Guild Wars 2

Hello guys, my speedtest.net results give me 8ms ping and in other games my avarage ping is 40-60. Why in gw2 i get 140-160 avg ping?

quote from a dev about ping (it might explain a few things)

BTW, the ping number we show in the client on the options screen is probably different than you see in other games. We should name it something different. Traditionally the ping time is the time it takes for a packet to get to a server and back. In our case, it is the time to get to the server, get processed by the game map you are in, and then sent back. So our misnamed “ping” is much more variable than most ping numbers because it includes game processing time.

If you are going by the ‘Ping’ shown in the Options window, that includes processing time.

If you are using a different ‘ping’ program to collect the results, you can contact the Tech CS Team for assistance via the ‘Support’ link above/below.

Good luck.

thank you for the answers. My question now is why my ping is higher than the avarage? i know now that “ping” includes also processing time but still i feel like i have some micro delay and my net is kinda good. Does it refers to something else other that the connection? Even so, i got a good enough pc for this game (i5 2500K @4.2, HD6950 1gb, 8gb ram, ssd).

Brando.3891:

thank you for the answers. My question now is why my ping is higher than the avarage? i know now that “ping” includes also processing time but still i feel like i have some micro delay and my net is kinda good. Does it refers to something else other that the connection? Even so, i got a good enough pc for this game (i5 2500K @4.2, HD6950 1gb, 8gb ram, ssd).

You can, if you so desire, contact the Tech CS Team via the ‘Support’ link above/below and ‘Submit a Request’ for assistance.

Good luck.