recent intense lag issues

i also suffer from this horrible lag lately

it;s still lagging..even after update

router perhaps?
i was lagging bad and spiked several too before my router got changed..
for real now i dont lag and definitely not lag spike...

i can surf the net perfectly fine... but laggs in gw... so its not my router..anyone else have this problem?

i think everyone has this problem.

You are not alone Hoxman.

while you're at it Anet, can you fix my bowel movements too? I've been getting some spike lags there too. lol

not everyone, and it went away for me. for now. ugggh

Ummm, don't be naive. Same thing happens with pay to play, if not worse lag.

For the record, I've not experienced any lag with GW for a long time...

This all started for me yesterday, so before I would think it could be update issues. I got the ingame delay's yesterday, and today can't get past the loading (at 100% of course), then got a NetErr=7. The thing I want to ask though involves the character select screen. The last time I tried to log in, I noticed my character I selected (ele in green dyed pyromancer armor) wearing some other ele armor dyed purple. Anyone else noticed this? I wasn't able to get into the game to confirm if it just hadn't loaded, or if my items got lost (or hopefully not hacked, as I just got a sup. vigor last night )

i got the armor change, as well as this really weird thing where all the skills in my skill bar would rearange and the elite would be doubled (?)

it all ended and hopefully will stay that way....

my team gets to HoH. 2 people crash.
We win though ( noob team against us )
Next match. Koreans loose no one, we loose no more people. Other American team has 3 Er 7's as well.

wtf....

My observations suggest strongly that this problem is not specifically an aNet network or server lag issue. Of my two PC's, my main gaming system is suffering from this, while my other is not lagging at all. I noticed my main system has auto-updates from Microsoft, but I haven't checked the install log for recent activity. Please note my specs below and respond with your similarities and differences. Here is my situation:

Problem started on Main gaming system 10/19 ~20:00 EDT during play and was not resolved by log-out/in, PC reboot, LAN & DSL router reset. Problem disappeared during play after ~30 min.

Problem reappeared on Main gaming system 10/20 ~19:00 EDT during play (after new exe d/l). Immediately switched to Laptop and problem never appeared. Laptop has never had this problem.

1) Main gaming system; P4 HT 3GHz/533 1G/RAM; Nvidia 5900/128 1600x1200 aa-off; on-board LAN 10/100 CAT5

2) Laptop; pentiumM 1.8GHz 1G/RAM; ATI ?/32 1024x768 aa-off; PCMCIA WiFi-G

* Both systems share the same DSL 1.5/128 connection. Both use the same aNet account.

2 days ago at night lag got horrific, called it a nite
last night lag was horrific

restarting GW didnt help
rebooting DID

today? we'll see

I've been playing for 5 months and never experienced anything like this

CKaz

Ok, I Only Quickly Scanned this thread, and couldnt see any explination..

So here goes. I will start with an example..

Say, you have 100 servers, which serve 100,000 People (1000 per server)

You have to update these servers, You take 50 Off line,.. So there is then only 50 servers, serving 100,000 people (2,000 Per server) - This will put Extream load (much more than normal) on the servers.

This is how Anet does it, When there is an update available.. They take down a percentage of thier servers, and update them... They then Send the message out to all clients "Theres a new build available" - The clients then disconnect from the old versions, and update, and connect to the new versions - There is still lag because not all servers aer in use again (yet)

Once all clients are updated and connected, they update the other servers (as they become empty)

ALSO, During this time, They have the LiveUpDate happening.. all clients are downloading the update, which will put even greater strain on some of the severs...


I Hope this made sence, and should hopefully explain why lag issues are at thier peak when theres an update available..

ya ancientpc's deal about seein your ping with the yahoo deal actualy kind helps me know if i need to reset my connection or reboot my computer or if its the servers fault

I doubt that it is ANet on any account. I logged on Wednesday and grouped up some guild mates. They all complained about lag, but I never saw any. We then started a mission together and one of them dropped out (comp crashed). When he came back he was still experiencing lag which resulted in him being kicked out again 30min latter with an NetError 7 or something (not sure what the exact error was, didn't seem important at the time.) Since then I have played a few times and never experienced lag.

Currently I am running Win XP sp2, last updated Friday of last week. I have 1GB Ram, Intel 3.0GHz (HT) with 800MHz FSB on the 775 chip, and ATI 9800Pro AIW.
My friend is using a 1.2GHz AMD socket A and an ATI x700

Is anyone lagging with similar specs or has not updated windows since last week? It could be a windows thing too…

Not having the slightest bit of lag problem. But i now laugh at everyone who laughed about the lag problems Europe did have with a big grin on their faces and a self confident "Not our problem european PUNK!".

I've been lagging as well. My computer is pretty much ok for the game, I never experience lag or anything like it. Since the update, as everyone, I've been lagging a lot and even disconnecting from the game. I know it is not my connection because I can still use any other program related to it. Guess all there is to do is wait.

I think some of the lagging issues may have something to do with a "tier one" ISP backbone going down: http://www.betanews.com/article/Leve...ght/1129915712.

I played that night and had horrible lag issues, as well. Next day, it was gone, so I figure the ISP fixed their problem.