guild wars servers

I'm sick of this now. It's NOT my connection.

I vanquish 70%+ of an area then get error 7'd out without the option of reconnecting. Can someone at anet please tell me when I can start reliably playing again without wasting time and consumables?

Usually run in the 200+ ping range. Midwest in the USA and get disconnected from time to time along with spikes to the 1000+ range been like this for about 2-3 months.

Its getting to the point im not going to log into guild wars no more, Anet need to pull there finger out and sort this, trying to GvG tonight, 5 members got err 7 came back went again then got 60k pings followed up err 7, this has been on going now for 3+ weeks,

If this is Anets way of making people want to jump to GW2 its not working, if they dont sort this, i wont be bothering with GW2 either as i cant see anything improving.

Come on ANET get it sorted, acknowledge the issue at hand then fix it.

Today has been especially bad here in Columbus, Ohio. Massive lag spikes and plenty of disconnects. So many I could not play. I was in the Asuran zones when most of it happened. But I did not check the rest of the game.

Not my connection or ISP. I fired up WoW, got on my Hunter and spent about an hour questing and rambling around conducting great massacres of the wildlife in Borean Tundra. Not a hint of lag, solid fps, 100 ms or so average. Flawless performance.

Maybe ANet is doing some server work, or maybe their ISP has problems.

Heh. Same here. Though occasionally I get a 1k ping at times when I'm not rubberbanding.

So i contacted support last night to ask them about this issue, they asked me to run a game advisory tool they use, send them the results,

There answer to me was

Your GFX drivers are out of date.

So this to me clearly shows that support either have

1 no clue whats going on, or what a Ping is
2 know exactly whats wrong, but just look for any excuse.

Had it during HA last night. Very annoying . No indication of lag (green ping) and then all of sudden you just freeze for 3 seconds...

I too contacted support.

the first email i sent i decided to attach the results from the "test my pc" link on the login screen.

it appears they ignored this as they asked me to download the game advisor tool as well and send them those results which appear to be the same thing anyway....

then they told me to disable services and stuff and restart and try again....

I was also told that as i stated in my first email "ping spiking up to 40k+ before another disconnect" ....
"If your connection's latency was actually that high you would never connect to the game servers at all, much less be able to play for a bit before noticing lag and being forcibly disconnected."
yes im pretty sure i was in game when i noticed what my ping said....
/sigh

I have several screen shots of the game showing the ping indicator at 50k+ so they will be getting sent them today, maybe just maybe that will let them see the issue at hand, in failing that, im just going to give up on GW completely.

A Gate To Far.
I crashed two times (I started the mission two times!) when entering level2.
No reconnects.

I also wasn't able to log onto my rit after today's crash, but had no issues logging onto my mesmer who was sitting in my GH.

Maybe if we play hell with support they will take notice and do something.

there would have been alot of hype and even some information as to this "big update" and there haasnt been a word

Had a ping of 58k today. Missed on taking a screen of it . I didn't dc luckely, was far in a explorable, close to my destination.

Here's my day with Anet support, firstly i contacted them

There 1st response was

Download the game advisory tool, so i did this, and sent them the file they requested.

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There 2nd response was

You have an outdated graphics driver, update this driver and problem be solved,

I replied to them stating, i did not contact support with a GFX issue, i reported a network lag issue. I also sent them 3 screen shots with the pings over 50,000

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So there 3rd response to me was asking me the following see below

-How do you connect to the Internet?

-Do you use DSL, cable, dial-up, satellite, or another connection method?

-Do you use any routers, hubs, or switches? If so, could you tell us the make and model of that equipment?

-Who is your Internet service provider?

-Are you on a home, campus, business, or military network?

-Are you using a firewall application? If so, which one?

-Do you use any Internet Security Applications (ISA) such as CYBERsitter, "Net-Nanny," ZoneAlarm®, McAfee® or Norton™?

So i filled all the above in,

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There 4th response was *see below*

To do this, please perform the following:

1. Locate and remove the Ethernet cable that is plugged into the back of your router from the modem. This cable may be connected to a port marked as a "WAN" port.

