Guild Wars 2

Okay so i’ve had this problem since my first day, but since I was learning the game I never paid much attention to it.

Now that I’m pvping all the time it’s really frustrating, the issue is that sometimes during the week my game begins to lag for no apparent reason whatsoever. Most days it’s fine, i play and enjoy the game, but then there are nights like tonight, where instead of pvping with my guildies like we agreed to i’m forced to write a complain about a game I deeply enjoy.

Can I get an explanation for this? I mean is this normal? Are we forced to endure random moments of sudden lag? (And yes, ive changed my wifi password a dozen times, made sure no one else was using my internet and everything) Even had to stop my wife from using youtube (kitten cooking videos :p) If this is a regular issue shouldn’t it be given more attention?

Anyway I just want some kind of answer for this, thanks.

Sounds like you need to have a talk with your ISP. Although the first step when it comes to lag is to run a trace when it is occurring and see where it is actually happening.

I am not sure how changing wifi passwords is going to help with anything. On the other hand wifi and gaming generally doesn’t mix too well. I am actually using a wireless ISP and live on the wrong side of the ocean in relation to the server I play on so my ping is never better than 100+ but I’ve never really had lag issues EXCEPT when my ISP is being crappy like it was a few hours ago.

Because you play it over the INTERNET !!!

Its like asking : why is there a traffic jam on a road sometimes and sometimes not.

Wifi is never a good thing to use when gaming… high latency and ping spikes. Especially if it happens when your wife is using youtube, then its obviously your network. There is little Anet can do help that.

Then of course there is lag in the game that is pretty much unexplained, especially in WvW where ping can go from 50 to 1500 for no apparent reason.

Khisanth.2948:

Although the first step when it comes to lag is to run a trace when it is occurring and see where it is actually happening.

Yeah. The problem might be with you, or your ISP, or any of the potentially dozens of hops in between, or ANet’s servers’ ISP.

Of which, only one of the above applies to ANet.