Curse

t3dw4rd0 · Sep 16, 2008, 10:22 PM // 22:22

Try defragging. Move the gw.dat file from the C:/Program Files/Guild Wars folder (or whatever it is for you) onto your desktop, delete the one in the folder, and move the one on the desktop back. That should reduce some lag. I almost never get d/c'd. I do get rubberbanding now and then, but it's not too bad.

gremlin · Sep 16, 2008, 10:54 PM // 22:54

I have had lag a couple of times when I first started GW but none for a year or more except at Festival time.

agrios · Sep 16, 2008, 11:46 PM // 23:46

I thought I was the only one lagging..my ping is about 7,000ms sometimes...impossible to mezmerize..

uzumaki · Sep 17, 2008, 01:30 AM // 01:30

i sometimes think about quitting playing interrupter in international districts because its just a nightmare trying to interrupt with a 400~ping average

but it's just too much fun :S so i wont let lag get the better of me

Age · Sep 17, 2008, 01:31 AM // 01:31

Nope. I was getting it bad on Sunday night I haven't had much of problem with lag lately.

obsidian ectoplasm · Sep 17, 2008, 02:50 AM // 02:50

normally i have about 200 ping but thsi mronign i had 2-7k for about 30 mins

pumpkin pie · Sep 17, 2008, 04:14 AM // 04:14

no, but my highest ping is 200,000 + lol, I have a screeny.

good old cable.

Accursed · Sep 17, 2008, 04:54 AM // 04:54

Before my account was hacked, I had no experiences with lag.

I'm getting a new account this Saturday (I hope), so I'm glad I know beforehand that their may be some lag.

gremlin · Sep 17, 2008, 05:19 AM // 05:19

Would be interesting to know if those experiencing bad lag are using wireless connections or good old fashioned cable.

I assume wireless would be more prone to interference than the old style.
Who knows what might be operating on similar frequencies anything from ham radio to taxis cabs and emergency services.

I do know a friend in America complaining about radio interference.

Avarre · Sep 17, 2008, 06:18 AM // 06:18

Singapore has almost no lag issues, except for the usual 300~ ping. Never had to quit from lag.

Hyper.nl · Sep 17, 2008, 06:32 AM // 06:32

Because any lag I ever had was temporary, I only stopped playing temporarily. The lag mostly occurred during special festival events on which the player activity was too much for the ANet servers/network to handle.

For the rest the performance is generally Excellent.

(Connected via ZeelandNet and XS4ALL to Euro servers)

dawnmist · Sep 17, 2008, 10:07 AM // 10:07

I've had a few sustained periods of time (measured in weeks-months) with serious connection lag/issues - and each time after investigation was able to conclusively prove that it was not ArenaNet's fault. When the "average ping" reported ingame jumped to 52,000 ms and the last ping to 92,000 ms (yep, 92 seconds!), and stayed that way (took my ISP about 5 weeks to get their upstream service provider to fix the internet links out of Australia), yes - I've quit playing for a while because lag was so bad.

In fact, in desperation (it was the GWEN preview weekend) I organised to proxy my connection through a friend's internet connection for a few weeks since their service provider used a different path to get out of the country! Worked well - and was able to use that to prove to my ISP that their international link was buggered.

However, the problem was not visible in normal web browsing, any Australian access was fine, and even youtube would work most of the time. So don't discount your ISP/network path to ANet being at fault rather than ANet's servers just because other stuff is working ok.

Normally, I have few problems - it's only really during festival events that lag becomes noticeable - or during scheduled network maintenance.

wilebill · Sep 17, 2008, 12:45 PM // 12:45

No lag from Columbus, Ohio.

Xunlai Guru Agent · Sep 17, 2008, 02:00 PM // 14:00

I stopped playing because I can't log on to the game. :P

**cosyfiep** · Sep 17, 2008, 02:07 PM // 14:07

lag is a factor of life on the internet....sometimes it there, sometimes not.

I have not stopped playing for more than a day due to lag, it usually clears itself up (unless its some kind of intense problem like the german thing last year or the taiwan one that happened during the holidays)....or I play at times when most people in my area are asleep!

Pleikki · Sep 17, 2008, 03:18 PM // 15:18

Nope, doesnt have lag at all

Shursh · Sep 17, 2008, 03:21 PM // 15:21

yea i very rarely have lag issues.

however, a day before that hurricane hit (not saying that had anything to do with it...i really have no idea), i was experiencing horrific lag while in and around the charr homelands in EOTN. and it was happening to everyone in the outposts i was at, too. rubberbanding, complete freeze, etc. at one point i had all 8 of my skills flashing as if they were being cast simultaneously...

but anyway, like i said, rarely do i have those types of problems.

Squiffy · Sep 17, 2008, 03:23 PM // 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grunntar

True. It's sad that some people always blame the guy at the far end. It's kinda like...

It takes 10 minutes to drive to the store. If you have bad traffic, and it takes 20 minutes, do you blame the store?

QFT

/Squiffy

Shadowhaze · Sep 17, 2008, 04:26 PM // 16:26

Normally I don't have a lag problem, but I'm also one that has had more lag than usual lately. Occasionally, it will get so bad to where I can't do anything, then when it gets ok again I'll be dead. And when it's that bad, I'll just take a break for a while, do something else, and check back later.

fireflyry · Sep 17, 2008, 09:12 PM // 21:12

I had heaps of lag a couple of weeks ago.

A reinstall fixed it and I'm in New Zealand, a few thousand miles away.