10min+ Lag, No drop but can't move

Manic Smile

Manic Smile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hawaii

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anyone else have this?

I'm on vent with a friend and we're all lagging horribly but he can't move and he isn't dropping but we keep hoping he'll come back as we're half way though SF. This is sick, the lag keeps getting worse and no matter what you doubters may say I'm in Hawai'i on Road Runner(cable) my gf is in Hawai'i on comcast or somesuch (DSL), Jester is in Texax on cable and Lestat is in New Jersey on Cable...lag spike is one thing 3 consecutive SF runs for over 2 hours is not a lag spike.

M1h4iL

M1h4iL

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Perth, Australia

Everyone is experiencing this afaik. Was in tombs just a minute ago, everything is lagging, there is even a chat messages delay, error 7's and other errors kicking you out, at one point the WHOLE of district 1 tombs got kicked out, not sure about others. I am seeing this happen everywhere, I am playing form Australia on US servers btw. I tried going back to GW but it just kicks you or you start to really lag, will give it some time before going back in.

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

Im playing from Australia on the US server and haven't had many lag problems.

T1Cybernetic

T1Cybernetic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

Alternate Evil Gamers [aeg]

N/

Yes it sucks for me too, my euro server account seemed to be ok though
while i was transfering items around but as soon as i went back onto american
servers i kinda lagged out a few times, seems like everyone is getting it...

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

One of my guildmates is having a terrible time with this - he'll be 90% of the way through a mission and it will just freeze...can't message us or anything.

Then, after a few minutes, he frees up and all his messages come through in a giant flood. He sent a message to tech support, and they responded that it may be his video card...the same video card he's had for the past seven months of playing GW and has never had problems like these.

I think GW either has a bug or problems with certain of its servers.

Gizmo Loco

Gizmo Loco

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

My guildy was monking in ToPK and had this. He was still there, and recieved his cut of coin drops, but he couldnt move and eventually err7'd after 10 minutes. I was also there when the whole of HA district 1 was kicked, it was starnge

Quozz

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Prodigy Exiles (PE)

Mo/E

Actually I have found that lag has increased quite a bit over the last week or so. My characters seem to stutter at times and chat has been slow. Not all the time but usually several times a night.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Was doing ToPK the other night and one of our party got "stuck." he didn't lose TS, could still text chat just fine, but his character was completely immobile. We finished the level we were on and when we went to next level, he came right along with us, solving the problem - very wierd.

thunderpower

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Europe

KiSS

Lag seems to get a bigger and bigger problem on GW servers. I had no lag problems before. All this lag scenario started mainly after xmas. My guess is that some of the servers have hard time syncroizing with other servers.

I got a 5 min lag spike in topk along with another player. Also in ha in sometimes i have hellish lag, waking up in all the wrong places, `teleporting` between places... And it's only an ingame lag. TS/Vent and everything else is working fine during these lag spikes.

ANET do something!!!

Doooom

Doooom

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

From Light/Of Darkness

N/E

Last night the lag wasn't so bad, but the night before I was lagging every 10 seconds or so. I have a 256 MB DDR video card and a 1.5Mbps DSL connection, so I know it wasn't me.....

Karmakin

Karmakin

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

It's not your video card. It's your internet connection. I've been battling this problem for several weeks now...about once/twice an hour I'll get that behavior for about 30 seconds. The problem is, the way GW works, the game is practically ruined at that point. I'm 15 seconds or so "behind" the actual gameplay. Eventually it'll catch up, but that can take 5 minutes or so.

Although, I wish it was my video card, it would make things a lot easier

crimsonfilms

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

LAg increase and severity has increased, it seems, since the end of the PvP Faction Preview weekend. Some nights its fine and some nights it is just horrendous (rubberbanding movement, lock ups, 1 second delay casting spells, etc).

We where playing GvG last week and 3 of the 8 people Err 7 within the first minute of the battle - in fact the monk E7 before the gates opened. I was the second monk and I was stuck in the hall for the first 2 minutes.

So yes it has been worse for me for several weeks now.

Esprit

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

E/

I hardly ever have lag spikes, but yesterday my whole team experienced it during the Aurora Glade mission. It wasn't life threatening, no one dropped, but it was rather unusual to the point where a couple of people said someting.

Hopefully ANET is taking a look into this.

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

Lots of spikes and err7 lately.
I lagged out of THK after killing Dorian, but didn't get the mission

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

I think, they are doing updates to the servers.
So we might get a new update or something soon.
Lots of Err 40 this morning.
As a friend told me Err 40 means they are updating the servers with new files.

broodijzer

broodijzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

void

Mo/

never had any lag or so. but maybe that's because I'm on Europe?

nomed

nomed

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

I'm in europe too, and there was alot of lagging and disconnecting today.

