Like I had to refresh my page several times cause it keeps crashing. Even when I got to make a new character it keeps crashing over and over. It's quite annoying. I get the same "Whoops! We rolled a 1 on our API check. We're heading into town to visit the blacksmith for repairs," message. Is there a maintenance update?? Is anyone else experiencing this?
VPNs, etc. might make the problem worse, but I can attest this has been a problem I've experienced sporadically for years. Anecdotally, it's something I've experienced less in the last year or so despite having added a few relevant browser plugins during that time (as in, the problem was anecdotally worse before I added those plugins, though that's surely an example of "correlation != causation"). It's still a somewhat common issue though, and I've just resigned myself that it always will be. The Character App, as a piece of software, is just really unstable, and it may not be possible to make it better even if the will to do so were there.
For whatever it's worth, I find that the rate of crashes is lower on mobile (iOS Safari) than on desktop (Windows, Chrome or Firefox). The limitations of the mobile website are significant - and for whatever reason this site does not honor requests to "Get Desktop Site" on mobile - so I still prefer to build characters on desktop. But if the crashes get too bad and you're willing to tolerate a less-user-friendly interface, you might want to try on mobile. (The Character App on mobile is tougher to use in my opinion, but as far as I know isn't lacking any functionality; these forums actually lack significant functionalities in their mobile iterations, so in that regard the Character App is at least better.)
Like I had to refresh my page several times cause it keeps crashing. Even when I got to make a new character it keeps crashing over and over. It's quite annoying. I get the same "Whoops! We rolled a 1 on our API check. We're heading into town to visit the blacksmith for repairs," message. Is there a maintenance update?? Is anyone else experiencing this?
Are you running any ad/popup blocker, browser extensions, or a VPN? One (or more) of those might be interfering with DDB.
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Yeah. I'm on firefox
Try it in a different browser.
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VPNs, etc. might make the problem worse, but I can attest this has been a problem I've experienced sporadically for years. Anecdotally, it's something I've experienced less in the last year or so despite having added a few relevant browser plugins during that time (as in, the problem was anecdotally worse before I added those plugins, though that's surely an example of "correlation != causation"). It's still a somewhat common issue though, and I've just resigned myself that it always will be. The Character App, as a piece of software, is just really unstable, and it may not be possible to make it better even if the will to do so were there.
For whatever it's worth, I find that the rate of crashes is lower on mobile (iOS Safari) than on desktop (Windows, Chrome or Firefox). The limitations of the mobile website are significant - and for whatever reason this site does not honor requests to "Get Desktop Site" on mobile - so I still prefer to build characters on desktop. But if the crashes get too bad and you're willing to tolerate a less-user-friendly interface, you might want to try on mobile. (The Character App on mobile is tougher to use in my opinion, but as far as I know isn't lacking any functionality; these forums actually lack significant functionalities in their mobile iterations, so in that regard the Character App is at least better.)
That might be why I don’t experience the issue, I only use safari on iOS when using this site.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
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