Guild Wars 2

with the recent patch everyone noticed that the skill lag got a LOT worse.
probrably due to the number of conditions being applied and the fact that you removed the cap for some stuff, so the server is stressed out and can’t handle the ammount of information being exchanged..
is there any sort of project to improve the game performance?
we are now supposed to pre-order a game expansion and right now, not even the core game is working properly.
it is unplayable during mass events such as garrison attacks in WvWvW or even some teq fights in pve.
whenever a huge ammount of players gather and starting using their chars to the max potential the server fails to handle the information and players start to face 3-8 seconds of skill lag.
8 seconds of skill lag is something really disgusting for a MMO game.
the concept of MMO games is based on MASSIVE ammount of players, and right now players must AVOID any massive encounter if they wanna have a descent time playing your game..cause if they don’t.. they gonna have a terrible timple playing the game.
seriously.. just log in any reset night or any night where 2 of the 3 servers decides to actually go and fight for a garrison with 1/2 of each server manpower..
log and just read the chat..
you gonna see it. NOONE, and i mean noone is gonna have a good time. There will be so many ppl cursing and complaining about server performance that you can not imagine.
those type of fights were supposed to be really enjoyable.. lots of wvw players play the game aiming those moments.. preparing their chars for that fight..and then when they get the chance to go for it the server fails to handle it.
its frustrating to a level that is beyong your imagination…

I remember when this existed in WvW, and the team worked hard to solve the problem. It’s definitely back with a vengeance, and I expect that you are on the money – that this is the result of the condi “de-cap.”

I also agree that it is very frustrating to not be able to fire your skills.

The only solution, when this first existed, was to turn off auto attacks. It seems to help a bit, now, but still frustrating for our keyboards and mice to have to endure us pressing them hard in hopes it might help activate the skills

I have confidence that the problem will be resolved, since ArenaNET players face the same issues we do (that is, the servers are hosted in Texas and the offices in Seattle) I imagine they do feel the same pain and the right people are feeling the pressure from their staff-mates to optimize it.

I get it. I’m patient. But it’s still a pain in the painful spot.

Can’t agree more with OP I just fronted the cash for the ultimate pack and now I’m really kicking myself. I play from australia and have come to expect disconnects at any group event but now the game is just unplayable at any large gathering of players.
I know the subhumans below the equator don’t deserve a server, but you really have to do something.
I could not recommend this game to anyone outside of europe/china or the U.S, half the content is just broken for the rest of us.
And yes Sanctum sprint is still impossible to complete. Crystal aspect skills:great idea, pity the just don’t work from the southern hemishere.
Sorry about the angry tone but I am just so very frustrated that these issues are getting worse NOT better.

Worse part is like the other hundreds of topics about the very same subject, this one gonna have 0 answrr from dev/staff and will be plqced on a sife note so that later can be caeefully placed below the carpet that is the xpack.
The plan is to throw some random stuff in the news to keep us busy and focus our attention on the features and cosmetic side of the xpack. This way many players will pay for the xpack anf when they realize ingame that the game is unplayable.. guess what??
Who cares.. you already purchased the xpack…weeeeee. it is party time…
This makes me sad.
They are busy havi discussions on if dragonhunter is a proper name for ghe class and if glinder skins are cool enough to take the time to answer to serious issues like this.
Just like legendary weapons that are bugged for 1.5 years and has 0 answer from ANET.
I remember when i got temporarly banned from forum for spamming to kitten a topic about legendary weapons bugged.
They took the time to see i was spamming… punished me.. but still didn’t add a single comment about the issue. That is how much they care for us after we pay for the game.
Sorry if i am frustrated.. but that is what happens when you completely ignore your problems and try to fool us with some fancy new features while the core game performace is miles away from the acceptable..

bump for aNET to read it

It doesn’t seem to be confined to just big clashes. Also affecting PvP, PvW, and WvW in less populated instances as well. Results in skills not activating when pressed. Checked my internet and with my provider. Neither seems to be the problem. Have otherwise been getting around 40-60 ping (connection seems fine, just crazy skill lag)

And yet..ANET doesnt even take the time to reply on the subject.
An example to all gaming companies on how to handle customer support:
just avoid the problem and pretrnd it never happened..
100% this will fix it.
YaY

I’ve been experiencing this since the first condition algorithm change months ago. Now with the high cap change on conditions it is unbearable.

I have no video lag. My ping stays normal. Players move fine and the fight is “normal” in animation.

