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lag encountering a juju

Minding my own business in the Savanah.  Dust trap flips, juju appears and me, I freeze!  Sometimes for 5 to 7 seconds.  And sometimes that juju GETS MY STUFF!   Grrrrr that really chaps my hide.  Is this happening to everyone else?

Posted 5 months ago by Smackem Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Been there done that... Its why rule Numbero Uno is to Avoid the Savannah
    Posted 5 months ago by Taco Assassin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yep, we're aware, Smackem. Sorry!
    Posted 5 months ago by kevbob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yeah happened to me today...it wouldn't let me move until the bad juju got my goods!
    Posted 5 months ago by Sir Mixalatte Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If I had a scion cubimal for every time the juju stole my focusing orb because of lag... I would be one set m'fing glitch!
    Posted 5 months ago by HAVOK PEW SUMMERS Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have always lagged when a juju appears... has it gotten even worse?
    Posted 5 months ago by Dr.Maud, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yea, jujus win all the time. :(
    Posted 5 months ago by Milolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wot Havok said. 
    Posted 5 months ago by Tricky Woo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *Dives into pile of Focusing Orbs*
    Posted 5 months ago by Juju Boss Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, yesterday my internet was a bit laggy and AL becomes lag-fiesta everytime I move streets. So well, like two three times I freeze on the sign post while Juju slowly closing...  xD I lost nothing precious though...
    Posted 5 months ago by rosedragon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I usually refresh the page before entering ancestral lands it helps a little bit but yeah we all encounter the few seconds of lag when a juju appears.
    Posted 5 months ago by PeanutbuttahJelleh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wish it was only a few seconds PBJ. Or rather that it wasn't literal full long seconds, I seriously just stand there waiting for them to take my stuff now no matter how hard I jam the arrow and space bar keys.... I HAVE LOST SO MANY ORBS! *sob*
    Posted 5 months ago by SkyWaitress Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have about 1 second lag lately when a JuJu arrives but luckily it shows up behind me so I just move on. Last time they stole something was when a dust trap was close to a sign and he showed up at the new street...
    Posted 5 months ago by WeavingTheWeb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I lag terribly when the Juju appears. I madly hit my space bar so that when the lag is over I'm jumping. But I don't stop there. While hitting the space bar with my left hand, I move my cursor up to access my iMG menu and click to go home. So far, so good.
    Posted 5 months ago by Axa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The worst is when the lag makes the browser freeze up, causing the timer to lose sync with the game and often resulting in getting overwhelmed when your timer still has time on the clock. The worst!!!
    Posted 5 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Here's a trick to dealing with juju lag:

    1. walk slowly onto dust trap.
    2. stop! don't walk on, not until you've made sure a juju won't appear. (give it 1-2 seconds)
    3. once the juju pops up: wait, wait, wait. until you see the jujus speech bubble (or better wait for it to dissappear: that signifies the end of the lag spike)
    4. jujus will /not/ move until you make the first move, as long as you stand on the spot the jujuj'll wave at and threaten you but it won't come near, so...
    5. after the juju speech bubble disappeared, cautiously start moving (should be time enough to walk an inch towards the juju and jump over it)
    Posted 5 months ago by San Serif Subscriber! | Permalink
  • No, the lag sometimes is so bad that he visually doesn't appear on the screen, and I only realize that an orb was taken after the fact!
    Posted 5 months ago by HAVOK PEW SUMMERS Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah San like Havok that is not my experience either. More often than not I never even see the juju, I just see my stuff fly through the air and know it's gone.
    Posted 5 months ago by SkyWaitress Subscriber! | Permalink
  • He took my bacon...
    Posted 5 months ago by OMG BACON!! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • something I do to help...tp to the AL and when the loading screen comes up refresh...then you enter the AL with a nicely refreshed game.
    Posted 5 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pfft, the Deimaginators are lots worse, they usually pounce on you as soon as you appear on a new level, with a combination of new level AND advancing menace lag I've only got more than a few levels into the mission twice or so in the last six months.
    Posted 5 months ago by Benzyl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yeah I've tried that too phelps.mike.  Sometimes it actually works.  Yesterday I tripped a trap, a Juju appeared and so did the New Day screen.  Before i could get rid of that the Juju stole my stuff!
    Posted 5 months ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have terrible lag when a juju pops - i can usually tell he's gonna pop before i even get the sound - cause i start to lag before i hear or see him graphically.
    I "think", but i'm not sure, - that not only does it mean i sometimes lose items- but i think it also seriously undermines my obtaining the "juju dodging" badges. I've only ever gotten the one badge , i think , and I've manged to evade them several more times (at least i didnt lose any items) . whichis a bummer..
    so .. yes, juju lag is bad .. badddd lag and baaddd juju. ;(
    Posted 5 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When your timer gets below 1/2 is when they start to appear. 
    Trick I use is to jump over the triggers. It doesn't matter if you walk across or fly over them it'll still trip and this way I'm already in the air when I lag .... 
    Posted 5 months ago by BlackWolf Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The whole juju lag sort of defeats the fun of having the juju's there.
    Posted 5 months ago by Gustav Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I used to evade them a lot of the time. Now, the lag always happens. I am totally frozen and, yes, I don't even SEE the juju. Now, if I go AL, I just expect to collect quoins. Anything else I get is a treat.
    After losing 1 orb there, I leave my orb at home (who has TIME to meditate in AL?). I also leave anything of value at home since it's so easy to return there. That way I only lose easily replaceable stuff (or newly aquired AL booty I haven't had time to become attached to).
    I hope this gets fixed so we can all get our badges!
    Posted 5 months ago by Patricia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Of note: Jujus only steal what the AL might give you. (Yes, focus orbs are a dust trap gift, albeit a very rare one.) Leave everything but paper home, and you should be good.
    Posted 5 months ago by San Serif Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't really mind the stealing, it's all cheap replaceable stuff. 
    What I mind is the increase in lag. It's always been difficult, but at least using basically the same tricks suggested by Sans, I could get by, and have in fact the first 'avoid juju' badge to prove it. 
    I even managed to deliver a package a few months ago - such a feat when playing on a netbook!
    Now I don't even see the juju. All of a sudden the game freezes, almost always when I change streets. It can last up to 30 seconds, and when things get back to normal, it's all done. Object stolen, no juju even seen. No speech bubble, no anything. 
    I rarely go there now.
    Posted 5 months ago by Zira Subscriber! | Permalink
  • HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME!
    Posted 5 months ago by ShadowCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I suggest a JuJU hunting party.  Today I had four cases of theft by lag.  AL
    Posted 5 months ago by Zooo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have had the same problem with smuggling, twice in a row...the deimaginator appears and I can't jump because everything freezes.
    Posted 5 months ago by Shmoopie Kerfuffle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The other day I incountered lag while sumgling and couldn't jump so I got caught it was a pain lol.
    Posted 5 months ago by koolaroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm glad I 'm not the only one being thieved by those freaking jujus!
    Posted 5 months ago by Capt. S.T. Weasley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • With smuggling you appear on the next level, it freezes for ten seconds and all you can do is listen to the sound effects of you losing the challenge - nothing to be seen most of the time apart from the epilogue screen about 'better luck next time'.
    Posted 5 months ago by Benzyl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 4 orbs so far taken by juju during lag, yes...it is worse!
    Posted 5 months ago by Priscilla Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just happened last hour! Though it was only a key...
    Posted 5 months ago by GOĐ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Juju stole my heart...why oh why do I always fall for the wrong one!
    Posted 5 months ago by FlatEarther Subscriber! | Permalink