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Uncreative · Jul 14, 2009, 01:19 AM // 01:19

Hi all,

I just recently purchased guild wars and was really looking forward to playing but I am having horrible rubber banding. I goodgled the topic and from my results have tried the following.

Allow Gw.exe full access through firewall
Open up port 6112 on router
Run guild wars with the -image switch to download all available content
Defragment HD

None of the things I tried above have worked. I still take 3 steps forward in game and then jump what seems like 10 meters.

I live on the East Coast of the USA and my Internet connection is 6 meg down 512 up

My system specs are:

Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
4 gigs of Corsair dominator Ram (windows only sees 3.2 GB of that)
XFX 8600 GTS XXX edition GFX Card
Gigabyte EP45 mobo
Windows XP 32 bit with SP3 and latest updates.
All drivers are up to date (sound, chipset, video, network)

Any ideas on what to do next?

Thanks!

Antares Ascending · Jul 14, 2009, 01:46 AM // 01:46

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Try contacting your ISP provider. A few weak connections can make a huge dif.

Chthon · Jul 14, 2009, 01:54 AM // 01:54

The problem is probably your ISP.

Uncreative · Jul 14, 2009, 02:46 AM // 02:46

What should I say when I contact my ISP?

What kind of problems on the ISP side could cause this?

majikmajikmajik · Jul 14, 2009, 03:41 AM // 03:41

Im rubberbanding today as well as a few of my guildies so i think its anets fault today. its becuz of the easy zbounty and easy traveler quests i asume.

Antares Ascending · Jul 14, 2009, 05:49 AM // 05:49

Tell them you are getting a wide range in your frame rate and keep loosing sync with the game (will cause rubberbanding).

There is a standard for signal str with a connection. It usualy runs around 6db. If the FPS is inconsistant the signal will also be seen to vary. It can then turn good..for a while, so it may be difficult to catch. Hopefully you will get a tech that knows what he or she is doing that will be willing to moniter your connection for a while.

GL

edit: fyi. Been on and off all day and haven't had any rubberbaning.

Revelations · Jul 14, 2009, 06:59 AM // 06:59

Before you contact your provider, try running a traceroute to the GW server you're getting the lag on. The Anet servers will deny the last couple of steps, but it's likely that they aren't the issue.

If you're somewhat PC illiterate, hit start -> run. Type in cmd and hit enter.

In the command prompt type tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where the x's are the IP address of the server you're connected to. You can obtain this IP by hovering your mouse over the ping circle in the bottom right corner of your screen ingame (by default).

The result should show you the point(s) where your connection is failing, which will help your isp determine the problem. Look for stupidly high pings at some stage of the trace.

Uncreative · Jul 15, 2009, 01:12 AM // 01:12

During the trace route the highest response time was 24 ms.

My ping in game is 200ms.

Narcin · Jul 15, 2009, 02:58 AM // 02:58

You are misunderstanding the process. Thats your ping during ONE stage of the data transfer between your computer and the a-net server you are one. Your ping is just every step added up.

Uncreative · Jul 16, 2009, 12:26 AM // 00:26

All added up its 140 ms