Guild Wars 2

From the bug forums however the PvP forums are more active so here it goes.

Playing NA. In pvp matches I am getting terrible skill lag. I have time warner cable internet (using wifi in my house because its my only option.) No other games that require internet are giving me problems. My FPS is stable at 60. It’s massive skill lag. When I type /IP into the chat window the current IP Address I am using is
Ip Address (es): 64.25.38.248:0

Does anyone know what the ES means? Is it working off of a server outside of the US? I live in San Diego

I don’t know what the es means. Have you tried pinging that IP and seeing what you get? Or using the resource monitor and checking the latency for that IP?

That IP might even be irrelevant. To check the IP your game client connects to, (other than the resource monitor) you can create a shortcut for GW2, and in the target field add -diag. So it would look like,

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -diag

And then run the client. You’ll get a text file in your Documents/Guild Wars 2 folder where screenshots are saved called “NetworkDiag.” Open this file and under “cligate.101.NCPlatform.net” You can see the list of IPs your client connects to. The 101 number be vary, but control-f “cligate” should be adequate.

To ping for latency, open the command prompt and type ping -t and then the IP address(es).

To use the resource monitor, go to Run and type “resmon.” This opens it up, filter by Gw2.exe and you can see all the network activity, including latency.

I was having these issues recently, my latency spiking from 250-500 ms or higher. I downloaded something called Leatrix Latency Fix (which did nothing, but it might help). I also changed the target field for my Gw2.exe to be

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” /clientport 80

The default port is 6112, and changing to 80 seemed to fix most of my issues.

Honestly I have no clue how to do that. I’m a medical geek not a computer one >.< I know how to open the resource monitor but not sure how to check latency from there.

jportell.2197:

Honestly I have no clue how to do that. I’m a medical geek not a computer one >.< I know how to open the resource monitor but not sure how to check latency from there.

If you have the resource monitor open, navigate to the “Network” tab (listed on the top of the window).

Actually run your GW2 client (making sure to also log in), and after a few moments “Gw2.exe” should appear under the “Processes with Network Activity” tab at the very top of the window. Check Gw2.exe, and it’ll filter only network processes by that program. The Network Activity tab (below the Processes with Network Activity" tab) shows the data you’re sending or receiving. The IP Address with the most activity is likely the most relevant IP you want to pay attention to. Don’t worry if you have more than one with high traffic, just apply everything I say here to all of them.

Under TCP Connections (below Network Activity), find the IP Address with large amounts of network activity (and the IP Address is going to be found below Remote Address, not Local Address). You can see Packet Loss (%) and Latency (ms) here. This is basically your latency in GW2.

Let me know if you have any questions.

The solution I found to my latency was what I said above,

I changed the target field for my Gw2.exe to be
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” /clientport 80

The default port is 6112, and changing to 80 seemed to fix most of my issues. The reason this works is because of ISP and internet protocol nonsense.

The target field can be found by right clicking your Gw2 shortcut and changing the “Target” text field.

Side note, figured out the IP Address (es) thing. You added an extra space. It’s actually IP Address(es), as in, one or multiple Addresses.