Server Merge Maybe????

The whole argument seems a bit superfluous really. SE will continue using the PS2 excuse even if not a single subscriber is still using one. Whether it's true or not is irrelevant. They think of you all as suckers who will continue paying them no matter how terrible the service becomes.

Same for the packet loss. They've probably increased the load each server machine is responsible for handling so that they need less of them to run the game. The fact it generates packet loss due to overload doesn't matter because it's not like you'll stop paying them.

I'm really curious to see just how poorly this all ends.

Yet that was exactly what we were talking about, good job at not following along.

I'm sorry, most tvs are bigger than monitors, and most people work at the office, not at home, and if I remember right, the business culture is usually a pretty demanding one over there, if we're talking about JP's only (which we aren't by this point).

So nice job at trying to change the subject: again.

I'm curious as to what they consider packet loss in an instanced event.

the server either neglects to send out information or their infrastructure drops it somewhere with pretty high frequency(5-10% in a busy instance), it's not isolated to instanced areas any more(it was up to a certain point), but it's much easier to observe there.. my guess is that the action just doesn't get thrown into the pending transmission for some reason or another on the server since you usually are receiving incoming packets at the time they're dropped

packets is a misnomer due to laziness, a normal transmission is a blowfish encrypted packet that when decrypted contains any amount of chunks structured as:

byte 1: chunk ID
byte 2: 1/2 of total chunk length
byte 3-4: a sequence ID used to ensure packets are arriving in the correct order
byte 5+: various data pertaining to the chunk

action(incoming chunk 0x028) is the most common data chunk to be omitted, or at least the most apparent due to the importance of it's effects.. you'll frequently notice these things happening during any instanced area when the instance server is overloaded(primetime, na or jp, is a good bet)
-if it's representing a tp start, the player has no way to know a tp move was readied as they miss animation and chat log
-if it's representing a player move finishing, you don't get the animation or any log message, nor will client get recast(just reads 0:00 until ready again)
-if it's representing a monster move finishing, you don't get any animation or log indication, but party updates will show the hp drop eventually

the game is playable with this happening, especially with how little importance stun has at this point, but it's something that should've been addressed prior as it's been happening since shortly after delve was released

while the symptoms make it seem unlikely it's related to networking(you'll receive packets, they just won't contain every chunk they should contain), it's much more prevalent when the server is busy(whether it's your instance or another), indicating some sort of software or hardware limitation

I know what a packet is, but I guess I just haven't experienced it.

don't have to take my word for it, there's a huge thread whining about it on bg, for the time period that the playerbase was still significant and delve was beatable people went to strategies as extreme as pulling the megaboss away from every other mob(to minimize other actions) to try to increase their chances of being able to see the TP they needed to stun

I'm not doubting you, I was just curious is all.

Its rare but I have had a few lahars go off 0 animation 0 chatlog

now that you mention it...

ok.

The usual thread with the usual doomsday prophets. Yeah, the game is so gonna die just like it was 6 months ago and then 1 year ago and then 2 years ago. Gotta love it.

Games been on its way out since 2008. Soon enough, any day now!

Pricier long term investments often save the most money, particularly with trusted, well-established brand names.

It's actually one of the forefronts of how Denden city and Akihabara are so successful at selling electronics. The business districts in Japan focus on pumping out quality over quantity, because the devices are made to last 10-12+ years, rather than having to be replaced every 2-3 years.

I bought my PSP-2000 back in 2008, and only recently upgraded to the Vita (mostly for SAO: HF), and it's been a better handheld device than basically any other brand.

To be fair: I've had my DS about a decade now, granted I had to replace the screen in it, as somehow it cracked...

I went from a DS to a 3DSXL because it was something my brother bought me for my birthday - Metallic Blue and Black.

Also went from an SP Advance to a DS because my mom "borrowed" my SP and never gave it back. She still plays Doctor Mario on the SP

Oh I still have my broken Advance (screen, stepped on it like a tard), my 2nd SP (first one got jacked with Minish Cap in it), my DS, my 3dsxl (sold my first 3ds to my friend, as I needed the cash, and there was only one game on it I wanted to play at the time, and I tore through it fast).

Interestingly enough: it's the same game I'm missing now, even though I bought it again.

Aren't they making a new 3DS that has exclusive games? Dumb!!!

My brother managed to get his hands on a JP release PSP-1000 Metallic Blue series PSP... it worked until he stepped on the screen, and broke it. Then he got a PSP2000 to replace it.

Reason he got a PSP1000 JP model was because a contact of his works at an independent gaming store (actually, she owns several locations) and brought a few back from Japan.

idk, I still want to slap the person who designed and coined the "2DS" with a brick.

Why do you think so many people thought the 2DS was a joke at first?

"Smaller, yet bulkier than the 3DS, doesn't flip close, etc."

Should have seen some of the funny things people would rather do with a 200 dollar doortstop.

Nintendo actually marketed an inferior product that was released after one of it's best sellers.

And here's the kicker - it's supposedly selling rather well.

I suppose budgets are tight and parents figure "it plays it, who cares."

I wouldn't mind if it did the same, but was a flip, I don't use the 3d ***anyway, just the clamshell protects the screen from scratches, and makes it pocketable, etc.

It actually costs just as much (some places it costs more) than the 3DS and XL versions. I would understand it better if it were to cost less, but it doesn't.

Basically, it's a 200 dollar door wedge.

The retro grey brick Gameboy with the same features as the 2DS would have been a more nostalgic and worthy endeavor. And something more consumers would have paid out for.

I still have a few of the rounded edge versions (because stupid kids kept poking themselves in the eye with the sharp edge version) tucked away somewhere. They also still work.

Is your argument that because the game's not going to die tomorrow, it's never going to die

or

that because people have historically thought the game was dying, it means anyone who thinks it is always going to be wrong

Because both are fallacious.

It's a much better discussion.