Guild Wars 2

Ever since this map came out there has been immense server lag in there, but now it’s getting worse to a point we just can’t play anymore because there is a DC every 5 seconds. I tried guesting but it doesn’t matter, the server lag is always there and everyone on the map is experiencing it.
Are you guys working on it and is there any sight on a fix? I don’t need a date, just a comment that Anet is aware of it and trying their hardest to fix it should do. I know you guys don’t like to set us up for disappointment. Thanks.

I can second that report. Only starting this morning (got on at 8:00 EST) for the first time several of our players, local and remote, have been having massive lags and some drops.
This has been only Dry Top. It’s bad enough to be unplayable at times.

Yes, getting the same thing here as well as other people in the map. It’s unplayable, and only occurs in Dry Top.

No lags on my end.
Europe here, so I’m not even sitting in a convenient spot for a stable connection to the servers.
Therefore the lags can not be server-sided, else everybody would experience them.

Disconnects also can happen when a system hardly underperforms with the heavy load (say, too many objects or player on the screen), takes a couple of seconds to initially load all textures and therefore looses synchronization with the server since it does not respond properly to the network anymore.
To fix these issues minimize your graphical settings, close any application that eats gpu- or cpu-time in the background, and make sure that your bandwidth is not being eaten up by programs like your browser, steam and/or a download-manager.

If that still does not fix your problem I’d recommend a hardware-upgrade.
Again, this is not a server-side lag, else the map wouldn’t be filled to map-cap with people having a stable connection and performance on it.

Arantheal.7396:

No lags on my end.
Europe here, so I’m not even sitting in a convenient spot for a stable connection to the servers.
Therefore the lags can not be server-sided, else everybody would experience them.

Disconnects also can happen when a system hardly underperforms with the heavy load (say, too many objects or player on the screen), takes a couple of seconds to initially load all textures and therefore looses synchronization with the server since it does not respond properly to the network anymore.
To fix these issues minimize your graphical settings, close any application that eats gpu- or cpu-time in the background, and make sure that your bandwidth is not being eaten up by programs like your browser, steam and/or a download-manager.

If that still does not fix your problem I’d recommend a hardware-upgrade.
Again, this is not a server-side lag, else the map wouldn’t be filled to map-cap with people having a stable connection and performance on it.

If you actually go to Dry Top, you’ll see there are non-stop complaints about bad lag. Those complaining compared notes, and found we’re from all over the world, have different providers, and are specifically suffering lag in THIS zone. Many specifically mention they turned their graphics settings down.

Really, the chance of all of us suddenly having bad hardware/settings is far less likely than there being a bottleneck in the connectivity, either at the servers themselves or at ANet’s provider.

Only started this morning. Map has been really smooth until a few hours ago (impressively so with the sandstorm mechanic).

It is specific to Dry Top and it does seem to be affecting everyone that I can see.

Can confirm that lag issues in Dry Top started this morning. Specifically ability lag between pressing the button and the action being performed – can take 5 seconds or longer.

Edit: It’s not just combat, gathering or picking up loot or even selecting a different tab on a vendor takes a really long time.

There used to be a server lag a couple times per hour and only in Dry Top. I am sure many people did not notice it because of the low frequency. Like everyone said, at this point it’s unplayable.

Arantheal.7396:

No lags on my end.
Europe here, so I’m not even sitting in a convenient spot for a stable connection to the servers.
Therefore the lags can not be server-sided, else everybody would experience them.

Disconnects also can happen when a system hardly underperforms with the heavy load (say, too many objects or player on the screen), takes a couple of seconds to initially load all textures and therefore looses synchronization with the server since it does not respond properly to the network anymore.
To fix these issues minimize your graphical settings, close any application that eats gpu- or cpu-time in the background, and make sure that your bandwidth is not being eaten up by programs like your browser, steam and/or a download-manager.

If that still does not fix your problem I’d recommend a hardware-upgrade.
Again, this is not a server-side lag, else the map wouldn’t be filled to map-cap with people having a stable connection and performance on it.

Wow, thx for the advice.