The problem that is described by all of the people in the post are are 100% correct.
FORUM MODERATOR - WHY IS THIS STILL NOT TAGGED UNDER “KNOWN BUGS AND ISSUES”??
The cause of the problem is between AOE2 DE and the individual NETWORK ADAPTERS of the targeted computers.
For some people the network adapter seems to cut of at certain “timestamps” in the game - the common one beeing at 4:50-5:05 ingame timer - and it just DCes you. At a close look at what happens it seems that the network adapters gets cut off for a very brief moment at this timestamp. For most people it reconnects as soon as the disconnect happens and for others the adapter is actually turned off until they have turned it back on.(this is described in a seperate post)
The workarround for the issue has been confirmed by many by simply using a different network card or adapter. Some VPN’s alters the adapter driver and make a stable connection possible . Also people have confirmed the game works perfectly after 1. Using their phone network adapter 2. Buying another network card and plugging in the computer (USB/PCI card)
I am absolutely shocked that Microsoft or the AOE2 DE team have YET replied to this as it affects 1000’s of people (many not coming here to the forums for help - but just given up entriley.) I have 7 friends who bought the game and 3 of them had this exact issue. We managed to work around it by them buying a separate network card and using that instead (that 100% fixed the issue) Reinstalling network driver/updating drivers/reinstalling windows/tweaking ISP/changing DNS addresses/reinstalling the game (and the list goes on) did NOT solve the issue. Only by using a different network adapter or tweaking the network adapter could we work around it.
MBL - one of the top players of AOE2 has this exact problem, even though he have no idea himself whats causing it. Ive tried reach out to him, but he is just so fustrated. During is 24h stream he disconected at attleast 5 different games + he suffers from lobby issues.
HERE IS A LINK TO HIS 24H STREAM AT TIMESTAMP 2:53:30 HE DISCS AT 4:50 INGAME TIME. AT TIMESTAMP 4:53:45 HE DISCS AT 4:55 INGAME TIME. During the whole stream he talks alot about how fustrated he is with the issue - he tried to fix it several times doing alot of useless tweaking.
SOMEONE FROM MICROSOFT OR THE AOE2 DEV TEAM - PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS AND TELL PEOPLE THAT ITS UR FAULT INSTEAD OF TAKING UR PLAYERS THROUGH A HUGE LOOP OF TWEAKING THEIR SETUPS! STOP BEEING PASSIVE. THIS THREAD HAS MORE THE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO CONFIRM WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, AND YOU OWE PEOPLE THAT PAYED MONEY FOR YOUR GAME AN EXPLANATION OR A HOPEFULLY FIX - STOP BEEING SO ■■■■ PASSIVE - COMMON