Frequent 90002 Error

[Raist]

Szarina, just to rule it out, do you know if your router is using UPNP? This has been known to cause random session drops for games in the past. Many routers have on by default.

There should be no need for port forwarding of any kind for this game under normal setups. That is more a mechanic to allow unsolicited inbound connections and not for communication across an established outbound session. A router's native NAT should manage things just fine (though some may have SecureNAT options you might want to try toggling).

[NocX7]

Bought the game,pre ordered the collector's edition of the expansion and now I can't play in peace.
I called my ISP and they refuse (or they don't know what I'm talking about) to put me in contact with higher level techs.They insist that if the internet is fine and only this game disconnects then its not their fault to fix.I even paid for WTFast to try to get around the problem but then I still get either the 90002 or 90003 error.

This is exactly what I expected to happen.And i bet if i call SE,they'll just blame my ISP.

Someone answer me this...Why make a sticky thread on collecting data on the 90k problems if SE cant do anything about it and won't even say anything on the matter?To make it look like they're doing something?

IF this doesn't get resolved soon I'm might try to get my money back.I pay for access and I'm not getting access.

[Raist]

Bought the game,pre ordered the collector's edition of the expansion and now I can't play in peace.
I called my ISP and they refuse (or they don't know what I'm talking about) to put me in contact with higher level techs.They insist that if the internet is fine and only this game disconnects then its not their fault to fix.I even paid for WTFast to try to get around the problem but then I still get either the 90002 or 90003 error.

This is exactly what I expected to happen.And i bet if i call SE,they'll just blame my ISP.

Someone answer me this...Why make a sticky thread on collecting data on the 90k problems if SE cant do anything about it and won't even say anything on the matter?To make it look like they're doing something?

IF this doesn't get resolved soon I'm might try to get my money back.I pay for access and I'm not getting access.

well... have you looked at your route to see if perhaps there is an issue along the way? It is a very common thing for people to find issues between their ISP and SE's, and once you can confirm this it makes it much easier to get it addressed.

You say you tried a VPN. Did you use the automatic settings, or did you try picking a tunnel manually? Sometimes the auto config can still put you on a congested path. There are around a dozen or so corridors amongst 5 ISP's for the final leg into Ormuco. Thousands upon thousands of routes are all funneled into these limited access points, so you have roughly a 1 in 10 chance (or worse) of hitting a bad one during primetime when congestion is peaking out (some ISP's have only 3 routes, so if you stick with the same partner, you have a 1 in 3 chance of failure).

That is the real beauty of a VPN service. If it connects you to Montreal and it craps out, you can try maybe Toronto or somewhere in the US to see if it gets you routed through a cleaner path. That is basically the point of using a VPN--to bypass congestion, be that by encrypting data and getting past traffic shaping or directly changing your path.