Server Host Migration

BraveRO is migrating to a new host!

 

The current/previous host, which is located in Malaysia, suffered from intermittent network issues and was vulnerable to large DDOS attacks. This resulted in several complains about lag and disconnections from our users.

 

After a lot of research, we have found a great company to host BraveRO!

 

The server itself will move to the West Coast, USA. However, the same company will also host proxies for Australia, Germany, Singapore and East Coast USA. Since the main server and proxies are from the same company, we expect the proxies to have a good performance in most scenarios.

 

With the host moving from Malaysia to the West Coast USA, we do anticipate that our SEA players average latency will increase. However, overall everyone should have a much smoother gameplay and a experience a lot less disconnections and/or lag spikes.

 

Connecting to the closest proxy based on your location will allow you to jump on the hosting company's network "express way" and should result in a much smoother game play. You can use the command " !ping " in-game to check your average latency for each proxy and decide which one works best.

 

The server's stability will be under observation for the next 72 hours as we will have to tweak several settings to match the new server's specifications. 

 

 

You will need to run your BraveRO patcher in order to receive the connection settings for the new host and the proxies.

Here's to a successful migration! <3

Hoping there won't be any issues for the proxies.

The server is now online and the migration is complete.

 

We recommend that users log in and test their latency for different proxies using !ping in-game. This will ensure that your connection is on the fastest route. If the proxy ever encounters issues, revert back to the direct connection and see if it's better.

 

For our SEA players we recommend connecting directly, or through the Singapore or Australia proxy.

For our North Americans, South Americans and Canadians we recommend the East Coast or West Coast Proxy.

For our European players, we recommend the direct or Germany proxy.

I was having ~30 ping before migration , now i have close to ~200 ping either proxy or direct , reason why i like BRO was having low ping compared to DRO and able to have swift reflexes on skill and pvp , but this is an upset for me  . Barely able to spam skill nor fast command.

I was having ~30 ping before migration , now i have close to ~200 ping either proxy or direct , reason why i like BRO was having low ping compared to DRO and able to have swift reflexes on skill and pvp , but this is an upset for me  . Barely able to spam skill nor fast command.

 

Well, to me, it was 180 ping in Dro, now in Bro it was 380 to 410 ping, so I don't like the server based in Malasya, can't spam shit in STP and BG, been long time I don't go to BG

We are aware that SEA players will now experience higher latency, as the distance to the host has been increased.

 

This is the same high latency that North and South American players were experiencing while the server was hosted in Malaysia.

However, even SEA players were experiencing the intermittent lag spikes and disconnections on the Malaysia host.. so everyone was struggling, even those close to the server.

 

We hope that the move to this new host will result in a much more stable gameplay for all our players. Even if that means that our SEA will have a higher latency than they had when the server was hosted in Malaysia.

I hope there could be a vote for player about the migration matters

even sitting now gives delay so bad :')

for me, using the australia proxy makes it the same way as when the server host was in malaysia, so it's like no change happened for me.

ping in singapore proxy felt like a visual bug, my ping is averaging 14, but sitting up and down is very slow, unlike previous host, and my ninja can leap so fast now like the one back in dro when i had 150-200ping, but when !ping is only 14 ms, if im not mistaken its not possible to leap fast when u have that 14ms ping xD.

hello. i'm a player from malaysia. back then i'm having 5-8pings, now it's 13, last i checked. but to me it's not the ping issue. what i'm having is the delay, despite not having any packet loss. i hotkey my santa suit and summer suit, i could spam those 2 before with ease, but now when i tried to spam it to check the server, it's delayed, and slowed.

The delays really extraordinary. Even normal walking sometimes feels like so heavy now

Could be check by simple spamming sit.

Yeah 1-2 packet loss still better than those delays. IMO, As long not 3-5 RTO in a row. And this time feels worst then played on the "d"

 

Moving host to west america, when majority players are SEA quite questionable. are there no competent hosts on SEA anymore?

but yeah, decision has been made. as SEA player, I just got to adapt or leave.

 

Hope could be better in couple days.

The admins did mention that the said migration will be under observation in 72hrs

as sea players have you tried the aus proxy?

i'm experiencing sudden spike in ping right now, going from 26ms average to 316ms average using singaporean proxy,

this is the first time i think, i'm SEA player

i'm experiencing sudden spike in ping right now, going from 26ms average to 316ms average using singaporean proxy,

this is the first time i think, i'm SEA player

 

I have a few friends that have had better ping rates and les lag on the aus proxy

It brings back my .5 sec delay and random freeze/dc, from good gaming experience to worse (300ms). Majority of the players are from SEA and those players are the one whos making PvP(bg) active and competing honorable.

 

I am just hoping that some international guilds will join this server ex. NATG or some famous person like Donald Trump since we are based again in US.

It brings back my .5 sec delay and random freeze/dc, from good gaming experience to worse (300ms). Majority of the players are from SEA and those players are the one whos making PvP(bg) active and competing honorable.

 

I am just hoping that some international guilds will join this server ex. NATG or some famous person like Donald Trump since we are based again in US.

 

This was the original thought and why we moved the server from USA to Malaysia. We figured the majority of players were from SEA and we expected the server to grow by moving there… but that was not the case.

 

BG and WoE are both very inactive in comparisson to when the server was hosted in USA, and the server has not grown. For the last couple of months even SEA players have been complaining about lag. In addition, donations dropped by 90% since moving the host to SEA… becase most donators are from America, Canada or Europe.

 

So not only has the server population declined, but we also alienated the players who actually donate and pay for the server expenses. Eventually we could have dwindled to a point where there are no donators to support the server expenses and we would of had to close.

 

In all honesty we did not see any benefit for keeping the server in SEA based on the factors mentioned below:

1. Dwindling overall community

2. SEA players still complaining about lag even while hosted there

3. Allienated non SEA players

4. Drastic drop on donations to pay server expenses

5. BG and WoE dead due to small population and lag complains

6. Weak performance in V4P and RMS reviews from current population

There were times my ping goes 100~150ms.

and sometimes like these, after the migration.

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Connected on Direct Proxy.

 

My friends from Australia who usually have 300~500ms pings

now have 20~30ms after the migration of host.

 

Back then from the previous hosting,

I had 230ms~less 300ms with some 1~2x RTO's.

although I had experienced as well having 40ish ms~60ms pings for like less than 2 weeks.

But during those 2 digit pings, my friends who were also in PH, with different ISP's were having high pings like 200 to 400ms.

So I guess the issue is about ISP's.

 

I have dual ISP back then, one with STRICT NAT Type (Globe Fibr) , and one with Moderate NAT Type (PLDT Fibr).

Whenever I use the Globe connection, I'm having connectivity issues and delays to my other online games such as GTAV Online.

No problem/issues with the latter.

But the Globe ISP have better/lower pings for online games that are exclusive to SEA.

 

Some says NAT types doesn't affect your pings, but it felt like it does. 

 

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All in All, it did become smoother for me with PLDT Connection in PH.

though with the 2 digit ping, still can't spam /sit . lol