Mega Lag and disconnets is it just me ?

ap0c

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

[YUM]

Mo/Me

I only have a bit more lag but when 6 people error in gvg you know something is wrong

FIX IT!!!

ElinoraNeSangre

ElinoraNeSangre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Near Seattle, WA

Talionis De Cineris [EXUR]

N/Me

Me, too; out near Seattle, WA (west coast, USA) and I've had skills not activating quickly and stuff kind of jumping around. Also not touching my survivor char.

Rampager

Rampager

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Australia

Mo/

Update - Tuesday, May 14, 2008
Bug Fixes

* Fixed an exploit of an exploit that caused lag.

_June

_June

Guest

Join Date: Sep 2007

Denmark

{MM}

Mo/

From what I hear everyone on every server had massive lag, I had several error 7s right at the end of a vanquish, was pissing me off, there was also a point were I stood still for 6 minutes and then dced.

Sakura Az

Sakura Az

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

The frozen north

Ambassadors Of Enlightenment [Sage]

A/

been lagging for a few days now.. was doing an UW HM clear and had 5/8 people DC, one didn't reconnect at all.

was fighting the NPC's in HA this evning and our entire team froze for about 30 seconds, ruined our moral boost attempt>.< course next match was vs rawr so we got rolled anyways.

Kashrlyyk

Kashrlyyk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

In the last week I had 2-3 disconnects and bad pings. For several months before that last week, I had none and good pings. I got DSL 6000, maybe that has something to do with that.

caeleth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Norway

Violent Desire [RAGE]

Mo/

Was the same for me and most of the guild as well :/

RedStar

RedStar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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My ping never varied due to anything , it's always been the same (well except the few lag spikes I get when I use firefox + GW + skype + iTune + Msn ).
But then again it's high lol (700-800).

dwc89

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

earth

Been getting lag off and on for the last few days, guild is as well.

What came to mind is that Anet is changing the skills for PvP - PvE, maybe streaming stuff in. And who knows what else the update will bring.

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

I'm getting big lag spikes in ab....

Ebony Shadowheart

Ebony Shadowheart

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

USA

SSW

E/

I had issues with lag yesterday as well. AB, PvE....didn't seem to matter what I was doing. I'd go from a 100 ms ping to 25k ms ping on and off all day. I wasn't the only one though. I was on vent with a few of my allies and they were complaining of the same issue. Luckily I was only dc'ed 2 or 3 times and managed to reconnect each time. I guess I'm lucky in that respect.

LeoX

LeoX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

United Kingdom

Guildless Since 2005???

W/

Got some ping today, and disconnected too.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

I got several disconnects yesterday. If it happened I could reconnect instantly but I often found my toon to be axed by the Luxons.

Nightmares Hammer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

W/

No lag for me.

Hollow Gein

Hollow Gein

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

Menos Espadas

N/

Well, It's good to know it wasn't just me yesterday. Bad lag, rubber-banding, 007's...at least it wasn't a hacking attempt.

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

weekend event is gonna be real fun if this isnt fixed

English Warrior

English Warrior

LEET HAXXOR!

Join Date: Feb 2007

Random Arena

N/A

why is there so much lag im dc'ing every 10 mins.

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showt...php?t=10289146

-rightuos-

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

yea yesterday was ugly, no problems for me today though.

Kemal X

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Me/

One fella in our guild has these problems aswell, but so far nothing for me.. James Bond on the loose?

malevolence

malevolence

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

yesterday, huh, I was playing HB and got a massive spike lag .... I needed to shutdown GW because it was unplayable.

Mystica

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Germany

[金金金金]

Me/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightow
I clicked this link and found myself in a thread about massive lag. I read through the first 4 pages and on page 5 I found another link with a possible solution so I followed it and found a link on the 5th page with a possible solution so I followed it to find a link on the 5th page with a possible solution. Of course I followed the link to find my myself in a thread about massive lag. I read through the first 4 pages and on page 5 I found another link with a possible solution so I followed it and found a link on the 5th page with a possible solution so I followed it.

Gotta take a break now but I will tell you if I find out anything new!

romeus petrus

romeus petrus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Urgoz Warren

Legion of Doom [LOD] Home of PWNZILLA http://PWNZILLA.guildlaunch.com

We have been getting massive lag spikes and group disconnects in FoW and Urgoz.

