Super Slow Zone/Instance Loading Times

[DasianSensation]

Hey All,

Trying to figure out what's going on when loading into the game/getting into different zones. It used to be a ~10 second load time, but now it's upwards of 45 seconds to a minute or more now... It seems pretty sporadic with no direct cause.

I.E. Load into game (La Noscea) it will take 30-45 seconds. Travel to different zone, 30-45 second. Go back to La Noscea and it can take 10-15 seconds or a minute randomly.

Anyone running into this problem and have a solution? It seems to have started about a week or so ago, really does bum me out a bit. :/ I've tried verifying the game cache on steam to no avail.

P.S. I've noticed that sometimes (1/5) restarting Steam seems to somewhere help maybe... not all the time though.

[Judge_Xero]

What is your system specs?

Maybe it was already struggling to play the game and now you are Torrenting or something in the background.

[DasianSensation]

What is your system specs?

Maybe it was already struggling to play the game and now you are Torrenting or something in the background.

I don't think so, it seems to only affect the actual loading into the zone or instance. Once I get in, it's smooth as butter on some relatively high settings (Mor Dhona/Raids/Etc.).

Specs:

GeForce GTX 660
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core
16.00 GB RAM
1 TB HDD (300 GB Free)
Windows 7

[Lemage]

I'd point at internet over system specs for this. if it was a proccessing issue that took "1 minute" to load a zone, it wouldnt run the game very well at all :P
If anything, try connect to a different connection. Eg: Mobile hotspot. See if there's any changes.

[DasianSensation]

I'd point at internet over system specs for this. if it was a proccessing issue that took "1 minute" to load a zone, it wouldnt run the game very well at all :P
If anything, try connect to a different connection. Eg: Mobile hotspot. See if there's any changes.

That's what I was thinking, I don't have a super computer, but it was running fine prior to the previous patch.

I'm currently hooked up via ethernet and running a speed-test I'm getting around ~50Mbps Down, ~7Mbps Upload which is pretty darn quick I think. Again, this hasn't been an issue since about the last patch/2-3 weeks ago.

Also, when I loaded up Mor Dhona yesterday, it took me like ~60 seconds, then each time I would leave to a different zone/go back it would take ~5 seconds. I'll test it today, but maybe it's a caching issue presented in the last patch? Would love to hear something from the techies about this. I can't stand going from one of the first people loading in a zone/instance, to being "that guy" that takes a minute to load in an instance to start the raid/fight for apparently no reason. :/