Lets Get to Healing

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

You want see?

True Gods of War [True]

Mo/W

Double posted OOPS

Lets Get to Healing

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

You want see?

True Gods of War [True]

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
One of my guildmates is having a terrible time with this - he'll be 90% of the way through a mission and it will just freeze...can't message us or anything.

Then, after a few minutes, he frees up and all his messages come through in a giant flood. He sent a message to tech support, and they responded that it may be his video card...the same video card he's had for the past seven months of playing GW and has never had problems like these.

I think GW either has a bug or problems with certain of its servers.
EXACTLY the same as me. I thought it was just me comp/internet but its happening to others.

beanerman_99

beanerman_99

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the clouds

[Sage]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
One of my guildmates is having a terrible time with this - he'll be 90% of the way through a mission and it will just freeze...can't message us or anything.

Then, after a few minutes, he frees up and all his messages come through in a giant flood. He sent a message to tech support, and they responded that it may be his video card...the same video card he's had for the past seven months of playing GW and has never had problems like these.

I think GW either has a bug or problems with certain of its servers.
Sign my name to this list. I started having this lag issue back before the PVP event. I freeze up, but I can see everyone else running around, I still am taking damage, minions take damage,etc. Basically the game is still running but I am froze solid. What is up with this? And DON'T tell me its my graphics card cause that just makes no sense. Months of playing fine and then all the sudden my graphics card makes me lag? I dont think so.

Soul Shaker

Soul Shaker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sunshine Coast, Australia

Soul Crusaders

I think it's because of the sudden influx of new players from the factions event. Then again, didn't heaps of demanding idiots leave because they lost their UAS? Think it would balance the playerbase out.

Basically, expect more of it as factions is released as well as the preview event.

My Sweet Revenga

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

The game absolutely FROZE on me for maybe 10-20 seconds when someone messaged me. Like WTF. Never done that before.

X of Thulcandra

X of Thulcandra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sector 001

N/A

W/

I really love the "rubber-band" lag. I had it hit me hard on Abaddon's Mouth ages ago. My party went to go fight Dryders, and right when I get to them I get flinged back about 30 yards. It also took about two minutes for something I said to display. After about 5-7 minutes it finally went away. FORTUNATELY I didn't drop, thank ANet for that one.

Lord Iowerth

Lord Iowerth

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Atlanta, GA (#guildwarsguru FTW!)

Biscuit Of Dewm [MEEP]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by X of Thulcandra
I really love the "rubber-band" lag. I had it hit me hard on Abaddon's Mouth ages ago. My party went to go fight Dryders, and right when I get to them I get flinged back about 30 yards. It also took about two minutes for something I said to display. After about 5-7 minutes it finally went away. FORTUNATELY I didn't drop, thank ANet for that one.
Ahh, rubber-banding is great fun. I also tend to call it the "running against a really strong wind" lag as well.

My absolute favorite type of lag, usually happens to me only in TA or RA, and it's where i experience much this same thing, and i'm hitting skills to attack/heal/dodge whatever, and they just don't activate .... they just do the nice pretty swirly-animation like they are about to. I can get 4 or 5 of them swirling all at once.

Only difference i've noticed recently, is when this happens to me I can still see everyone else running around and fighting each other, who don't seem to be lagging at all, so I throw up connection diagnostics on my other computer (right next to the one I play GW on, and on the same network) and my connection is rock-solid. ANet thinks my build is too powerful, and is giving me a handicap? lol!

Manic Smile

Manic Smile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hawaii

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Lag Bunny!

LouAl

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

It has been happening a bit to me also. Last night I was out wandering and killed some stone summit. No other enemies in the area. Nothing. But I was still getting hit by a ranger. I had to walk a long ways before I found him and put an end to him.

Everyone once in a while I get locked in place along with everyone else on my screen, no one moves at all. If there is any degen on anyone they eventually die, otherwise health returns to full and we all just stand there. It usually goes on until I close GW, and then I can't log back in immediately because it just says connecting...

It happened to one of my guildies when he was trying to finish THK. He got locked up and kicked out on 6 seperate occasions (as is Anet didn't want him to finish the mission) one of them was right as Dorian came into the keep.

Revivalizt

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Smallville

치치 Spearmen 치치

E/R

it happend to me too in HoH .. everything just stop .. except the pets wont stop howling .. after 5 mins .. then I got the WONDERFUL "err7" message.
ahhh ... best message in GW =)