I'm elated, but somewhat dismayed to see people having the same issue I am. I'm also in the Northern Virgina area with Verizon FIOS (50/25). The issue seems more severe with any Duty Finder instance. At times, the action on my screen pauses for 20+ seconds! This started on 8/25 or 8/26, but in phase 4 beta everything was smooth as silk.

Playing a healer is pretty much out of the question, and a tank is not much better. Even my damage output as DD is greatly diminished because I'll be hitting mobs that are still alive on my screen that have long since been dead. This is the only game I have issues with. All other online games run great.

I love this game, but the lag is killing it for me because I can't be a reliable player for anything! Knowing Verizon, they won't do jack about it so it's up to SE. That doesn't exactly make me feel great. All we can do is continue to raise awareness on the issue.