Currently it takes 10-15 minutes to log into the game. Also the lag is so bad that i can pick up stuff and it stays on the ground.

could it be the bloodtrails adding to the extra load?

It looks like the same problem as after every patch...
I don't know why they send out a patch without testing?!

Its gonna take a few days for everybody to test and the admins to talk to eachother and then they gonna send out a fix. But why do not test before?

Never mind, while writing this post, the "receiving data"-progress bar advanced for another 10%...

New patch = New bugs



All those restarts yesterday = me doing my best to diagnose and improve the issue which we did hence why the server is now capable of lasting 2 hours rather than 45 minutes before reaching the state its in for you now.

Devs are already aware of it and have been since yesterday. It's impossible for them to test new patches for performance at high player counts without releasing them first. It's even harder for them to ensure it works on hardware which is less than ideal like ours.

I'll be switching the server to 2 hourly restarts to improve the problem tonight. Please have patience and understand that I'm aware of these problems and working on them before you even notice them in game yourselves. Blood trails are planned to be turned off later when more servers are up. For now I want to let new players checking out 1.8.1 see them.

not supposed to be a complaint, just an information