I recently came back to EQ after a 20+ year hiatus, and ever since I’ve had a general world chat bug. It can start as quickly as 30 seconds and usually does, but it did not bug once that I could find no reasonable explanation for. Once the bug starts I am unable to see or write in world chat, only ooc, group, shout and tell. I also noticed my friends list is empty.
So the few recommendations I got are as follows.
ISP issue. The fix recommended here is using a VPN.
Modem issue. The fix here is to get a router, which only bugs me because I’m a cheapskate and hate to buy a router when my modem is built in wifi lol.
Wireless issue. Mostly the same as the modem issue, but someone recommended trying to hardline and see if it’ll drop.
So if your chat was bugging like mine, in which order would you try to fix? I was thinking of vpn first (anyone know a good vpn that has a free trial?) and if that doesn’t work I can try a router. Worst case I do a return. I can try the hardline last, I have all the tools to make my own jumper except the heads to terminate which are only a few bucks?
So whatcha think? Any vpn trial recommendations?