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makosi · Oct 27, 2010, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Hi,

I'm getting a great deal of lag this evening (and last night too) and I'm wondering if anybody else is also having this. I'm freezing roughly every 10 seconds for 2-5 seconds at which point all the attacks I've mad and spells I've cast within the lag freeze then occur in rapid succession when I unfreeze.

I rarely have lag issues and I'm guessing it's to do with the halloween event. Could anybody else post if they're having a similar problem? This way I'll know for sure if it's soley my connection (which I doubt since other applications are fine) or if it's some routing centre that is faulty.

Thanks.

<--East coast Scotland.

Riot Narita · Oct 27, 2010, 07:35 PM // 19:35

I am in exactly the same situation. Lag is usually extremely rare for me, but yesterday was bad, and today is almost unplayable, ping times range from 1000ms to 25000ms or more. I've killed skeletons and had them disappear before I could capture them, because the server took so long to respond.

I am simply pointing my heroes at a spot on the ground... some time later, the screen will unfreeze, I will find myself at that location... and hopefully the heroes killed everything nearby. It's like playing by email :-P

I'm in the UK. Tracert doesn't reveal any slow/bad hops, it looks fine. All districts are the same - European, American, International, Asian. All my other internet stuff is working fine, business as usual.

Armageddon · Oct 27, 2010, 07:42 PM // 19:42

yep Im getting it too, its been bad since yesterday for me as well and I never had a problem before

ping just seems to spike into the 1000's

in UK on Virginmedia, other games are fine and my internet connection seems good and stable

makosi · Oct 27, 2010, 07:45 PM // 19:45

I'm on VirginMedia too.

Could be that, could be a UK thing. Depends on others' input. Cheers.

RedDog91 · Oct 27, 2010, 08:06 PM // 20:06

Why is it that over the past month everyone decides to make a new thread every time they experience lag?

Armageddon · Oct 27, 2010, 08:09 PM // 20:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedDog91

Why is it that over the past month everyone decides to make a new thread every time they experience lag?

maybe so they can try and find where the problem is?

MrKGado · Oct 27, 2010, 08:21 PM // 20:21

I'm in Southern Ontario, Canada and I was experiencing quite a bit of lag while doing the Halloween quest earlier today. It probably just has a lot to do with the event.

Hooper287 · Oct 27, 2010, 10:04 PM // 22:04

I'm from Manitoba, Canada, and my lag issues are even worse. Every 5 seconds I freeze FOREVER, sometimes I get the option to attempt to reconnect, usually I have to wait 10 mins for that though. It sucks, I can't do anything! Could be my ISP though, it's storming here

cantalus · Oct 27, 2010, 10:21 PM // 22:21

virgin media as well, bad lag, rubberbanding with large freezes, in surbition

spoke with an exguildie who's in north london, he's also having it

been happening since i logged in about 6pm

cantalus · Oct 27, 2010, 10:24 PM // 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedDog91

Why is it that over the past month everyone decides to make a new thread every time they experience lag?

because this is unusual lag, and to let people like you have something negative to say

makosi · Oct 27, 2010, 10:30 PM // 22:30

I'm running PingPlotter and it says there's packet loss 20-30% at:

ae-32-80.car2.Dallas1.Level3.net
4.69.145.132

Does this mean the issue is in Texas?

Lord Dagon · Oct 27, 2010, 11:24 PM // 23:24

im lagging like mad but nothing im not used to

D/C'd on during the conversation between the frozen king guy and the reapers in the dont fear the reapers quest.. needless to say i was not happy

Virginia, US here.(its also raining here so thats problably whats up)

tictock · Oct 28, 2010, 12:43 AM // 00:43

<virgin media , bad lag big 10k spike unplayable for 2 days

Gennadios · Oct 28, 2010, 03:43 AM // 03:43

I've noticed that anet servers always screech to a halt during special events and right before a big update, particularly in heavy traffic instances like popular farming and quest locations.

I have to give anet props though, I've suffered some rubber banding, but it's been nowhere near as bad as the last few holidays when bots were allowed to run amok.

chullster · Oct 28, 2010, 09:14 AM // 09:14

Virgin media, UK, lancs here.

Given up on gw for last 3 days as nothing but rubber banding.

Gone back to x3:TC, will return after derv update today or end of festival event.

RedDog91 · Oct 28, 2010, 01:40 PM // 13:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by cantalus

because this is unusual lag, and to let people like you have something negative to say

nothing unusual about it....
Old players are returning for HoM rewards. And then everyone that only logs in for events have begun logging in for halloween.
This lag happens every single holiday, how is it unusual? The only difference is the added players for HoM

makosi · Oct 28, 2010, 02:34 PM // 14:34

My ping is good again today during the daytime. In the past two days it has gotten laggy in the evenings (18:00GMT onwards) so if it happens again I'll consult support.

Riot Narita · Oct 28, 2010, 02:48 PM // 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by makosi

My ping is good again today during the daytime. In the past two days it has gotten laggy in the evenings (18:00GMT onwards) so if it happens again I'll consult support.

It was a little better for me late last night. I still had some jerk-o-vision and freezes though.

I note that there was a "severe broadband problem" logged on Virgin Media's national service status page last night (it claimed it only affected SE England hmmm). That item is no longer showing, indicating it should now be fixed.

I hope that was the cause of my problems, and things are back to normal when I login tonight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedDog91

nothing unusual about it....
Old players are returning for HoM rewards. And then everyone that only logs in for events have begun logging in for halloween.
This lag happens every single holiday, how is it unusual? The only difference is the added players for HoM

It's extemely unusual and does NOT happen every single holiday. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered posting - and it seems to me, nor would the others.

It's incredibly rare that I get problems with lag, even during events. Ping times typically rise during events, but not to "problem" levels, and certainly not to 25,000ms or more, and disconnects.

Riot Narita · Oct 28, 2010, 05:54 PM // 17:54

My connection is back to normal, lag problems gone.

makosi · Oct 28, 2010, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riot Narita

My connection is back to normal, lag problems gone.

Mine is back to normal, too. In fact, my ping is very low.

Thanks Anet or Jesus or whoever was responsible for sorting it.