07-20-2004, 03:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-20-2004, 03:47 AM by Chesspiece_face.)
This has been an increased problem for me and my friends for the last month or two. Very often we will both get booted from our games (at the same time) and back to the join game screen. The game we were in no longer exists and the characters involved cannot create or succesfully join games for a period of time. Occasionally i have been able to start a game with one of my other characters and it has "reset" my effected character so they can again start and join games, but this is rare. Usually it takes about a half hour or so for the effected character to return to normal. Very annoying.
Edit: as for what is wrong, i would assume that somehow the game you are in is getting dropped from Battle.net. Whether a desync from user action or a fault in the Battle.net DB structure the game gets dropped and it takes a length of time or response from the Battle.net DB to set your character back to "available". Much like when you get dropped from Battle.net completely. Occasionally when that happens and you try to log back in it says you are still logged in. It takes Bnet a few minutes to realize it isn't getting any input and drop your account completely. I would assume that either the back-ups they have set up for disconnects doesn't come into play in the game drops because Bnet is still recieving input from your account the individual character however is still seen as being in a game, or in the limbo between in-game and out of game.
Edit: as for what is wrong, i would assume that somehow the game you are in is getting dropped from Battle.net. Whether a desync from user action or a fault in the Battle.net DB structure the game gets dropped and it takes a length of time or response from the Battle.net DB to set your character back to "available". Much like when you get dropped from Battle.net completely. Occasionally when that happens and you try to log back in it says you are still logged in. It takes Bnet a few minutes to realize it isn't getting any input and drop your account completely. I would assume that either the back-ups they have set up for disconnects doesn't come into play in the game drops because Bnet is still recieving input from your account the individual character however is still seen as being in a game, or in the limbo between in-game and out of game.