Nude Nira

Nude Nira

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

inside a tanning bed

It's Raining Fame Hallelujah 【傘回傘】

Me/

Yay! It's not just me. I was fine last night, but earlier in the day I got err7's +disconects about every 30 seconds, sometimes i'd err 7, log back in and err7 before i even loaded. -_-

WTB: Comment from Regina.

<--In California

Quote:
Originally Posted by pizzamonkey
Pretty much all this week and last weekend I've had a case of lag/disconnect where I can't load an area up. It has made GW for the most part unplayable. I know it isn't my connection because this has never happened to me before and also everything else on my computer that utilizes the internet works just fine.
Exactally whats happening to me...My internet still works better than ever. It just seems to be GW.

I feel your pain. :<

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mystica
I clicked this link and found myself in a thread about massive lag. I read through the first 4 pages and on page 5 I found another link with a possible solution so I followed it and found a link on the 5th page with a possible solution so I followed it to find a link on the 5th page with a possible solution. Of course I followed the link to find my myself in a thread about massive lag. I read through the first 4 pages and on page 5 I found another link with a possible solution so I followed it and found a link on the 5th page with a possible solution so I followed it.

Gotta take a break now but I will tell you if I find out anything new!
Sorry, that was for a separate thread which was merged with this one. I was just pointing this thread out to the OP of the other thread.

Blame teh mods. (jk)

Mystica

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Germany

[金金金金]

Me/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightow
Sorry, that was for a separate thread which was merged with this one. I was just pointing this thread out to the OP of the other thread.

Blame teh mods. (jk)
Hehe no worries You almost caught me in an endless loop reading this thread ^^.

Didn't notice it was merched.

Well @ topic. I had less lag today but still not fluid enough to PvP. Good thing there is Pve!

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mystica
Well @ topic. I had less lag today but still not fluid enough to PvP. Good thing there is Pve!
Yeah, I wanted to practice some farming on my Necro with her new 55 gear but with the little lag I was getting, it was a no go.

Yol

Yol

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

E/

PM sent last thing yesterday, received this from Regina (she responded fairly quickly) -


Quote:
Hi Yol:

I've checked up on this with the person responsible for managing all aspects of the live servers, and right now he is not aware of any activity, that would be causing this.

Regina


Quote:
Originally Posted by Yol
Hi Regina,
Could you please look into why so many players are having bad lag problems over the past couple of days. Although it's been occurring for the past couple of days, today has been particularly bad, with many players in my alliance being disconnected and having pings of well over 15000. We are based in Europe and America. Any info would be much appreciated.

Yol
__________________
Regina Buenaobra
Community Manager
ArenaNet, Inc.
The lag hasn't been as bad today, but I've still had a few rubberbands and pings around 5000. Hopefully whatever it is will be sorted for the weekend.

Mystica

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Germany

[金金金金]

Me/W

Ok that's another bs answer. Why does she need to "check up on this" at all. It's not that only a selected few have serious lag, it was world-wide and you could see people dropping everywhere.

And activity that causes it? As RM she should know if something like a major update is in the making and some minor server work would not cause days of horrible lag.

I would have prefered an answer like "Yes, we are aware of the timeouts people experience and are working on it". Short simple and good. Her answer did not tell us anything about the reasons for the lag and more important when it will end.

FrAnt1c??

FrAnt1c??

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Belgium

Legion Of Sacred Light [LSL]

Mo/

Still no lag here, I feel somewhat disappointed, Anet give me lag!

Mystica

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Germany

[金金金金]

Me/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by FrAnt1c²
Still no lag here, I feel somewhat disappointed, Anet give me lag!
I'll sell you mine!

150g per minute, 180 for lvl5 lag. Might give you some % off if you buy a big packet.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mystica
As you can see I am a high end trader. PM your offer or post here

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

Go outside and look at your telephone pole and hope it does not look like this



Also make sure you system is nice and clean like this


Mercury Angel

Mercury Angel

Avatar of Gwen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wandering my own road.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mystica
And activity that causes it? As RM she should know if something like a major update is in the making and some minor server work would not cause days of horrible lag.
Except that if the cause is external, like a major hop that most people use to get to the GW servers (you don't have a direct here-to-there connection, but rather follow a series of "hops), then Anet has no control over the situation, and may not know about it immediately.

