We're aware that many players are experiencing increased lag and rubber banding issues. The high number of players in districts is causing increased load on server CPU. There are a few things you can do on your end to try and improve play experience. First let me explain what's going on. Each district of a map is likely to be hosted on a different hardware server. Higher numbered districts are generally going to be newer instances of the map, and will be less likely to have accumulated whatever is slowing down the older/lower numbered districts. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you try different, higher numbered districts, if you're experiencing rubber banding or high pings.
We're also monitoring increased game client crashes, and investigating the issues. Our programmers suggest that trying different/higher number districts might help avoid client crashes.
We'll continue to actively monitor the issues here and continue to take steps to address them.
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Regina Buenaobra
Community Manager
ArenaNet, Inc.
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