Reduce Lag and Improve Ping Guide

[Rhas]

I gotta say, after using a few of the steps I have had significant improvement. Both in AoE circles and fighting the wall in AK.

+1

For the record I also used TCPOptimizer (settings to optimal) as well which I have used before but had a much older version of. Thanks for the top on getting the latest version which also includes the registry editor inside it

[SakuraInoue]

1) Instead of confusing people into regedit'ing and possibly breaking shit: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...atencyFix.html

2) No, just no, Your ISP's DNS server should be the fastest. It's usually in your ISP's local network instead of having to go to an internet exchange (which is 99% of the times slower) to reach a 3rd party DNS server. Only use different DNS servers if you suspect your ISP of feeding you crap (read blocking websites).

3) Bullshit, leave managing the registry to windows itself. Any third party tool that thinks it understands it will just cause fuckups.

4) I have a *very* good connection. I have the 0.3 problems yet WTFast ect only increases my lag by 4% (according to it's software). Square Really needs to fix this server issue



5) Stop reading wrong shit

[gintoki88]

stuff

Firstly, THANK YOU! i was trying to find that Leatrix program forever since i reinstalled windows but just couldnt remember the name of it.

Secondly, i would like to point out speed test sites such as you used in your're pic dont mean crap for this game, you need to cmd ping ip the actual severs ip, these can be obtained using such package monitoring tools such as wireshark.

[Mithrie]

1) Instead of confusing people into regedit'ing...

To answer your points:
1) I understand not everyone will get how the registry fixes work, in the video I explained it slowly and clearly. I added the Leatrix link to the description a while ago.
2) After calling my ISP about the DNS the technical support said they prefer using Google Public DNS over their own too. Namebench reported a 187% increase for me.
3) The point about the third party tools I suggested is that they are 100% free and always will be. I would say that spending money on a registry cleaner would be a complete waste.
4) Square Enix did say that in dungeon/raids they will be reducing the 0.3 position checker. For me WTFast improved my latency from 480ms to 260ms, which is a game changer for me.

This video was simply my own experience of how to improve lag as well as make my internet browsing experience better and I was just sharing it in case it might be useful for others.

[Snitchie]

All you need is a VPN tunnel service that cost extra. WTFast for me. (sad sad sad, since no EU servers, but have raged about this in other threads)

You most likely do not need to do any of the OP's tips. Just start subscribing to a VPN tunnel service and pay extra to play the game and ur good.
10 extra bucks a month and I use WTFast. Reg editing etc etc not needed

[Mithrie]

Yeah for lowering ping tunnel services like WTFast is the single greatest increase, though the regedit fix has made the game a lot more responsive for me and many others who have tried it, not just in this game but in others too.

[SirSaber]

-Leatrix helped me out alot
-Used Battleping before Leatrix worked very good too

Thanks for the post too.

[Mithrie]

What sort of results did you get with battleping? I am also curious if anyone can say what sort of results they got from pingzapper when compared with WTFast.

[Delsus]

Then why are they increasing the position check frequency in end game instances for 2.1?

I don't understand people who continue to defend the horrible network performance of this game, even after SE basically admitted to it.

So tell me in your infinite wisdom, how does a service that ONLY changes the route to the servers (Proxy/VPN) suddenly make the game instantly playable, SE has no control over the routes taken.

[Versiroth]

As long as they improve the location detector for end game, it should all work out. Otherwise, Titan Extreme will be an utter nightmare.