I rubber-banded like crazy while playing on the chinese open beta.  I rubber-band less to almost not at all now.  It's a ping / lag / distance to the servers reconciliation of netcode. 

Rubber banding is one of the hardest issues to fix, even Turbine had it in LotrO but they where able to fix it, but NcSoft has had the same problem for years and never even tried to fix. If the game is rubber banding , that is pretty much what your going to see at releasefor NA/EU. Ive played NcSoft games since 2003, and they have one of the poorest track records to updating performance, after a game is released.

Originally posted by solareus

 they have one of the poorest track records to updating performance, after a game is released.

 Did you see the original Lineage 2 client when it was first released?  It had a memory leak akin to a massive flood.  After 20 minutes the game was using 100% of resources no matter what the machine and you'd have to reboot the computer.

It was fixed by the second patch.  Where are you getting your comparison from?  The Lineage 2 client and Guildwars run pretty dang smooth right now.

I'd say FunCom is the poorest.  AoC settings were a nightmare.  The official fix was from some tech guy in their forums trying to get his own game to work.  They let the players duct tape it and left it alone for a long time. 

I was in the Lineage Closed Beta for 2 months, when they actually did real beta's. Then Open beta for 1 month then release. Played for 2 years. The major issue during those beta where login screen, and they didn't have that fixed for NA players until the second free update.

To say something ran smooth on the rigs we have now , compared to the rigs we had then, is a littel silly. Even the worst coded games can run smooth cause we simply have more allocated space to utulize.

Funcoms AoC client runs very smooth on my machine, it is the second smoothest client in dx10, where are you getting your comparisons ?

Got to love it when solareus says something about Aion. You play LOTRO right? Maybe dab into Age of Conan as well? Are these two games not enjoyable enough that you sit in the Aion forums and SS section just to /yawn and pick/poke at everything. I think by now, you have made your point yet again, or should we continue? =)

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Originally posted by solareus
I was in the Lineage Closed Beta for 2 months, when they actually did real beta's. Then Open beta for 1 month then release. Played for 2 years. The major issue during those beta where login screen, and they didn't have that fixed for NA players until the second free update.
To say something ran smooth on the rigs we have now , compared to the rigs we had then, is a littel silly. Even the worst coded games can run smooth cause we simply have more allocated space to utulize.
Funcoms AoC client runs very smooth on my machine, it is the second smoothest client in dx10, where are you getting your comparisons ?

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I'm pretty sure he is referring to that piss poor client that AoC had on launch.

Of course I'm sure it's just fine in your eyes if it takes over a year to somewhat fix an issue that should have been fine on launch. Go take your trolling elsewhere.

Originally posted by zigmund

 

I have been trying to play Aion, but I can only take one step before rubber banding - very frustrating.

I live in Canada and I use a broadband connefction.

Anyone else have this problem? Solutions?

Me to.. Horrible lag and artifacts like rubber bandy all weekend. It seems the servers can't handle this capacity.