whats with this logon trouble?

[Callahan9119]

yesterday i got on fine, today i get a million "cant logon" messages or "connection lost" when i was never connected. i turned my ca firewall off and still nothing.

got on once about an hour ago, but lost connection while alt tabbed to the org cuz the lobby was dead :dizzy2:

is the lobby this unstable? i havnt played this game online since like before kingdoms came out...but i dont remember it being this awful.

by the way is the lobby always this dead? its 8:00 pm east coast time... jeez.

i almost miss being on third shift so i could play with all the euros in the morning :embarassed:

[Jochi Khan]

I was getting the same problems last night. Must be a GameSpy connection problem.

[YellowMelon]

Sometimes Gamespy has issues with the server it uses...another MP grumble grumble

[Denali]

sometimes?

[YellowMelon]

Frequently*

[t1master]

like for six years now? :wall:

[YellowMelon]

*Frequently for 6 years now :gah:

[Callahan9119]

well its been like 3 days of this, i havnt seen this since shogun, at least mtw and rome you could log on before everything went to pot

it wasnt like this in the lil time i played mtw2 a while back, it can take me 1.5 hours sometimes of just looking at the hourglass of woe bewfore it suffers me to enter

no wonder the lobby is dead every night i'v been on :thumbsdown:

sucks too, cuz the game is still pretty fun when u can get a match going, even though i am pretty awful in my 3 days back

[Denali]

Yep, its a real dilemma, the game is basically great but all the mp problems hinder us from enjoying it.

:drama3:


hang on.. i feel like kyolic now :/

[YellowMelon]

And hinder people from staying on to populate the server. So even if you do get on you have to wait 30 minutes for a game >_<

[Callahan9119]

been trying all day, 6 hours to get on and play a game. they should be ashamed of themselves.

at least among all the hyperbole in them selling you on "empire" the multiplayer is the very last thing mentioned

i have the impression from the preview that "empire total war" will change my life FOREVER :drama1:

[FearofFucy]

Hmmm was wondering why I couldn't log on.

[KrooK]

Its because you yelled on CA.
They remember everyone who made critical remark over one of their games
and now its just a punishment. :)

[YellowMelon]

So theyre punishing all MP? hehe

[FearofFucy]

Finally i am able to log on, at home. I guess at the hospital you can't log on.

[Jochi Khan]

I only play from home and I can't log on to the Lobby.

[YellowMelon]

Gamespy spares no wrath

[Veho Nex]

WE SHOULD PROTEST!!! DOWN WITH THE OPPRESSORS!! UP WITH THE PLAYERS DOWN WITH THE OPPRESSORS!!:furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :ballchain: :ballchain: :weirdthread: :weirdthread: :weirdthread:

[YellowMelon]

They'll just press the mute button on the community like they always do.

[nokhor]

does anyone know or have the right contact info for MP issues? i assume it's gamespy? this is the third consecutive sunday my buddies and i have tried to play and failed due to the 'connection lost', 'failed to logon' thingy.

[YellowMelon]

Well you would think the sudden change in the server issue would be Gamespy, but you would also think CA would ask them whats the problem. Strange isn't it.

[Veho Nex]

well its been about 4 days for me
trying every hour or so.

[LadyAnn]

i have the impression from the preview that "empire total war" will change my life FOREVER :drama1:

My life is already changed when they sold Shogun :D

Annie

ps.: I would pick a day in this week as "Medieval2 memorial day". At least for me, it is the day it dies.
A quick look at totalwar.com forum: zilch, nada, not even a mention (maybe I missed out a thread somewhere).
At gamespy forum: 3 posts about the subject, no official answer.

[Jochi Khan]

Failed to log on at all last night. Continuous 'Connection Lost' all the time.

Are 'they' trying to tell us something??

[Tomisama]

Kingdoms server is up, and all mods accesable :yes:

My opinion of course, but Retrofit Multiplayer is the state of the art of the game anyway, why would you settle for less?

[Puzz3D]

My opinion of course, but Retrofit Multiplayer is the state of the art of the game anyway, why would you settle for less?
Then why do you play Samurai Wars? I don't believe that anyone who plays Samurai Wars is settling for less since the tactical depth of the MTW battle engine is superior to that of the M2TW battle engine. Also, Retrofit doesn't overcome the limitation that you cannot change the relative speeds of the individual units which is important to dynamic playbalance.

[YellowMelon]

He's referring to the state of M2TW in specific, not TW as a whole, Puzz.

[Lusted]

Also, Retrofit doesn't overcome the limitation that you cannot change the relative speeds of the individual units which is important to dynamic playbalance.

You can change the speed of individual units in Kingdoms, and by extension Retrofit as it uses Kingdoms.exe

[Tomisama]

Then why do you play Samurai Wars? I didn't say that Retro Multi was the "best" game, just the state of the art :grin:

[nokhor]

found this as a place where i can submit a ticket to gamespy and they will get back to me.

http://supportcenteronline.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=3235&ticketID=5838068

[YellowMelon]

Oh man, I tried that when I had a gamespy ladder...they are utterly useless.