2009-08-03, 05:13 PM
eos367 Wrote:Because I wrote software to monitor them during server checks to be one of the first to login if I want to be. I demonstrated that this patch by claiming 3 FM 1 spots just because I could. It might not specifically be an F5, but it's a similar technology to alternate the login servers in a round-robin so they can funnel all logins through those gateways until you get to your designated world.
Since there are much fewer login servers than game servers, if the game servers themselves back up and won't accept connections the login server suddenly crowds too because everyone is stuck there and people start getting rejected. Nasty little choke point.
Nexon does not perform any loadbalancing on the login servers. They simply try them in a sequential manner. After logging in, relogging does send you to the least active login server.