Lag on Euro servers is a joke (or not)

Vandal2k6

Vandal2k6

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Manchester, UK

The Manchester Marauders

W/Rt

Just cost me 3k because I'm soloing UW and because of the lag I'm jumping all over the place, rubber banding at random times. Not only that but enemys are next to me but because of the lag, they don't show as such. Really annoying.

Takuna

Takuna

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

I know exactly what you mean, running through Kaineng Center on English-1 is completely crazy. You can barely move ten feet, let along get to storage.

Skyi

Skyi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

I have lost about 60k beacause of lag in the last 3 months.

it's a game, but sometimes it makes me bad

TomD22

TomD22

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

How odd. I was just going to make a thread saying "any news on the euro-lag problem" as the message on http://www.guildwars.com/support/networknews/ has been saying they'rw working on it for a while now...and I find this thread ready-made. Not that I've lost money but when you're trying to play PD mesmer in gvg....well, annoying is the least one could say.

Jebus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Belgium

Legion of Sacred Light [LSL]

W/

Quote:
We have received reports that some European players recently have experienced latency issues and packet loss, particularly at times of peak European concurrency. The network teams are investigating this matter and hope to have the problem resolved as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we get this situation solved.
It's been there for how long now, a month?

Vandal2k6

Vandal2k6

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Manchester, UK

The Manchester Marauders

W/Rt

I don't mind dieing s'long as it's something I've done to cause it, but to die because the server is lagging is really annoying. I know it's not real money, but when you've put time into earning it, and then lose it this way ...

That message is a waste of time, as mentioned it's been there for ages now with no update as to what's happening. Have they found the cause? Are they close to fixing it? Who knows. All I can do now is wait until the Euro servers are less busy, later tonight. I shouldn't have to do that tho.

VacantStare

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

http://i15.tinypic.com/2u61rtd.jpg

Someone said lag? (Took me about five minutes to get from my GH to AB)

I haven't played in days due to this.

VacantStare

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Did someone say lag?

http://i16.tinypic.com/2yjodc7.jpg

(Took me about 5 minutes to go from my GH to the screenie.)

=DNC=Trucker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

TLA

Me/

been bad for me for the past 3 months lol. but... the last 2 days have been unbearable. Someone let me know when I can play again.

Uzul

Uzul

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Arctic Tundra

Pints N Quarts [PsQs]

wow +100k ping - 55k is the max I got the other day; every gvg I get err7 or err13 - and most of the time I don't even get a reconnect... it's friggin' (actually fu**ing but I must watch my language) ridiculous!
unplayable tournament, oh yea!
....MEH

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

ive got it too, around 12pm i get random freezing, then from 5pm i get d/c from friends list and network errors for the rest of the night o.0

Smile Like Umean It

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

I didn't even know you could get pings that high.

kazjun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

HoVa

W/N

Its actually pretty cool if you play pve with hero-henches. You run into a mob and click your attack skill, it freezes everything, and two minutes later you can move again and your heroes have killed everyone. So all you need to do is pick up loot.

Oh, and avoid big towns. You'll take 5 minutes to move anywhere, and you'll actually just rubberband back again after you move. Places like kaineng and kamadan? Big no-no's. If you need to sell stuff to merchants, go to tyria and then the jungle, or port slade or such. Not so bad there.

Same with farming, the zones right next to popular towns, or zones used by primary quests and missions? You'll just get DCed. Go for the places not many go. The fire islands, some areas of the shiverpeaks, some of the RoT isn't bad either. Oh, and use heroes and henches. Players may lag, but the AI isn't. They'll kill things for you while you go make dinner. Trying to pve with real people? Take a build you'd use for solo farming. Some DC, and you got to be prepared for several of you're party to be lagged in most cases, so you're on your own, unless you're lagged too. And soloing the UW? Got to say you must have big, brass [email protected] to solo that with the lag. A few plats is nothing, the frustration of getting pawned by the first aataxe you meet? Over and over? Priceless.

Heroes weekend? Cool idea, but I'll see if I can actually play first. If it takes you longer getting DCed and having to log in again compared to the amount of time you actually play, it'll be better to not play at all during the weekend. Just log on at odd hours after the events are over. Performance is much better when fewer players are on. Course this rules out any pvp or gvg, but hey, with the lag you're just free fame anyway. Hmm, a US plot to steal favour from the euro's...

wmaximusd

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

Cost me a couple of plats in UW and FOW this morning as well.

Rust In Peace

Rust In Peace

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

your local guitar center..

What are we doing [Here]

For me, the lag has always been there, but not to bad. But these last few days have been terrible, i mean, i cant move half the time im playing -_-. Hopefully they get around to fixing the problem, whatever it is, sometime.

MrTickle

MrTickle

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

delete this account

N/

Well I think the lag is on purpose cos America has to get favour sometime

^^ joke. I think it's the shitty Tiscalli servers

Mark Nevermiss

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Bah! and I thought it was my ISP

Livingston

Livingston

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Edge of the World

[L] [GET]

The lag is pretty bad for me, but I can still play easily as I have a very new high speced computer. But I still get spikes now and then.

I haven't seen my ping monitor higher than orange since the Canthan New Year festival.

Livingston

Snype

Snype

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

.:Pro Guildhopper:.

Mo/Me

Log in>Select Character>Loding 0%> (2 minutes later) 100%>(4 minutes later)Town Loads>(2 minutes later)can move WOHOOO NOT

xiaotsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Doomlore Shrine

Just Us Gamers [JUGs]

R/

At least you can get in. Err40 FTL.

cannonfodder

cannonfodder

Tech Monkeh Mod

Join Date: May 2005

Good Old North East of England

Mo/Me

Ok as this is just moaning about lag and nothing being posted is remotely constructive or helpful im and closing the thread.

Log a support ticket.


Cannonfodder