Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I’m from the Gate of Madness server and i’m experiencing insane lags and spikes since yesterday.. to be more specific everytime i use skills / buffs it has a 2-3 second delay as a D/D Ele it’s really hard for me to utilize all my skills and can’t play the game with full potential. I’ve asked some players in my server and they told me they dont experience any lag. is it somewhat account specific? cause i know it’s not my Internet. my Latency is just around 5-10ms . and not experiencing the same issue on any other online games. i want to know if there’s something wrong with my client or is it server-side? thanks.. looking forward for your reply.

Update.. Im in the claw of jormag event right now and usually there’s no problem killing it ( well except for the culling) but now. i literally can’t move. and my skills are non-responsive. i hope you can fix this issue . i had missed a day of my daily dungeon / boss/ event routine.

Dear A-net team,

I hope you look at my current issue in game.. i am not enjoying the game anymore because of the lag..it’s been 2 full days now since i experienced this unplayable lag. i hope you fix this soon enough as it’s affecting my daily dungeon and boss raids

Sincerely Yours,
A Very Loyal Hardcore Player.

I’ve been having the same issues with Fort Aspenwood and I’m sure many others have as well. I have Fios 50/25 internet so not on my end.

Still no reply. i hope i can get a reply from 1 of your tech supports / admins. so that i’ll know what im gonna do instead of sitting the whole day in Lion’s Arch doing nothing because of the lag. i really love the game so i would appreciate it if this issue gets fixed. thanks

me too i am getting spikes since yesterday it was fine till the maintenance…

I have tremendous lag after the maintenance. Im from the Philippines btw and alot of my friends from SEA are experiencing the same laggness… Please fix this. Thanks

-Loyal GW2 Player

yep… same here… 2 full days of 2-6 sec. of attack/skill delay… from the philippines too… good to know I am not the only one suffering from the lag issues in the SEA region… I filed a ticket, hoping for your answers soon…

Tech support replied to me saying it’s my ISP. how the hell that it’s my ISP’s fault? We’re not sharing the same ISP and we’re all lagging right?! IF ItS OUR ISP WHERE’s the logic in that -.- someone need to take a further look into what’s going on! not just giving us inaccurate resolutions!

Although its obvious that the problem (in the PH) is between the ISP and GW2. But what happen prior the constant lag 2 days ago? Only the maintenance they did.

BTW, the lag is lessen now in my case unlike last night where i cant even move or get my loots in my farm. The fustrating part is that i accidentally eat my omnom trice because of the lag .

XferUno.9531:

Although its obvious that the problem (in the PH) is between the ISP and GW2. But what happen prior the constant lag 2 days ago? Only the maintenance they did. .

It don’t think it’s between the ISP and GW2. I know your ISP is PLDT. I’m a Filipino too. But I live in the US. My ISP is AT&T and yet I am having the same problems as you guys. Skill delay, NPC delay, loot delay but no problems with movements like forward/backward/sideward/jump/dodge. I really hope they fix this soon. I want to play Guild Wars 2 so bad but with this delay… Just no. Please Anet, respond. Please fix this.

Can you please do something about the constant lag/lagspikes. it always happen during the Morning (PH time). I know its not my ISP since I’m getting good speeds from other games.

Same here, lag spikes since yesterday. Im playing from Japan. I never lag. Just since yesterday. Same symptoms as others. 2-3 skill delays even in PVE.

Its not good but glad to know im not the only experiencing the issue. I have been playing guild wars 2 since its release with a 3 day headstart access. everything was super smooth i spent a lot of time doing WvW and it was fun. All changed after the last maintenance – extreme lag spikes attack and skill delays. i cant even play guild wars 2 anymore. even a simple jormag event i end up teleporting all over the place.

Im from the Philippines and my ISP is PLDT.
all other online games are ok its just guild wars 2

THank you

and to add i experience the problem in every map. lowbie areas and even in remote places where im the only player around.

anet it’s been a week now.. any updates? funny thing is. it’s like they dont exist. even 1 reply for the whole bunch of threads here complaining lag.

