac OC]

Thank you Mythic, we can resume our normal UO lives now.

 

[Amathist]

After some investigation we’ve come up with a short term solution and are investigating a long term solution for players on Oceania server.

We recognize our messaging could have gone better. In the flurry of messages about the server migration, the specifics about Australia were missed. There will be more details about the upgrades in our video blog we’ll be releasing soon.

In the short term we will be moving players back to the shard in Australia before the end of the week. In addition, Mesanna and the EMs will have some events focused specifically for our Australian players.

Please understand that we will need to address the server issue again in a few weeks. We are working during this time to find a long term solution that will serve all of our needs.

Thanks to those who waited for us to resolve the problem with the facilities. Australia is a tough nut to crack, and we want every gamer in Australia to know UO lives on!


You should see a message on the Herald today.

- C

I want to celebrate I want to jump for joy cause the server is back but your message makes me nervous Cal....are we again going to be able to play and then not play again?

 

[Waylander]

Remember ppls he did say this was a "temporary fix".......

What are they going to do next?

Oh and on a side note i was going to try their star wars mmo when it came out but after this disgusting treatment of paying customers i dont think i will bother......

 

[kelmo]

Remember ppls he did say this was a "temporary fix".......

What are they going to do next?

Oh and on a side note i was going to try their star wars mmo when it came out but after this disgusting treatment of paying customers i dont think i will bother......

I believe he said this a quick fix while they looked for a permanent fix. Perhaps this is not all on the shoulders of EA? Just saying.

 

[Dean478]

Remember ppls he did say this was a "temporary fix".......

What are they going to do next?

Oh and on a side note i was going to try their star wars mmo when it came out but after this disgusting treatment of paying customers i dont think i will bother......

well if that's the case then really this is a make or break decision. If it moves again, that'll be it for Oceania no doubt.

 

[AirmidCecht]

My hope is we can stay focused on the positives here and keep communication flowing with Cal and James so that whatever temporary fix you have can lead to a permanent fix that stays positive as well

 

[Voodoo990]

and they won't be coming back.

Man never been so happy to be totally wrong. Cal, please continue to prove us nay Sayers about you wrong.

Now maybe you should offer a free month or two to the Aussie that have left because of this, I know of at least three that closed their accounts last week.

 

[Paradox_]

Well done guys.

As much **** as i give you all, im glad the server is coming back to Sydney.

 

[Amathist]

Don't get me wrong I am glad we can play again ...but I am hesitant to get excited because a) they have outwardly said its temporary and b) last time they fixed it within a week we where back to unplayable lag.

Also not sure how many have checked it out but it seems packet loss is still an issue for some people.

 

[Isaac OC]

annddd.. we already had our first non-laggy event ! (for 2011, i mean)

Thank you and thank you !

 

[oceaniabowman]

Well, we're not out of the woods yet as there are still plans in place to permanently resolve the other issues, hopefully mainly the packet loss many of us experience.

Moon and I suffer greatly from this packet loss on our primus connection however we have a short term fix in the way of two prepaid 3g wireless USB modems, one with Tel$tra and the other with Optus. Traceroutes show that with whatever peering arrangements these companies have they take a different path into equinix and sidestep the router where the packet loss seems to start. An expensive solution but not too bad if it is only short term.

The optus connection provides the best ping but the tel$tra one feels cleaner and less inclined to have short lag freezes. Both ping around 62ms - 90ms depending of course on the percentage of utilization of our local phone tower. Obviously if the local teenagers are not sexting each other it performs better. Even at their best neither connection is in the same league as our primus connection prior to these troubles with its 16ms ping and flawless perfromance.

Hope this might be helpful to anyone else who like us is still not quite out of trouble.

 

[Dean478]

annddd.. we already had our first non-laggy event ! (for 2011, i mean)

Thank you and thank you !

Didn't even know about it! What happened?

 

[satchmo cat]

ASKING PAYING CUSTOMERS TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR A SERVICE THAT IS BROKEN WITH NO ANSWER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IS BAD BUSINESS. I mean seriously?

Is it impossible to take 5 minutes a day to address a "still paying" customer base in the hundreds so hard to do? Daily updates maybe???

I'm disappointed - period.

As the owner of a bussness myself i agree with the above in fact if i treated my customers the way u o is treating us my customers would all be gone in a very short time .

IT'S TIME FOR THE TEAM AT UO TO SHAPE UP AND ADMIT THEY HAVE MADE A GRAVE ERROR OF JUDGMENT AND RETURN OUR SCHARD TO ITS RIGHTFULL PLACE BEFORE WE YOUR CUSTOMERS START VOTING WITH OUR FEET AND LOOK FOR ENTERTAINMENT ELSEWARE !!!!!!!

