Guild Wars 2

Since the new patch came out, the lag in group events have become so much more laggy. Most of the time the dragons have so much lag that I can’t get above silver for them as the server can’t handle all the people in the zone.

It is definitely not my computer as my specs are far above the minimum requirements and I have the latest drivers installed. Also know that its not my pc since everyone in the zone complains that the game feels like a slideshow and we can’t perform any of our attacks other than our default attacks once every few seconds.

What the heck happened that the group events are so slow now? Not even sure if the dev team is working on fixing the issue or not, but until they do something the group events are unplayable.

I have the same problem during those events.I made a thread about this issue aswell and didn’t get any feedback so I guess it’s something that is being worked on.

Here is how my thread went:

I’m usually at 84 fps with a SamSung i7-3635QM processor gaming laptop and was told by a computer tech who builds pc’s that I was way over the system requirements for this game.So with that said,I’ve noticed that during certain events I lag big time.I noticed the lag during an event that went down in a swamp ( The Godslost Swamp to be exact ).After the event finished no one got anything.This same thing happened during the Shatterer event ( The one with the dragon if I pronounced the event wrong )

Now I figured if it was on my end,such as the video card and cpu speed,things would constantly lag.

For me,I never lag and things run real smooth until one of these events where large numbers of players gather.Could this be a server problem ?

Has this happened to any of you veteran players ? and excuse me if this topic has already been discussed I’m still a noob.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Didn’t get no feedback lol.

i hope you guys do realize, that there’s a huge difference between lags and low framerates

fast&easy method to explain this:

lag – nothing to do with your system specs. caused by connectivity issues, such as your ISP trolling you, too much usage of your broadband connection, other programs connecting to the internet, firewall is trolling you, etc.

low FPS – caused by your hardware being too old, bottlenecking computercomponents, bad game engines, your PC is too busy with other/many programs in the background while playing, etc.

wauwi.9162:

i hope you guys do realize, that there’s a huge difference between lags and low framerates

fast&easy method to explain this:

lag – nothing to do with your system specs. caused by connectivity issues, such as your ISP trolling you, too much usage of your broadband connection, other programs connecting to the internet, firewall is trolling you, etc.

low FPS – caused by your hardware being too old, bottlenecking computercomponents, bad game engines, your PC is too busy with other/many programs in the background while playing, etc.

People are saying this only occurs during certain events like the Shatterer.

For me I run smooth until the event actually begins.I can stand around all the players grouped up and no lag.While waiting on an event to start ( The one in the swamp,not sure of the name I’m still a noob ) we ran around the swamp killing stuff just to pass the time.No lag what so ever.As soon as the event started,Big time lag.Couldn’t that be a server issue ?

I used to play DC Universe and I remember things lagging after an update or patch.It was on their end and they would address it and fix it.

Don’t get me wrong,I’m not complaining,just wondering what’s causing the lag.

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

[…]we ran around the swamp killing stuff just to pass the time.No lag what so ever.As soon as the event started,Big time lag.Couldn’t that be a server issue ?[…]

it could also be a framerate-drop caused by many players using their spells at the same target at the same time…it’s the same deal at WvWvW:
30+ people heading towards the battlefield, killing stuff at the side of the road, 50-60FPS.
but as soon as a bunch of elementalists are starting to cast their AoE-flames everywhere —> 20FPS.

though, if you experiencing delayed skills, fast-forwarding or just unresponsive controls, then it’s rather a lag.

btw, poeple are always complaining about new patches. even if the patchnotes didn’t say anything related to “insert problem here” in any way. they probably just didn’t noticed “insert problem here” before.