Increase in ping and lag

[SoloD007]

tracert output?

C:\Users\OEM>tracert 153.254.80.103

Tracing route to 153.254.80.103 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.xxx.xx.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 4 ms 3 ms 3 ms 134.159.174.38
4 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 134.159.174.37
5 5 ms 4 ms 7 ms i-93.tauc-core02.telstraglobal.net [202.84.227.53]
6 131 ms 131 ms 130 ms i-10520.tlot-core02.telstraglobal.net [202.84.138.82]
7 132 ms 130 ms 131 ms i-10520.tlot-core02.telstraglobal.net [202.84.138.82]
8 128 ms 132 ms 130 ms i-91.tlot02.telstraglobal.net [202.40.149.177]
9 * 129 ms * lax-b22-link.ip.twelve99.net [62.115.162.134]
10 145 ms 143 ms 148 ms ntt-ic-326358.ip.twelve99-cust.net [213.248.103.171]
11 144 ms 143 ms 143 ms ae-3.r26.lsanca07.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.130]
12 153 ms 168 ms 154 ms ae-5.r20.sydnau05.au.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.53]
13 152 ms 151 ms 151 ms ae-3.a00.sydnau06.au.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.28]
14 153 ms 151 ms 151 ms 199.245.24.25
15 153 ms 151 ms 151 ms 202.68.69.101
16 152 ms 151 ms 151 ms 153.254.80.103

Due to security and privacy reasons. The first IP address is partially redacted but all other relevant information is there.

P.S By the looks of it. It routes from my country ISP to HK to Square-enix JP and then to US and then to EU and then back to US and then it finally travels to AUS where the data center is. So it's traveling around the world (all the other data center location) just to sent a packet of data to a place where it should be right next to it lol.