General Guild Wars network stability woes

Mei Linn

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2009

Greetings.

I've noticed a marked increase in game disconnections, lag and rubber banding the past few days, to the point where normal game-play is becoming impossible. I'm wonder if there is a routing bottleneck between my PC and ANET's servers, or if the problem lies elsewhere.

Is anyone from Europe experiencing such issues?

Thanks.

The forth fly

The forth fly

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

england

Mo/

yes m8 England here no Dc but im lagging like crazy my ping is 68 then bam 32k,just had the game freeze for 10 seconds on a run

citizensmith1001

citizensmith1001

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2008

Behind You

[RoaR]

D/

Im in the UK but i play on the American servers and yes, for the past 2 days i have D/C several times ,before 2 days ago i had suffered the occational rubberband issues but i have never suffered bad lag and before yesterday i cannot remember the last time i actually D/C.Usually i have a really good connection.

rb.widow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

They where running server maintenance today,

I also noticed the massive lag spikes when playing on the US servers from the UK, 100 ping then wham 98k then timeout.

Zanagi Kazuhiko

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

Kamadan Dis 1

LF trolling/flaming guild, 8=D

W/

meh, My team and I were abing and all of us pretty much lagged and rubberband...sumtimes coundn't move for 5seconds....enough time for kurz to kill us >.<

BlueAngel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Philadelphia, PA

Blood Sweat and Fears

Rt/

The servers have been pretty bad for the last year or so, when it came out in 2005 the servers were great never a disconnect or anything like that.

rb.widow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueAngel View Post
There servers have been pretty bad for the last year or so, when it came out in 2005 the servers were great never a disconnect or anything like that.
Id be checking your connection there.

The server has been pretty bad today, my ping went from like 40 to 40k everytime i went to leave an outpost etc

Kazza

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

UK

TLH

E/

from UK too also disconnected practically every 60 - 80 mins or so making it impossible to do anything today have checked my internet connection it seems ok and isp confirmed nothing at fault their end

Divinus Stella

Divinus Stella

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Wales

Steel Phoenix

All 4 brits in the guild are having the same problems but our clog wearing counterparts are fine, sounds like some ole chap went and spilled Earl Grey on the internets.

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Divinus Stella View Post
All 4 brits in the guild are having the same problems but our clog wearing counterparts are fine, sounds like some ole chap went and spilled Earl Grey on the internets.
Same here. The two Brits in my guild are having simultaneous disconnects and lag spikes even when we're doing completely different things. Our edam-munchers seem to be problem free also.

It might also be crumpet crumbs clogging the internets.

deadman_uk

deadman_uk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

United Kingdom

KOD

Mo/E

Same here, British, insane pings, completely unplayable most of the time, I give up.

Divinus Stella

Divinus Stella

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Wales

Steel Phoenix

Still having problems, all British players lagging out at the same time, happening to everyone in the DSC groups.

No lag problems in GvG which is wierd, just pve.

rb.widow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

Was in JQ 10 mins ago, was fine for the first few mins, then ping jumped to 22k, then 53k, completely unplayable, had issues while trying to VQ before in ferndale aswell, 80k Ping, this is shocking to say the least,

Im in the UK, and i cannot play in US districts at all now, if i enter them its an instant 40k ping, UK districts hold low ping for about 5 mins then jump way up to unplayable.

Anet must be seeing this on there end all this lag issues etc, question is, what and when are they doing to sort it.

BlueAngel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Philadelphia, PA

Blood Sweat and Fears

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by rb.widow View Post
Id be checking your connection there.

The server has been pretty bad today, my ping went from like 40 to 40k everytime i went to leave an outpost etc
I just upgraded my connection and the problem persists, I can play any other online game just fine with 25ms pings.

Jarge

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

England

Queen and Country [QC]

P/W

Same thing here. UK member, massive lag spikes during HA. Forcing me to quit my team.
All the way to halls and WHAM 007 ¬_¬

Equus Africanus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2009

Lament of the Phoenix [LotP]

Me/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarge View Post
Same thing here. UK member, massive lag spikes during HA. Forcing me to quit my team.
All the way to halls and WHAM 007 ¬_¬
We didn't really get to halls, but other than that, concur! Bad servers are bad

Qwazy

Qwazy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

UK

E/

/adds to the d/c'ing

a couple of times standing still in GH
about 5 times on one level of a dungeon
*these happened at the same time as another player i was with, us being the only ones to d/c and only ones from uk aswell i belive

also 4 or 5 times tryin to get to a different outpost
3 times tryin to load from char screen
3 times whilst in an exploarble

in the end got the last of my wallow tusks in one run thankfully so can log out before I go rar...

Lord Skorm

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2009

W/

From Belgium here, DC'ing like crazy...
No idea whats going on.

Catchphrase

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

I was casting within range of target but my character is shown moving forward then rubber-banded back to original location before showing end cast animation. Keeps happening halfway into a RA battle despite my average ping is 450ms which has stayed that way since April's update.

Perfected Shadow

Perfected Shadow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Zul'Aman

Umes Uranger U[bot]

Reaching up to 50k ms today, can't even get away from simple aoes due to rubberband ><.

I'm in Australia, so I'm not even sure why I still get surprised by these.

Wellsy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

[milf]

W/

About 5 mins ago i was d/c from FoW, with only the griffon's quest left to do. Despite asking it to reconnect me twice, it decided to give me an Error and i was punted.

This is not the first time myself or fellow guildies / alliance members have been d/c'd or suffered major lag spikes at times, crucial or not. It is clear by reading these forums and by the comments made my players in game (all districts) that over the last 2 weeks the quality of the GW network as deteriorated.

It's time Anet stepped up to the plate and either fixed these issues or atleast allowed us to reconnect without the chance of being disconnected.