Connection timed out

[EveryTimeV]

Well it is timing out, and other people have confirmed that the server is up. It's tried refreshing my internet connection but this did not help, I'm going to restart my computer now too.

If the problem persists I'll update.

It is indeed persisting... Damn.

[eql]

does this always mean that the server is down or is it something to do on the users side?

[jorb]

Server is down because Loftar is doing some ninja debugging of the pathfinding algorithm. Server will be up when he's done.

[Blaze]

Is there a difference between the "Cannot connect to server" and "Connection timed out" messages?

With all the new features coming in, the Devs are going to have their hands full finding all the new bugs.

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[loftar]

Is there a difference between the "Cannot connect to server" and "Connection timed out" messages?

Yes, there is. When you get "Connection timed out" or "Connection refused", it's most likely the authentication phase, which uses its own protocol on TCP (and SSL) which fails. The authentication server is pretty darned stable, so if you get this, it's more likely than not a faulty Internet connection at your or our end or somewhere in between.

"Connect connect to server", on the other hand, it signalled when the client cannot connect to the actual game server, which it does once it has authenticated and gotten its cookie. In this case, it's probably just down. :)