966 [FRFR] SeaGladius Members 1,804 posts 3,920 battles Report post #1 Posted January 23, 2022 There have been a couple of threads over the last month about how it's been taking people longer to log in to the game. It was taking me about 45 seconds to log in. After patch 11.0 dropped, it's now taking me two minutes to log in to the game. Is anyone else experiencing this? 9 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10,199 [WORX] Navalpride33 Members 17,412 posts 22,217 battles Report post #2 Posted January 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, SeaGladius said: There have been a couple of threads over the last month about how it's been taking people longer to log in to the game. It was taking me about 45 seconds to log in. After patch 11.0 dropped, it's now taking me two minutes to log in to the game. Is anyone else experiencing this? 2 mins is normal here 1 min Game loading 1 min Log IN Total 3 min tops... On the first day of the patch, it was a %50 increase to 5 min... I recommend, when it goes to the Log In phase, cut the cinematic.. It looks cool but I think its bottle-necking the process. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,835 [WOLF1] HyperFish Members 3,326 posts 9,677 battles Report post #3 Posted January 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, SeaGladius said: There have been a couple of threads over the last month about how it's been taking people longer to log in to the game. It was taking me about 45 seconds to log in. After patch 11.0 dropped, it's now taking me two minutes to log in to the game. Is anyone else experiencing this? Same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,521 [-TKS-] Merc_R_Us Members 1,728 posts 18,146 battles Report post #4 Posted January 23, 2022 same Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
139 cmdr_raccoon Members 821 posts Report post #5 Posted January 23, 2022 same here.... and yea i now skipped the opening cinematics too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,837 CylonRed Members 7,007 posts 15,463 battles Report post #6 Posted January 23, 2022 2 min is not that long to log in... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
966 [FRFR] SeaGladius Members 1,804 posts 3,920 battles Report post #7 Posted January 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, CylonRed said: 2 min is not that long to log in... No, it's not, but it's definitely getting annoying. A lot of times, I'll try to get a game in before I go to work. It may be the only game I get to play that day. One game is a maximum of 20 minutes, so this bug is now 10% of my total play time, more if the game ends early. Something is going on, and WG should look into it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
315 DudeWhereIsMyTank Alpha Tester 1,021 posts 15,932 battles Report post #8 Posted January 23, 2022 Same here ! Game is on SSD so I don't understand why it takes so long 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,222 [-TRM-] xHeavy Members 5,566 posts Report post #9 Posted January 23, 2022 I skip the movie. and whatever else that wants to run. Skip, snip and chop. Takes a couple of minutes. Like a wife.... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
252 [WOLF6] 1meanDad Members 809 posts 16,273 battles Report post #10 Posted January 23, 2022 Not just me, I see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,425 [0456] _ENO_ Members 3,945 posts 10,545 battles Report post #11 Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) I noticed this too- maybe about a minute or minute and a half… it’s not terrible just worse than it used to be. Edited January 23, 2022 by _ENO_ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,852 [OIL-1] z9_ Members 2,307 posts Report post #12 Posted January 23, 2022 It's definitely getting longer with every patch, but it still isn't as bad as it was in Archeage. In that game, we had a network engineer come in and explain to us the long chain where you're really logging into one system after another, and going through all those systems is what takes so long. I don't remember the details, but it made sense. That's probably what's happening here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
499 [REVEN] Qilang Members 631 posts 11,685 battles Report post #13 Posted January 23, 2022 EU server doesn't have such problem, only NA. I think NA server is in process to be dumped Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,776 [FORM] TheArc Members 3,436 posts 16,688 battles Report post #14 Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, SeaGladius said: Is anyone else experiencing this? Yup. You are not alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,427 [WKY19] Zaydin Beta Testers 2,752 posts 19,993 battles Report post #15 Posted January 23, 2022 Yeah, it definitely seems like it is taking more and more time every patch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,837 CylonRed Members 7,007 posts 15,463 battles Report post #16 Posted January 23, 2022 12 hours ago, SeaGladius said: No, it's not, but it's definitely getting annoying. A lot of times, I'll try to get a game in before I go to work. It may be the only game I get to play that day. One game is a maximum of 20 minutes, so this bug is now 10% of my total play time, more if the game ends early. Something is going on, and WG should look into it. Get up 2 minutes earlier or log in while doing something else and you have the full time to play 1 game that very likely will not take the full 20 minutes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,837 CylonRed Members 7,007 posts 15,463 battles Report post #17 Posted January 23, 2022 12 hours ago, DudeWhereIsMyTank said: Same here ! Game is on SSD so I don't understand why it takes so long SSD has nothing to do with logging in - just loading up the game. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,837 CylonRed Members 7,007 posts 15,463 battles Report post #18 Posted January 23, 2022 1:09.81 for me just a few seconds ago from clicking on the icon till I hit the Daily Reward screen. How many are actually using their stopwatch on their phone to time it and not just...... guessing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