2. Replace the Ethernet cable currently plugged into your system with the cable you removed from the router.

3. Confirm that your Internet connection is working properly by visiting a few websites. If you cannot browse to a website, please reboot your modem by unplugging the power cable to it and plugging it back in.

4. Reboot your computer, and try the game again.

I replied to them stating that i was on a dedicated 8Mb line and my modem/router was the only way i connect as its an always on internet connection.

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There 5th response

I am escalating your ticket for further assistance

I then got this pretty much 10 minutes later.

The servers are currently operating quite smoothly. There is a free trial program called PingPlotter Standard which may be of some use to us in determining the health of your active Internet connection. We ask that if you are using a router, hub, or switch, to first disconnect this device and connect directly to your modem before running this utility. You may have to reboot your modem and/or computer to reestablish your Internet connection.


I did not respond to them after this, its pretty clear its 1 big text book, i told them several times that this was not a local issue and than many 1000's of people are complaining, everyone in my alliance is having issues and they are all over the world.

Lol, I use PingPlotter and last night I had RIDICULOUS lag. It was so bad, I finally just gave up playing. I checked PingPlotter....basically verified that it wasn't on my end

I know we've fought and fought to get an answer on the most recent lag issues, but we're not going to (at least, I would sincerely doubt it). I just hope all this recent server maintenance will actually do something.

you know whats really pissing me off? it aint the lag, its the TOTAL "it aint us" attitude from anet regarding this situation.

my ping has been awesome in guildwars for 4 years solid, never have lag, occasional rubberband, but these last few months its been absolutely appauling.

ill be in underworld with my friends with my 60-100 ping, then just freeze, on the spot, for like 20 seconds, then BAM, 40-50k last ping. ill be on vent too talking to people and they will have the exact same spike at the exact same time for the exact duration.

Now, this is NOT coincidence. Anet, sort your friggin servers out please, release a statement to say youre looking into it because ATM, its an absolute joke.

Oh, and i contacted support, and although they are pleasant enough, they are a bunch of monkeys who have NO CLUE what the problem is, or even how to fix it.

What would a graphics card driver that was out of date by a few months, windowblinds running in the background or having 10 items on startup of windows have ANYTHING to do with my ping and lag issues.

please, sort it out.

Whats funny is, that, on at least 3 responses i sent to them i said, if it was my hardware or ISP, how are all members of my guild/alliance and 1000's of others complaining ingame and on fansites about the lag spikes being affected to.

They just go threw every text book answer until you get pissed off and dont bother contacting them again.

Really bad lately, been getting 20 second lagspikes, half my guild get them too! It's almost funny, right after one alliance chat is filled with "Woow, massive lagspike!" etc. etc.

yeah, right. RA 9th match.

Still waiting on a fix.

80% in to my vanquish I disconnected and it wouldn't let me back in. Funny how it takes me back to the log-in screen and I can sign back in immediately, but it can't just let me back in to my explorable.

It's happening too often. Cutbacks, anyone?

last night in while i was running CoF for people I got hit by heavy lag spikes all through the run, I finished and it seemed to have stopped.

I sympathise with Makosi 3 attempts at vq Spearhead Peak today and every time at approx a hour into vq with over 50% done I dc. My partner who is on same connection managed to stay in game just once. I queried BT they confirmed it was not them and frankly they seemed quite miffed I even thought it was them. We run seperately, 3 gws ac's from our connection with no problems at all till now. I dont understand why anet wont do anything dont they read Guru and whats with all the crappy stuff they want with the tickets its pants

Thunderhead Keep earlier today was absolute horror! I have never experienced such a lag, and it wasn't just me. I could not move or type in chan, I restarted GW and still could not do anything. I switched to another char and then it unblocked.

well i am euro and i have vr gd ping tbh

Aye, same problems experienced in my alliance. We were in The Deep a couple days ago, 2 rooms from Kanaxai and 5 out of our group of 12, d/c all with around 20-50k ping and didn't have the option of reconnecting. Needless to to say there was a lot of swearing on our vent. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just one area but this is happening all over the world as comfirmed by our members who range from Europe, South Africa, Singapore and Australia.

