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Skult

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Vancouver BC Canada

Army of Ascension

W/Mo

18 Apr 2005 at 20:35 - 1

Ok I have look around at other forums and found that Lag was a serious issue for many players this weekend including myself.

This was the worst BWE for lag for me thus far with consistent character freezes (just stands still) for 20- 60+ plus seconds! This was really quite inexcusable and totally ruined my gaming experience!

In addition to freezing up, I was "rubber banding" and had diminished frame rates. Guild Wars was so frustrating for me to play that I had to log of so many times that I just didn't bother playing until the end of the BWE.

My system is defragged and I exceed all system requirements. My PC was working fine in other online game environments during the weekend with no lag problems so this was specific to GW.

As a result of April BWE, I am now reluctant to purchase the game when it goes retail and I certain don't plan to run out and buy it as soon as it hits the shelves.

Very Disappointed.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 20:57 - 2

on the other hand i had literally no lag and only a few instances of rubber banding over the 3 days

Keza

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 21:02 - 3

I also experienced practically no lag. Twice, max, did I experience anything related to real lag, and one of them was because my DSL modem disconnected. The other time was movement stopping during a period of about one minute, and wasn't during prime time hours.

PrimeHealer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 21:04 - 4

no lag here at all and had mine set at high quality.

hers my cpu specs for comparison

intel p4 3.0g
intel 865e 800mhz fsb mobo
550watt maddog PS
BFG Nvidia 6800oc
1g ram
300mb HD

Synthos

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 21:06 - 5

I experienced considerable lag as well, but it was wierd, my framerate was fine but it took a few seconds more to cast spells, sometimes it was fine and sometimes not, and i run to an area, lag and then teleport back a bit. Im still not entirely convinced that it wasnt my comcast cable messing up. I never had this in previous betas.

tp648

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 21:27 - 6

lag wasnt a big problem for me, just pets and teamates gettin in my way of walking!

Allmightybob

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 21:42 - 7

I had awful lag for the first 30ish minutes of playing, after that everything was fine execpt for some rubberbanding.

You'll be back, they always say "blah blah and now Guild Wars sucks I am leaving", the next beta they're back asking for a friends key

Sky

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Meditating on the wonders of life...

18 Apr 2005 at 21:49 - 8

I had some problems when i started to run GW. When i first go on i was frozen for about 3 minutes. After that i didnt have to many problems.

Brungo

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Tampa,FL,USA

18 Apr 2005 at 21:50 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

on the other hand i had literally no lag and only a few instances of rubber banding over the 3 days

Same over here.

Kityn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

Heroes of the Horn [HoH]

N/

18 Apr 2005 at 21:52 - 10

My computer for the most part is below minimum or at minimum requirements. I keep everything at lowest possible settings. I did experiance some graphic lag. It was worse in towns. I did experiance some 'rubber-band' movements, but not nearly as bad as some other games I have played. Never once did I crash (except the last several minutes of the BWE when the district I was in crashed) Never once did I have to restart to free up the lag problem. I did not have the problem of 'freezing' either.

Manderlock

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

TX

Crimson ScS

W/N

18 Apr 2005 at 21:53 - 11

When i first logged on i had horrid lag and if i tryed to move anything in my invitory my comp froze.

This was due to Dell/Intel and there pos intergrated GC "Extrem" Graphics 2, so i whent and bought a new radeon. That set the world right

ErrethAkbe

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 21:59 - 12

No lag for me, no drops in framerates either

Rushing Wind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Within the dense fog of my own mind

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

W/E

18 Apr 2005 at 22:48 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manderlock

When i first logged on i had horrid lag and if i tryed to move anything in my invitory my comp froze.

This was due to Dell/Intel and there pos intergrated GC "Extrem" Graphics 2, so i whent and bought a new radeon. That set the world right

I'm wondering if this was my problem too. I have the same thing installed in my computer. If it is... oh well. I experienced a ton of lag and rubber-banding this weekend but had too much fun to care. It was frustrating at times but not to the extent of giving up on an awesome game!

Hopefully I won't have to worry about lag issues after release. April's BWE was my only BWE where I experienced serious lag issues. I'm dying for the 27th to come around to hop on and go non-stop! I just hope Gwen, the bone dragons and the earth wyrms are less frequent now!

I did enjoy those moments though!

NotoriousEvil

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 22:56 - 14

I had plenty of lag last bwe, but none at all on this one.

vai demine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Mo/R

18 Apr 2005 at 23:10 - 15

I only had a couple of lag problems, the worst being my own fault because good ol' Norton Anti-virus started a virus scan in the middle of a mission. Other than that, nothing. And I was running on my laptop, which is nowhere near optimal system requirements.

By the way, what is meant by "rubber-banding"?

Vai

Cotton Swab Bob

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 23:19 - 16

The only serious lag I have ever experienced since playing E3 For Everyone back in May was the recent Gnomes Who Say Ni attack. But since I don't think that will be a common encounter, I can safely say GW runs silky smooth. Even on 56k.

Redd Sciron

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 23:22 - 17

"rubber banding" aka warping

basically you are saying walking in one direction you suddenly fly foreward some distance, get stuck then bounce back to where you were. usually happens on loaded mplayer servers running crappy connections, but this was the first BWE that ive seen it in GW

My system is set up pretty well considering its age and the specs of the game, id say it could be called an average machine, maybe lol

i was getting infrequent (say once or twice every 2hrs) lag spikes and rubber banding, even when soloing or just simplying walking around.

AMD Athlon XP 2100+(1.73Ghz) FSB @ 266mhz
768 MB DDR333
Geforce 4 TI 4200 128MB (OCed 305/530)
ATA 133 60 HDD
3000/512 DSL line

Hamster of Doom

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

San Antonio, Texas

18 Apr 2005 at 23:30 - 18

He is either on dialup or complaining needlessly. Perhaps someone was downloading on your network? That takes up a lot of bandwidth.

Thy Shadow Wolf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Erie, PA

N/

18 Apr 2005 at 23:50 - 19

I myself had very little lag. Though, during some walking around during Yak's Bend, there was a lot of lag. That was the only time, minus a few rubber-banding.

SSE4

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Apr 2005 at 23:57 - 20

I experienced lag a few times. Nothing below acceptable levels mind you, but lag nonetheless. Nothing that detracted from gameplay.

DigitalX

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

19 Apr 2005 at 00:06 - 21

I had a little lag, here and there... it was only for like 5 minutes though becuz i opened GW b4 my comp completely started up... lol
but if u wanna compare here's my specs :P

nForce2 Motherboard Chipset
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Processor
1 160GB HDD
1 40GB HDD
512MB DDR333
nVidia GeForce4 MX 64MB Built In Graphics Chip
nVidia GeForce 6600 GT AGP 128MB Video Card
10000KB Down / 1000 Up Line Speed - Avg of 7000 Down / 600 Up

Edit: Oh can't forget i did also get d.ced about 5 times in a row, not due to lag, due to stupid server errors... Err=7 from the server, got like 3 districts in Lion's Arch disconnected about 4 to 5 times, it was about 3 hours from "The End"

Skult

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Vancouver BC Canada

Army of Ascension

W/Mo

19 Apr 2005 at 05:09 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hamster of Doom

He is either on dialup or complaining needlessly. Perhaps someone was downloading on your network? That takes up a lot of bandwidth.

Nay, I have better things to do then complain needlessly... and I am on cable.