Guild Wars 2

I’ve had this issue, starting a few months ago – around the time Net Neutrality was repealed by the FFC, leading me to suspect ISP throttling (an issue ANET just can’t solve). You may be experiencing lag thanks to this, as I have. However, I did a lot of digging around and found a possible solution that seems to work.

1. Navigate to your Guild Wars 2 installation folder.
2. Right-click on “GW2.exe” and select “Create Shortcut.”
3. Rename this shortcut to “Guild Wars 2 Port Test.”
4. Right-click on this shortcut and select “Properties.”
5. Edit the “Target” line to include /clientport 80 at the end. Note: Please make sure /clientport 80 is outside of the quotes Correctly Formatted Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.exe” /clientport 80 Incorrectly Formatted Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.exe /clientport 80”
6. Once completed, click “Ok” to save your changes. If you get an error trying to save, your target line may not have the correct format. Please try step 5 again.
7. Double click “Guild Wars 2 Port Test” and try connecting again.

Credit goes to: MadDog.7834

Hope this helps you.

Edit: This won’t fix the type of lag that happens during peak hours. This type of lag is entirely on ArenaNet’s end, and out of the player’s control.