Whenever I see something that should, by any stretch, be logical, I go back to a dev comment.
I can't see this being any more than a simple flag saying how many of each class/race completed TR just so they can have the count for appropriate feats at time of reincarnation. It doesn't need to be a dynamic check after the reincarnation process for any reason.
I think it's important to take a look at the VAST number of characters with many past lives; with each past life, there are more and more calculations being made by the game engine, and with MANY veteran past-life-heavy players crowding your servers, those calculations would absolutely create major traffic jams within the server.
Essentially what I'm suggesting is that even though it might show 900 players on a server, at least 200 of those players have multiple past-lives, confusing the server into thinking there are a few THOUSAND players, causing this lag. The reason there's less lag in smaller population servers is simply the lower number of players, especially past-life-heavy players.
Essentially, the past-life system is confusing the servers into thinking there are WAY more players than are actually logged in. And when a group of high-past-life players experience heavy lag on a raid, of COURSE the server can't handle it. It assumes there are DOZENS more players in the raid than there really are.
That's my "I'm-not-a-developer-or-computer-genius-at-all-armchair-critic-gamer-guy" uneducated opinion.
Pretty much agreed on that. Even if you somehow had 400 different bonuses from past lives that'd still be kilobytes not megabytes on the back end, and those only need to be checked periodically/when the game knows something has changed. It's not doing that maths every tick, it's doing "has the maths changed? No? OK then." every tick.
That will be my last day playing DDO.
You left out a lot of colors there... *just saying*
If you do leave, at that point, can I have your stuff??? I get what you're saying though...
No the free quest code was to thank us for moving to the new 64 bit servers - here is the info from the LoTRO side.
Free Gift: THANKYOU2025
We want to thank you for your patience and support during our 64-bit server openings and character transfers, which you can read more about here. We still have some work to do, including opening transfers from previously-closed worlds to these new 64-bit servers, opening rotating weekly transfers between the various worlds, and opening a fourth 64-bit server based in the United States. However, we wanted to thank you for your patience so far by offering the following to all players:
50 Mithril Coins
Lesser Elixir of Virtue (2500 Virtue XP)
Pick-a-Mount Box
Universal Ingredient Pack x20
Black Steel Key x5
Players can claim this free gift through May 18th 2025. To claim your gift, use the Coupon Code THANKYOU2025 in the “Redeem Code” field of the LOTRO Store inside of the game. This Coupon Code can be used once per account (1/Account). Please make sure to redeem this gift on the character you wish to receive the gifts.
Thank You For Supporting The Lord of the Rings Online
Thank you for your patience and support as we open new 64-bit game worlds!www.lotro.com
Im aware thats why I asked for the code to be released now as the OP acknowledges that the lag is not going to be fixed in the short term.
Sure, I'll send it to you in the mail.If you do leave, at that point, can I have your stuff??? I get what you're saying though...
The free quest code has been given out every year for the past few years specifically for the purpose of player sign up/player retention incentives. I don't think it's any different here, they just moved it later in the year to coincide with the server migrations.
Aren't you seeing an elephant entity in the dungeon room ? (Or, am I the only one ?)
Doubtful, they aren't really doing anything different than hitting a button available in game (but hitting it like a rat getting its cocaine fix in the lab (or the person trying to recall from a bad dungeon instance before their XP pot runs out)).