 

[Clog|Mordain]

As the owner of a bussness myself i agree with the above in fact if i treated my customers the way u o is treating us my customers would all be gone in a very short time .

IT'S TIME FOR THE TEAM AT UO TO SHAPE UP AND ADMIT THEY HAVE MADE A GRAVE ERROR OF JUDGMENT AND RETURN OUR SCHARD TO ITS RIGHTFULL PLACE BEFORE WE YOUR CUSTOMERS START VOTING WITH OUR FEET AND LOOK FOR ENTERTAINMENT ELSEWARE !!!!!!!

It is back...

 

[Gallica]

Thankyou to Cal, James and all the team who worked, and are still working to get Oceania back on track.

I hope when you find a permanent solution that you can keep us informed so that we all don't go through the frustrating part of not knowing again.

You have proved to us that you are looking for solutions and for that I am very grateful. Thankyou all very much.

 

[Winterfell]

Great news... thanks to all those who posted and to those in a position to do something for listening and taking some positive action, even if it may only be in the interim. All of us on the Oceania Shard appreciate the time and effort taken to help resolve the issues. Hooray back to 63ms ping again

 

[Isaac OC]

I'm extremely happy with the current Oceania shard, fast latency and no packet loss, and i'm using OPTUS.

I know there are several people who are still having problem with connectivity and packet loss to the shard. This could be due to one of the network path Equinix has, not every lines going the same way (internet is a complex thing).

I'll keep adding/updating the list of traces and packet loss as per the 110th post in this thread, or you can view it direct from this shortcut http://vboards.stratics.com/1898692-post110.html

I really hope this can help the recovery process of Oceania shard.

 

[Isaac OC]

Unlike the Egypt president, Mystic actually listens to the people!
Thank you for the happy news in todays Producer Update:

Finding a local host for Oceania!!

Could I please suggest (if i may) to be given list of server location so we can test from other geographic point of interest and various ISPs, which i hope is as fast or better than equinix, such as mainly australia (10-60ms ping), followed by new zealand (60-120ms), then below 180ms for outside regions (singapore, japan, hongkong, the USA, canada, etc). I know it cant satisfy everyone, but choices are always good to get the best fit on our scattered-around-the-world current active players.

i should have known the reason why we did a skin-dip event 2 days ago (10th feb)

 

[oceaniabowman]

Hey, thats great news. We had some really lousy performance yesterday having to leave the EM event due to it being unplayable. Frustration levels were higher than usual as we contemplated the fact that it has been horrible since december and how much we are spending on crummy USB wireless dongles to get something that doesnt freeze up constantly.

Good for you Mythic!! We wait with anticipation!

Isaac, sorry but I cant help but comment that Sydney is the best place to house the server.

 

[oceaniabowman]

Ok, Im bursting with curiousity. Whos going to spill the beans as to where the Oceania shard will be located within Australia??

 

[satchmo cat]

It's Back The lagg in a big way Come on carl Where is our solution i can get better game play in a us schard than i can from the one in aussy it that is where in fact u have put it ? This doesnt make sence to me at all ,My Home shard is deserted 99% of the day and i havent seen my guild mates in weeks because of the lagg No on here can play a decent game any more other than a bit of crafting and pet training and the none risky typs of play In the past 2 weeks i have sent the same e-mail to 20 diffrent address in the uo organisation and to date i still havent had one reply so ill post it in below so everyone can read it and may be ill get a responce :

Hi
I hope this is going to the right place if this is not the right person can you please give me there contact details.


When will we be getting this fixed at the moment oceania a dead shard no one can play because of the lag and a lot of us are fed up with promises Being made to us by the uo team . I spend about $ 600 usd on account fees every year ( which is about $800 to $1000 nzd) and is a lot of money for a distinked lack of service of late , some that I have mover chars to pacfic and atlantic where the lag is a lot less and I can play a reasonable game, As a emissary from Empire of the ocean blade which is oceania’s biggest guild I and our guild are asking you to come on and hurry up and fix this a.s.a.p .
You guys and Gal’s at u o Work for us your customers We pay your wages threw our subscriptions and at the moment it is becoming harder for us to keep people here some have already closed their accounts and left and more will follow it you guys can’t get it right soon , there is no point in us paying you money if we can’t play I have three accounts two of which are at the 119 month mark and I have a lot of time and money invested in this game and at the moment it is worth nothing because I cant play on my home shard with my friends.
may be this will get a respone

 

[Lady-Tor]

How disappointing

 

[Petra Fyde]

Since the posts in this thread, with the exception of that of Jahira-Tor, are all close to a year old, I think it no longer needs to be sticky