I press a key and it blinks. Then resets. I press it again. It blinks and might actually activate or not. Repeat ad infinitum. I can’t do anything but stand there and auto attack.

I have even gone so far as to lower character limits and armor quality to lowest so I there are only a few players visible around me just to see fi that made a difference and of course it didn’t as it isn’t graphics lag at all.

World boss tours in the evening at reset was fun before all this. Laughing, being trolled, arguing, joking. It was all fun. But now that I can only stand there and watch my auto attack animation (which is heavily delayed too) during a fight and lose my chance at any bonus loot off the bosses that give it, well, I don’t even want to go to them. Frustration is not my idea of a fun time.

I am a pretty consistent buyer in the gem store. I pay for the items knowing that my money goes to the maintenance and development of the game. It’s not an investment. It’s not a “I support Anet” thing either. I buy things in the gem store because I want them.

BUT not being able to enjoy world boss fights anymore due to excessive skill delay caused by server responsiveness (or lack thereof) certainly puts a damper on my drive to further spend money in game.

These are the most basic of functions in the game. Press a key and have the keypress be acknowledged by the server and processed and yet it isn’t working for LOTS of people at world boss fights. Not everyone runs to the forums to report the delays but they exist and people are complaining at fights about it. When WvW was having issues with this a few months ago there was a long thread in which they were trying to find out why. (Devs were involved.)

Too much math for the server CPUs to process in a timely manner resulting in keypresses being ignored? Client gets no response and after a certain duration of waiting resets the ability as if it were never pressed.

That’s my best guess at what is occuring.

Regardless of what it is it’s happening and it’s not fun.

Complaining about mechanics and trait changes and balancing…meh….I will deal with what the devs do with the game as that doesn’t change my ABILITY to play the game.

This does.

Please Anet. A little communication would be nice.

Oh, and just as an aside, as soon as the fight is over my abilities work correctly.

And as yet another aside, I have been on maps where a world boss fight is occuring and being on the opposite side of the map doesn’t shield a player from this. While not as significant, my abilities were having noticeable delays in firing while the event was going on. As soon as it was over and the chest appeared on the map my abilities were fine again. And I was on the other side of the map the entire time. This is definitely server side.

I hadn’t had any problems with lag during world bosses until a few nights ago when I started getting insane lag on Megadestroyer. Then a little earlier tonight I tried to do Megadestroyer after the server reset. At first I could still at least attack but then my skills just started taking forever to activate. I typed in chat that I was getting lag and it popped up right away so it was basically skill lag. I just sat there watching my character stand in the crowd with my skills flashing and not activating. It took a minute for an Ice Bow to spawn from the time I pressed the key. Then by the time I got it I couldn’t even attack with it before it despawned. I ended up not being able to get any medal or loot because I couldn’t freaking do anything. Now I’ve been noticing during other WBs that while I don’t really get as bad of lag as I did with Megadestroyer, sometimes my skills won’t activate as described by TechnoBill. This really needs to be fixed because it’s extremely frustrating and I love doing World Boss tours.

Still exists.

How can I actually play the game when the server cannot/doesn’t respond to my key presses.

There is no game without that basic fundamental ability.

Regardless of all the other issues with traits, balancing, expansion pricing, etc. the basic ability to have the server respond to my keypresses should not be an issue.

And yet it is.

I might have wasted my money on the pre-purchase. Getting really tired of being frustrated with no comment or acknowledgement of the issue.

This is a basic fundamental function of the game. You can’t get anymore basic or core to the game. Press a key get a response.

:-(

Apparently their way of fixing this is to let less ppl play. So theyvhave smaller encounters.
WvWvW just got a reduce on player cap per borderland.
Cause that is the proper way of fixing things..
You just dont improve your server… you lwt it as it is and make changes so that it is impossible for mass events to take place.
I guess next move ia to decrease the player cap on PVE megaservers.
And than ppl wont be able to do WB with guildies or guild missions cause of server cap.
This is so freaking stupid.. this game was supposed to be an MMO bit instead it is turning into a regular multiplayer..
And yet..they just dont talk about the problem..
Why?
1- they dont care. We already purchased the core game.
2- fixing this type of bug would not help sell more xpack copies. At least not as many as adding few fancy stuff and features that hide the problem.
3- new players dont know about the problem yet cause they are not experiencing it since they still didnt play the game.

So.. just deal with it.. for everyone who purchased gw2 to play WvWvW or mass events, sorry to tell you but…you just got kitten same way i did.
It is time to look for a new game!