This lag...

Banane-O-Man

Banane-O-Man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

A/

Anyone else noticing this annoying lag? Little lag spikes here and there.

belladonna shylock

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Me/

yep i doooo

Malla13

Malla13

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2009

Angeldustrial Bonsai Muffins [FFS]

N/Me

I thought it was just my connection. Irritating, isn't it? Especially right in the middle of a BIG fight...

Ranger Jonah

Ranger Jonah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

And you're asking why?

Lightning Strikes [LS]

N/Mo

It's Guild Wars, I come to expect it

a-kyle

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2008

A/R

its not guildwars....they may, keyword may, be applying new changes to the servers in the background?

either that or they are working on something but I have never really ever found lag spikes, and when you say something about it in game as I have seen, people say its your computer graphic drivers

Banane-O-Man

Banane-O-Man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by a-kyle View Post
its not guildwars....they may, keyword may, be applying new changes to the servers in the background?

either that or they are working on something but I have never really ever found lag spikes, and when you say something about it in game as I have seen, people say its your computer graphic drivers
Lag and choppiness are 2 totally different things.
Video Cards is your Fps (frames per second) as which each frames loads per second, for example if you're choppy you're screen will be slow and slazzy.
For lag, ping is how much time a file takes to go to the server and back to you. For example lag will have your character jumping around or just have no response at all, that's high ping.

RoyalScion

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

It's getting rather irritating, getting 1k spikes on a university connection ~_~

Phineas

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

Quote:
Originally Posted by RoyalScion View Post
It's getting rather irritating, getting 1k spikes on a university connection ~_~
Yes, it's rather unlikely that anyone else at the entire University is also using the internet.

Xsiriss

Xsiriss

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2008

Yep, I made a thread with EXACTLY the same title yesterday about it.

Reverend Dr

Reverend Dr

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Super Fans Of Gaile [ban]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger Jonah View Post
It's Guild Wars, I come to expect it
I remember when expecting it was not the norm.

Bobulation

Bobulation

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2008

USA

W/Mo

I don't lag very much.

PlasticBlue

PlasticBlue

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Middelburg

The Sneezing Dragons

E/

Second thread about this in 24 hours -_-
If you lag constantly, it's probably your network, if you lag once or twice in a couple of weeks, it's probably guild wars.

As I said in the other thread, I seldom lag because of pretty good connection, yesterday though I had some spikes (as about everyone I talked to at that moment) so they were probably testing server capacity or uploading content so they don't have to upload it all right before the release of the new update.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phineas View Post
Yes, it's rather unlikely that anyone else at the entire University is also using the internet.
University internet is usually t1 or t3 speeds, some lucky universities have fiber optic. Anything the university does that requires that much bandwidth for an official matter usually has their own connection separate from the students and general staff. The remaining users are NOT going to be using the entire bandwidth of the connection even if they're all streaming porn at the same time.

At worst, he should be getting the equivalent of a cable connection without anyone else on the line. The problem is on Anet's end or somewhere in between.

Verene

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

Or it could be his firewall, or if he has anything else running in the background on his computer, and so on...

Lag's been no worse than usual for me. There's the usual random spike every so often but that generally just happens after I've brought up Firefox.

RupDur78

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2009

Rt/

yea i have been having huge lag spikes like cant move or do anything. and i am usely on vent when they happen and everyone one on vent says they have they same problem. (most of the time we are not in a party together, though some times we are.) the other grate thing is when your gvging or haing and you start to air axe across the map.

Reverend Dr

Reverend Dr

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Super Fans Of Gaile [ban]

W/

Or it could be that Anet has been taking servers off-line for the past few years and the remaining workload distribution has caused a general increase of ping across the board.

StormX

StormX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/Mo

Yah it's bad. 5 minutes in and I already got disconnected. This is ridiculous. My internet is working fine, all the websites are loading ok...its just GW

Ps. Sooo, I've been stuck at the same loading screen for 10 minutes and counting...am I the only one getting this horrible lag?

Malla13

Malla13

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2009

Angeldustrial Bonsai Muffins [FFS]

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by StormX View Post
Yah it's bad. 5 minutes in and I already got disconnected. This is ridiculous. My internet is working fine, all the websites are loading ok...its just GW

Ps. Sooo, I've been stuck at the same loading screen for 10 minutes and counting...am I the only one getting this horrible lag?
Nope, you're not alone. The loading screens freeze, characters freeze. Restarting the game does nothing, you're still sticky in the same spots. I've never had it be this bad before.

RoyalScion

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phineas View Post
Yes, it's rather unlikely that anyone else at the entire University is also using the internet.
I know, right? Which is why I don't get lag on any of my other games, and speedtest reports a solid 16 mbps dl, 7 mbps upload, and 40 ms ping. It's alright to question my statement, but please don't be a jerk about it.

Smurf Minions

Smurf Minions

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Somewhere you can't see

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

N/

It is probably GW, as it always has been for me (i get random disconnects all year through, though having a ping of 20 ms in cod4 and zero lag there).

JoeKnowMo

JoeKnowMo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Wessst Siiide, USA

Mo/

Kill the pr0n torrent in the background. It usually fixes my lag. :P

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

I was just about to say that! All that pronz givin viruses etc they stealz your account deetales too