Guild Wars 2

The disconnects are not nearly annoying as the server (<— hint, hint) lag. As I have said elsewhere, I have seen this same issue in several other games. After weeks of pointing fingers at players’ video cards, dust bunnies, and ISPs, the developers finally realize they have a real internal issue. The problem then magically disappears after a patch.

Perfect example: My wife is playing her character as I type this. She put on goggles and dived (note that devs) into the water. After swimming ashore, still in undies, she gets chased around by the bad guys for several minutes (still in her undies), and finally gets KIA, at which point she is instantly converted back into her normal attire.

It seems to be a regional issue based on everything I hear in chat and have experienced myself. This isn’t the first game (or second, or third) I’ve played where I have seen this same problem, and when they finally figure out what causes it, they fix it and it magically goes away.

The disconnects and server lag have been around and bad enough for quite some time, but since the patch have become much worse. I would guess the GM’s still dismiss these complaints as bad ISP connections or l2p issues or whatever they want to believe.

The disconnects aren’t nearly as annoying to me as the server lag. Server lag is especially bad in this game due to the “anti-exploit” mode the critters go into, while you still take full damage.