I'm in America, east coast, and I am suffering from "Random Lagmonster" as well.
I thought I was going insane, until I asked others if they were lagging when I lagged.
They asserted that they too were lagging, severely, every single time I suffered from lag.

So unless if these numerous people all attached to different server systems using different ISPs are magically having similar issues with their connections it's on the ANET side.

It is very aggravating, but as I'm not paying to play this then um...yeah...do I have room to complain?

I do feel that it's putting NCSoft and ANET into a bad light. I'm waiting for something like a PC Gamer or whatever magazine to scoop up these network problems, point them out, trot it around and then try to force an answer out of ANET as to what the hell is going on.

Those servers need some good maintance or get some new server if they can afford it.

havnt been able to get in the game for months now. Game usually gets stuck after character select when its loading me in, and if it does get in the game has a unplayable ping. Tried tech support and they try to pass the blame to me but i get perfect pings for all the other online games i play. Only cause has to be at GW end.

NZ here

Also been having this issue for several months now, where I'd get constant err7s upon loading or zoning. Playing the game was nothing short of annoying what with having to reconnect/relogin so frequently. Had a few, rare err7 free days recently but for the most part it's still really bad. Have to say that in all 4 years of playing GW, I've never had these issues until early-mid of this year.

Last few days I've had random "spasms" of Error 7s. My ping is normal and connectivity good for hours, and then all of a sudden, I'll error 7 multiple times when zoning. It lasts for about a minute and then everything is fine again. Thing is, it only happens on one account at a time. I'll be dual clienting, one account will make the transition fine, the other will error out. Same connection, 2 accounts, one error. Ventrilo, web browsing, etc do not suffer any lag during this time. Oh and I'm in the UK.

Same again last night in the GvG AT on druids isle 4 of us err out at the same time but luckily all reconnected this time.

Hahaha.

This morning my whole alliance dc'd. No joke. We were having an event to meet some of the new guilds and I dc'd. Got back on and people were all asking in alliance who all had dc'd. After a few minutes of conversation, we realized that all 64 of the active alliance members had dc'd.

But somehow.....it's my fault or my ISP's fault. Yea.....right.

The past week i've been experiencing a lot of large lagouts and disconnects, at least once daily.

It was definately focused on british connections, but yeah last night 5 of our HA team dc'd at the same time inc several from europe.

I've been having >20sec freezes and >20k pings about every 30min on average in the last few days, sometimes accompanied by dc's. It's been bad like this, sometimes worse (such as several >45k pings a week ago) since about the Aug 6 update. I have no lag problems with any of my other online connections. That, combined with the phenomenon of many players experiencing the spikes at the same time, makes it seems fairly obvious that the problem is on ANet's end. It's frustrating to see them playing the look-the-other-way game. I know they're probably under pressure to cover up their problems, or maybe they don't have sufficient staff to diagnose them (and are under pressure to cover that up)... but in any case, I think being forthcoming with the player community would go a long way!

Exactly the same experience as you! You and I must have the exact same everything! Same computer, same part of the world, same connection to the internet, same routers, same carriers, etc. etc. etc.

OR, we are connecting to the same place/game?


I wonder which one is more likely?

But the folks playing there are having issues with lag and this was due to NCSoft doing some stress-testing.

http://www.aionsource.com/forum/beta...nc-soft-4.html

I have been getting some lag, around 200-300ns. It's not bad for PvE other than trying to interrupt, but too bad to attempt PvP.

Scotland - 2 PvP Disconnections in 10 mins.

It's happening again....

Also in Scotland, also disconnected twice in a 10 min timeframe, also pissed off.

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Why doesn't it let me reconnect to my explorable then kick me to the login screen, but let me back in to to town immediately with no hesitancy?

East coast USA here and have also been having horrible dc and 007 increase lately (really bad this month). At first I thought it was my internet, which sometimes randomly goes crazy. Yet sometimes GW has dc'd on me and my other internet stuffs work just fine. After trying to vq something 3+ times, being in a mission, etc. and getting dc'd and 007'ing when almost done, well it gets rather sickening...