Speculation on the Drops

[DeadlyAffliction]

Yeah, I know. You probably don't want to hear this but I figured I would give my 2 cents. It has been largely speculated that if you wait too long in the lobby that it will cause you to drop out of the game. However, I have created my own one-man mafia game to create a save and even with a 15 second lobby time I have been dropped. So is the long lobby time just a rumor? I have come to believe it is. Now, whenever you drop the error that comes up states that there was a score screen loading error. It is my assumption that it is not a B.Net problem but maybe a script that is causing difficulty in the game starting up. Never before have I had such a problem with drops than this game has given me. For example: Desert Strike Tug of War, Gem TD, and many other maps I have NEVER experience a drop as of late. So from my point of view I feel as though it is one of Dark.Revenant's scripts or coding (sorry bro). Please correct me if I am mistaken, because I only throw this out there to help trouble shoot the problem. Mafia would be more enjoyable if it was as reliable as the other games available on B.Net.

[Ash]

I think this is going to be locked, as this is like the third topic about this?

[DeadlyAffliction]

Yes, and I suppose I will get a lot of hate from this. I'm just tired of dropping and having Dark.Revenant redirect the problem to B.Net when no other game has a dropping problem that I am aware of. And I was curious if anyone else has found said speculation to be true. So, feel free to flame me. Haters gonna hate, and problem solvers are gonna problem solve.

[Dark.Revenant]

Those other maps have rather simple coding and not much to store in the banks. And the lower player counts.

A big part of it is the bank files, which are large in Mafia. I can probably get rid of the drops, but it will cost you points, achieves, and save slots.

[DeadlyAffliction]

Well that makes sense. I could go without the achievements as some people troll for them. Like a citizen/mafioso only game? Obviously just looking for a specific role win. However, I do value the point system as it gives me something to look forward to after playing awhile, and the save slots help for quick and variable fun. So I guess I can't really complain then. Sorry Dark.Revenant. You've got a point. Suppose you can lock the thread now, and thanks for your input :)

[Lazers]

blizzard is gay and composed of fatasses

all the speculation you need

[Pedobear]

STFU BOUT THE DRAWPS.

Btw;

All hayle duh trewlz of amurle.

[Ted]

This has been answered like 40 times >.>

[solanoftw]

hello there. I'm a huge fan of mafia and thats my most played map in b.net, almost exclusively. I'm sad that due to the disconnects i play probably 1 game every 2 hours. That being said, isn't the removal of points, achievments and such a small price to pay in return for being able to actually play the game ?

[Ted]

hello there. I'm a huge fan of mafia and thats my most played map in b.net, almost exclusively. I'm sad that due to the disconnects i play probably 1 game every 2 hours. That being said, isn't the removal of points, achievments and such a small price to pay in return for being able to actually play the game ?


I assume you are playing pubs. I drop maybe 2% of the time in a pub. I would rather keep my goodies than remove the bank files and shrink game size.

[Bergtau]

Those other maps have rather simple coding and not much to store in the banks. And the lower player counts.

A big part of it is the bank files, which are large in Mafia. I can probably get rid of the drops, but it will cost you points, achieves, and save slots.


Honestly, that is worth it.

[Tesseract]

2¢: Save slots are useful, I'd prefer to keep those.
Achievements - fun to see what you have and haven't won as, but not essential.
Points aren't essential either, IMO - I don't really care if I wear a hat or not.

[Dark.Revenant]

Save slots use up the vast majority of the bank space, so there's no way to have your cake and eat it too.

[NorthStar]

The cake is a lie.

[Bergtau]

2¢: Save slots are useful, I'd prefer to keep those.
Achievements - fun to see what you have and haven't won as, but not essential.
Points aren't essential either, IMO - I don't really care if I wear a hat or not.


Save slots take 5 minutes to fix. The points are far more important than the save slots IMO, but both are worth sacrificing for not having drops every other game.

[Auckmid]

I think this is going to be locked, as this is like the third topic about this?
Drop speculations have been going on for around 3 months now

[Uranium]

So, Blizzard is responsible for the drops?-_-