To put it another way, it'd be like blaming an online store for the delay in your package caused by shipping problems in the postal service. (If you chose to have it shipped by USPS, particularly.) The store only has control over when they get the package out to the post office. After that, it's out of their hands.

I say this because it's happened before. It happens in many different places at differing times. You can see when it's occurring on a large scale, at times, on the Internet Health Report, and may be able to detect it on a small scale by reports from many people on a traceroute.

Depending on where the hop having problems is, it can selectively knock out a few people consistently, or many people, usually depending on its proximity to the target, I think.

</Is not all that tech savvy, so someone else can probably explain it better/correctly>

Mystica

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Germany

[金金金金]

Me/W

Yes but even it is something that affects the server performance without Anet doing anything (there can be dozens of reasons like network problems, overall connection etc) I would prefer to hear that they are on it or at least a reason for it.

Taking your store example, it is not out of their hand. Usually if a packet's arrival is overdue you contact the store and they trace the shipment by contacting the postal service. They will gather the information and tell you an estimated time of arrival for your packet. You will still get it late but you will have the feeling that something was done, know when you will get your packet and most of the time you will get an explanation as for why your packet arrives late.

It would have been nice to get some feedback that is actually including anything helpful instead of 1 sentence without any information.

You can sum up the whole process:

Players asks Regina: "Hey Regina, a lot of players experience immense lag and timeouts. Is there anything you can tell us about it?"
Regina asks Server guy: "Hey Server Guy, a lot of players experience immense lag and timeout. Any idea why?"
Server Guy: "No clue"
Regina responds to Player: "Server guy has no clue"

That's just not enough. I do not blame them for the lags. Just for the lack of communication and interest they show. Nothing against Regina, I know that she can only deliver what they tell her. If that is really all the "Server Guy" told her the major communication lack is Anet intern.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Yes, the servers are acting up, indeedy.

SerenitySilverstar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Your resident skeptic says: You do realize there's thousands of miles of cables and hundreds of nodes and ISPs between your computer and Anet's servers, right?

There could be a node malfunctioning ANYWHERE in the world. This has happened before, and made the community look like prats for screaming blue murder at Anet, before it was discovered a major node routing into the US from all over the world had gone down.

A natural disaster could have affected a link somewhere. We've had 2 in 2 weeks, and it's Tornado season.

Before you're quick to blame, think outside the Anet servers. If they say all is functioning properly, they won't be BSing for sh*ts n giggles.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yol
PM sent last thing yesterday, received this from Regina (she responded fairly quickly) -


Quote:
Hi Yol:

I've checked up on this with the person responsible for managing all aspects of the live servers, and right now he is not aware of any activity, that would be causing this.

Regina


Quote:
Originally Posted by Yol
Hi Regina,
Could you please look into why so many players are having bad lag problems over the past couple of days. Although it's been occurring for the past couple of days, today has been particularly bad, with many players in my alliance being disconnected and having pings of well over 15000. We are based in Europe and America. Any info would be much appreciated.

Yol
__________________
Regina Buenaobra
Community Manager
ArenaNet, Inc.




The lag hasn't been as bad today, but I've still had a few rubberbands and pings around 5000. Hopefully whatever it is will be sorted for the weekend.


would have been nice if she had come on this forum and written that---having to have a personal pm to get an answer is ......lacking.

Regina Buenaobra

Regina Buenaobra

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2008

Me/

I have been monitoring this throughout the day and contacting various departments to check up on this issue. The people at the data center report no issues that could be causing lag. If you are experiencing lag, please contact customer support so they can gather data and get results from their diagnostic tools.

GloryFox

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

Before people go Blaming ANET please check the Internet weather report.

Here

http://www.internethealthreport.com/

The Little Viking

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

innergalactic gargleblasters

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tatile
Lag and disconnects here as well. It's strange, as me ping counter is constantly green, however half the time I can't cast.

P.S. I'm monking :/
yep... welcome to my world. So much fun to freeze just to get back and see all are dead including yourself. (monk here as well). That is when... when i can get back at all. Been going on for over a week for me now. Its beyond old.