875 Midnight_Fog Members 762 posts 15,628 battles Report post #19 Posted January 23, 2022 I think WG needs to do another optimization to the game like they did a few years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
694 [WOLFO] iamSamoth [WOLFO] Members 2,404 posts 10,358 battles Report post #20 Posted January 23, 2022 for like the past two months or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
966 [FRFR] SeaGladius Members 1,804 posts 3,920 battles Report post #21 Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, CylonRed said: 1:09.81 for me just a few seconds ago from clicking on the icon till I hit the Daily Reward screen. How many are actually using their stopwatch on their phone to time it and not just...... guessing? I have been using a stopwatch, because I'd like to know what's going on, and figure out what exactly is causing it. I can see that you're not bothered by the load time - great, congratulations - but if I can help figure out how to get it to go away, then I'm going to consider that a win for everyone. I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers last night, and the logon has gone back to ~45 seconds for 2 tries. I've also opened a support ticket, and am working through WG's suggestions of things to check. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
84 [MAR_U] trikke Members 334 posts 4,654 battles Report post #22 Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, CylonRed said: 1:09.81 for me just a few seconds ago from clicking on the icon till I hit the Daily Reward screen. How many are actually using their stopwatch on their phone to time it and not just...... guessing? me it's taking forever and i turned off the cinematic in settings my first day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,837 CylonRed Members 7,007 posts 15,463 battles Report post #23 Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, SeaGladius said: I have been using a stopwatch, because I'd like to know what's going on, and figure out what exactly is causing it. I can see that you're not bothered by the load time - great, congratulations - but if I can help figure out how to get it to go away, then I'm going to consider that a win for everyone. I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers last night, and the logon has gone back to ~45 seconds for 2 tries. I've also opened a support ticket, and am working through WG's suggestions of things to check. It has been longer for other games so I don't get the issue at all. 2 minutes (120 seconds - the time it takes to blow my nose on winter mornings) is nothing and I am still willing to bet most people are not using a stopwatch in any way and are guessing or do some serious rounding. A lot of us really can't update video drivers as newer drivers generally geared to the new hardware and not the older hardware a LOT of people have. To kinda point out the silliness the log in is taken - in another thread - a person noted a HUGE increase in log in time.... The different was 12 seconds added. 12 seconds and that was all. Maybe I have gotten better at my expectations as I got past 50 years old. As an IT person and building my own PCs for years - I have no idea how video drivers can even affect login for anything - it makes zero sense. I would bet it has far more to do with individual hardware more than anything else since it is not affecting everyone equally. That is NOT to say WG can make changes but far more to do with hardware/software mix at hte users end. Edited January 23, 2022 by CylonRed 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,837 CylonRed Members 7,007 posts 15,463 battles Report post #24 Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, trikke said: me it's taking forever and i turned off the cinematic in settings my first day "Forever" is not a valid time or metric... Else you would not be playing at all. Edited January 23, 2022 by CylonRed 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
966 [FRFR] SeaGladius Members 1,804 posts 3,920 battles Report post #25 Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, CylonRed said: It has been longer for other games so I don't get the issue at all. 2 minutes (120 seconds - the time it takes to blow my nose on winter mornings) is nothing and I am still willing to bet most people are not using a stopwatch in any way and are guessing or do some serious rounding. A lot of us really can't update video drivers as newer drivers generally geared to the new hardware and not the older hardware a LOT of people have. As an IT person and building my own PCs for years - I have no idea how video drivers can even affect login for anything - it makes zero sense. I would bet it has far more to do with individual hardware more than anything else since it is not affecting everyone equally. That is NOT to say WG can make changes but far more to do with hardware/software mix at hte users end. It’s taken longer for other games that I’ve played as well. Prepar3d used to take 5-6 minutes just to start up. But WOWS didn’t. All of us that started experiencing this had it happen at the same time, right after a patch dropped. Because it doesn’t affect everyone the same, I would agree with you that it probably has to do with some mix of hardware. If people can post what they have, we may be able to find some commonalities. I’ll start: Intel 10700K processor MSI Z490 Gaming Edge Wi-Fi Motherboard 32GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mhz RAM Sabrent 2TB NVME m.2 SSD EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 video card MSI a850GF power supply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites