Why does it take so long to reconnect to a server?

[Grimey Rick 3417]

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Was just in a firefight with two guys and had them pinned down. One was injured and I was just waiting them out. The server resets, so I reconnect only to stare at "Wait for host" for thirty seconds, then "Please wait..." for another thirty. At this point I'm facepalming SO HARD and trying to abort the connection only to finally load in and watch my character become riddled with bullets.

 

So yeah, why does it sometimes take so long to reconnect to a server? -_-"

Edited April 18, 2014 by Grimey Rick

[DirtyWings 51]

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And its long to avoid combat logging and going around to the other side and loging back in to kill the people you were fighting with..

[Grimey Rick 3417]

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And its long to avoid combat logging and going around to the other side and loging back in to kill the people you were fighting with..

 

The server reset, I didn't ghost them...

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

You know why, it's to make life less simple for ghosters and server hoppers.

 

Personally, I can live with the once-in-a-blue-moon inconvenience. It's rare it interferes with legit play.

[DirtyWings 51]

The server reset, I didn't ghost them...

Not saying you did.. im telling you why they made it long.

[Grimey Rick 3417]

I actually just did some testing with a buddy of mine who has a server, and it seems that the first person to connect to a server as it is restarting has to wait a ridiculously long time to connect. We restarted it four times just to be sure (relax, there was no one playing on it). On the first and third attempt I connected first and had to wait a good sixty seconds to connect. The second and fourth times I let my buddy connect first, and he had to wait a minute or so before he could get in. I connected right after he said he was connecting both times and got right in.

 

TL;DR:

 

Don't be the first person to connect to a server that's just restarted.

[Pazzmon 64]

The waiting times are a bit annoying for the honest players though, I've been kicked from four servers in a row now and my current wait time is eight minutes, I've given up, no one should ever have to wait eight minutes to play a game, unfortunately I haven't thought up of any solution to this, perhaps change the amount of time waiting on a new server depending on how long you've been on a server?

 

E.G.

 

Played on one server for an hour, leave and join another server - 5 Minutes.

Played on one server for half an hour, leave and join another server - Two and a half minutes.

Played on a server for 15 minutes, leave and join another server - 1 Minute. 

 

Players will not have the chance to gear up, get in a gun fight, combat log and do their ghost thing if they have been playing for a while, yet people who are trying to join games and get kicked straight away will not be punished as much as they will have had the least impact on the server.

 

TL;DR

The more impact you have on a server; the longer your server change wait should be.

Edited April 23, 2014 by Pazzmon