Me and a friend of mine are lagging as well. We are from Brazil and our server is Darkhaven.
The game is unplayable. 1, 2 or sometimes 3 seconds of delay for our actions/skills to be activated, for example.
It started 2 days ago and most of the time gets worse during the evening.
I was enjoying so much the game, but now it’s just making me angry all the time.
Do something… please!

ps: my internet and PC specs are higher than the recommended.

Same. Game lags, spikes, all since update. I’m in Malaysia, ISP w/10gb download speed. Don’t think this is caused by isp. Obviously the 26 March update has caused this, since I didn’t have problems prior to it. Server is GoM.

Additional info. So far the lag and spike is present in the following maps. Mount Maelstrom, Bloodtide Coast, Sparkfly Fen, Queensland, Kessex Hills, Wafarer Hills, Snowden Drifts, Caledon Forest, Brisbane Wildlands

Makes the game unplayable for me. 9 characters and none usable.

Getting the same as well I’m in newyork playing on an EU server with buddy’s which used to be fine now its delay heaven in WvW and the PvE areas for my skills and regular attacks but i can move fine also the server is Whiteside Ridge. It would be nice if something can be fixed

Having the exact same issue here now as well. I’m on Fort Aspenwood server (we’re always getting bugs like this, avoid this server) and I’ve done everything possible on my end to correct the problem and it still is there. Everything is fine and dandy until I try to use a skill then I get a 2-3 second delay where the game freezes and then about 2-3 secs later it responds again but freezes/lags again the next time I use a skill. This is making anything involving any use of skills 100% unplayable. And before tech support tries to blame my end here’s what I tried:

Restarted client-no change
Restarted PC-no change
Reset and rebooted router and cable modem-no change
Uninstalled, restarted PC, and installed fresh version of GW2-no change
Updated all drivers 1 at a time testing GW2 before and after each driver update-no change
Monitored CPU temps and load during issue-no change
Monitored RAM temps and load during issue-no change
Monitored GPU temps and load during issue-no change
Installed fresh GW2 on 100% brand new machine which just had Windows 7 installed yesterday and all driver updated-no change
Connected using my neighbors wireless-no change
Connected using my smart phones HotSpot-no change
Monitored network bandwith and traffic with WireShark-no abnormal packets found or spot before, during, or after issue was present
Had Brighthouse test my physical cables and connections-no change

And before Anet blames my ISP I’ve connected with other online games and have had 0 connection issues so it’s not my end and it’s not my ISP, especially seeing as I connected with 3 different ISP’s (Brighthouse, Comcast, and AT&T). The other games I tested that worked 100% fine were EVE, WOW, SWTOR, Diablo 3, DayZ, Borderlands 2, Dead Island, Mass Effect 3, and Assassin’s Creed 3. None of those games gave me any issues at all using the online features so I am 100% sure the issue is not on my end or my ISP’s end.

As you can clearly see I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WITHOUT BREAKING EUA/LUA to track it down on my end and no dice so it must be on the server side. I’ve noticed all the other posts from people about this issue and I see that not a single tech/PR person has commented on the issue so I will go ahead and play something else and maybe come back to GW2 once this issue is actually addressed and fixed. All these comments here and not a single reply from Anet makes me a very sad panda.

EDIT: The issue is not dust and crap in my case, I clean out my case once every week on Sunday so this can not be the issue. I’ve also tried guesting on other servers and I still had the exact same issue, didn’t seem any better or worse.

Having the same issues, terrible lag after the patch, then I disconnect and its pretty much unplayable. Worked great till after the patch. Tried a bunch of trouble shooting but im sure its on their end. Sent in tickets and they are just automated responses that are not helpful in any way….awesome

I play with a friend in the US (I’m in England), he has a serious lag/DC problem, I don’t, so that’s evidence that it’s NOT Anet’s servers.

I’m heartbroken for him, playing is now a huge pain and I admire his perseverance. Personally, I really don’t know where the problem lies, but when he and I are in the same zone (last night it was Snowden) and he lags and I don’t it’s hard for me to blame Anet.

Lag for me is so bad that the game is unplayable. Problem started yesterday, and haven’t been able to play since before then.

