EQ over satelliteFollow

Normal gameplay is quite solid on dialup as long as the connection itself is solid and not prone to disconnects or interference in the line.

The only major pain you will face will be downloads of major updates, especially after expansions are released, expect several hours and then some just to get that much information squeezed through that small connection speed.

The only other pain I could see from it is that you could expect some increased zoning times.



I have no direct experience with Satellite internet, but I've heard nothing but bad things about upload times and the possibility of shaky signal leading to lots of disconnects. I'm sure someone here knows much more than me though, all of my knowledge of satellite internet is from word of mouth, so a grain of salt is advised.

EQ is not playable safely over satellite.

i play with a satellite connection UMTS (384kb) and i play fairly well, unique thing that you will notice is a little of lag (around 300-450 on ping) and you will zone a little later ).

Sorry ghost but your posts always make my eyes hurt...

We have been playing on satellite for the past 4yrs thru Wildblue. Up til TSS came out it was no problem. Since TSS came out latency went from 400-500 to over 1500 making EQ unplayable. We did some checking and decided to change to an ISDN line. Much faster than dialup and latency down to 120-140ms. Much better. Hopefully they will wire DSL to our area soon for the best connection. (Only 3 miles away but 6month-2yrs sigh).

Yeah, that's cellular-based wireless broadband, normally reserved for use on the road. I'd never want to play on that kind of connection, either. Considering your location, i'd wager a guess your phone lines aren't in very good shape, either.

I used directway for the entire year for 2003.

At first it was very bad, if a mob ran forget it if you cant nuke it. The lag was so bad that you "think" you are chasing the mob and pounding it but the mob was really 10 paces ahead of you.

Once I figured out Datarate file, and did some tweaking, and setup a dedicated linux box as my gateway and personal dns server, made sure there was no server name referances (everything pointing directly to the eq ip addresses) in all files i could find and edit.

It worked great.

If you have no other choice (as I didnt) and you work at it, yes it is very doable (but that was 4 years ago I am sure it has improved alot).

I would suggest going to a persons house that has it currently and going to www.dslreports.com and seeing what the stats look like.

I live rurally where the phone lines are pathetic, and no broadband was available until recent wireless companies started putting up directional antennae.

I played EQ very satisfactorily using Satellite. But it can NOT be played on two way satellite. I am not sure if the new satellite providers are allowing this configuration or not, but I had DirecPC, and a backup dialup connection. The I set the system up to RECEIVE using the Satellite, but to SEND information over the dialup. This left me with less than a half a second of lag, and I managed to play quite well even in the largest of raid situations.

Two way satellite can not work (I tried) because the delay in sending information to and from the satellite creates a backlog of information causing HUGE amounts of lag in situations where there are many people doing many things.

Hope this helps.

BTW, I still have my Dish and Modem set up in case my wireless company folds.

i live on a very small island in alaska, all internet is over satellite,, its all we have here,, and guess what, my connection is 10x better that any dial-up i hae ever seen, and a heck of alot better that alot of other connections, i have np at all playing all expansions ,tss,,tbs, ect ect, a friend of mine lives on the mainland in the city and still my connection beats his hands down, just go's to show you it depends on which ans what isp u get, i have very little to zero lag, sometimes i think i zone alittle slow but most times in a group ill pop through the zones before the others do, it also has alot to do with your putter to, u will needd a good amount of ram, and a good grafics card will help to, i run 4gigs of ram and a 256 grafics card , but without 1 gig min ram my connect stunk,with this putter here i may have alittle over kill,and wish i more (and will soon)but it takes cash to get what u need, if u dont mind getting a good putter or dumpping a fair amout into what u have now, (if it can handle it,most cannt handle more than 2 gig without a big upgrade) best to just play with what u have,but its not just the connect its the putter to,u get what u pay for,,fork it out or play what u got,,but look around, there is a difference in sate connections , talk to them before you pick the 1 that will work for you, so will give you a free trial for up to a month,,just check them out,, good luck wish ya the best.