Hey, i play on the muguuma server and I experiencing horrible skill lag, to the point that i can’t even play because i have to restart the game every 5 seconds. I don’t think its a hardware problem because i’ve played other games and never had any serious lag till now. I was really looking forward to playing this game and this skill lag is just ruining the experience for me

Lag since patch. Unplayable.
Seafarer’s Rest.

same, do not even want to log in anymore as I am now a burden to people I play with.

Every other program I use via the internet works fine, get your act together Anet

Insane lag since last patch…unplayable atm

I will have to agree with lag experiences. I’m in Northern Shiverpeaks. Is this due to the influx of others from the free server switches?

First issue ever… unplayable lag as of today. Tarnished Coast.

Unplayable.. too much lag!

Barely playable, lot’s of lag especially when I’m in combat. I’m on Kaineng.

Lags … lags everywhere. Unplayable Seafarers Rest EU, chat is working great, game lags heavily. Only lags for me in the evenings till the mornings, for a week now!

Lag since patch. Unplayable.
Gandara.

Also have massive lag since patch.

Last couple days in WvW in late afternoon / evenings cant even play becuase of lag

Yep since the WvW patch (F&F3) been having lag everywhere, dungeons, WvW, sPvP, everything … where previously I did not.

I am at a point where I can no longer run in dungeons because of lag.

I at first thought there was problems with my ISP, which is not the case cause BF3, WoW & Far Cry 3 multiplayer gave me normal performances.

Various tests on my line showed consistence, it is only when I start playing GW2 since recent patch where other players teleport all over the show.

Skill delay is aprox 2-3 seconds.

Not sure if it’s just me or not but lag tonight is exceptionally bad. This is getting ridiculous and is quite unacceptable.

after the kittening patch its become unbearable.. now nothing else lags in game except the most important thing – skill lag! constant lag spasm when i use skills and when engaging enemies.. NOT FUN! OMFG Anet.. can you fix this kitten?

It happens for a week now … no hotfixes or what ?

unplayable in WvWvW for me even with i7 at 3ghz.

Same here, after the patch basically lag 80% of the time -.- my server is Blackgate btw

Gandara lag have had it for near whole week only comes for 2hrs or so but tottlay unplayable, seems to happen aroun 8pm uk time. Have checed ISP it isnt the problem, my computer isn’t the problem, internet connection isn’t the problem, and have asked around and it seems about 40+ other ppl get the same problem at the same time. So i guess this is clearly an Anet problem since it hasn’t appeared since before the last patch. Would be very nice to hear from Anet to get some kind of aknowledgement that they have read that not only me but others aswell suffers from this.

Maguuma here having the same issues. Barely playable. Never had any issues before this, and could run on max settings with no lag whatsoever.

So I’ve noticed the lag in Queensdale and such, but Im assuming this is because of the constant character creation since event. However, a few hours ago I was doing CoF and started getting random lag spikes. I checked my modem logs, my connection, everything and it all checks out. I can only assume the game is getting progressively worse although I seem to be the only one with these problems. It’s gotten so bad that it’s kicking me to character select.

i play only spvp , hot join and tournament and almost every evning is unplayable.. more than 5 second to cast skills..:|

I’ve had skill lag every day since the febr. 25 patch. Never had issues before.

I know it has something to do with the game or connection to game server because I play LoL with no issues. As far as I know, the servers of LoL and GW2 are both in Frankfurt.

Im on the Gandarra server.

Peace

Just started experiencing lag these past few days (on Crystal Desert). I’m guessing part of it is the mass of people running Super Adventure Box, but even in PVE the game’s starting to become slow and unplayable.

Freezing/Skill Delay is unbearable. I started attacking Shatt (dragon in Blazeridge Steppes) when he was at about 50%… for about two seconds everything was fine… then massive skill delay, freezing, things zipping across the screen and after over 45 seconds of not moving… the dragon was dead and the chest was in front of me. This kind of this is happening doing the most mundane tasks in-game… crafting, walking, etc. It’s so bad that it’s frankly unplayable. Please, please, please address this issue.

Got the same lag Problems like everyone here now since the last Patch, tryed every idea i had to fix it and nothing worked my Provider says everything works fine. Everything else works only Gw2 has this endless lags, i enjoy the Game alot but now its impossible to play for me. Hopefully there is a fix soon so i can enjoy the Game again.
Playing from Germany on Sanctum of Rall.