Constant Lag Spikes

[KV-1]

Lag spikes here, worst during NA prime hours (6pm-11pm EST), but become less noticeable during NA late night/early morning hours. Been having them since early access.

30-35 ms when I ping the server, so I don't know what's going on.

[Sonoran]

Add me to the list, lag spikes last couple days the game is unplayable but everything else Ive tried works fine. My ping is 50ms to the server but lagging all over the place.

[Crypto_Ahash]

I am happy to have found this thread regarding the unexpected lagg in the game client. I can also confirm this problem for the last couple of days.

I am guessing it has to do something with a Windows update from last Tuesday that is messing up our gaming performance?

As last week the performance on my system with final on max settings was smooth as butter. This has changed from one day to another and is now continously

[Replica9]

Been having this issue since the week 2 maintenance

[Noschel]

So, it's not just me. It seems to be getting worse every time they do maintenance. Last night was particularly bad. There weren't even that many people in my zone. Whatever they are tweaking with their servers in there to pack more people in is my guess to be the culprit. It wasn't like this during launch, that was the smoothest it ever was for me if I managed to get in. And at that time everyone was packed into the cities and starting zones zerging every low-level FATE that came out. No lag then whatsoever.

But since that first maintenance I've been experiencing more lag. All my dungeons have been rubber-banding lag fests and not just in prime time either. And now even the world zones are getting so much lag. Playing on my monk there's quite a noticeable delay to all my skills going off and registering. The animation triggers but you don't know if it hit or not since the next skill in the combo doesn't activate right away like it should.

[Wulfgang]

Same here. I never ever had any lag period before the evening on 9/18. Noticed severe rubber-banding in Castrum after 7 PM ET, then in Bahamut's Coil later it became unplayable (1 minute of game frozen followed by everything catching up within 2 seconds). This happened to 3/8 in my coil group and probably ~40% of members across all three coil groups. B Coil is not a high population instance currently, so it's not that. No other issues internet-wise with speed / connectivity. It has happened both nights since digital downloads went back up; during the day it's fine.

[Darken]

I am still experiencing latency spikes on Hyperion. This started Wednesday at approximately 7pm CDT. I am seeing frequent rubber banding of players and NPCs. The lag is at its worst between 8pm-11pm CDT for me. I played all through Beta and early release, but this is the first time I am experiencing this issue. I checked my ISP, and verified my connection is fine. I have check my PC, and I am unable to find anything interfering with the game.

At this point the Primal Hardmodes are unplayable for me. Lag spikes when AoE goes off makes dodging impossible. By the time I see a graphic, I've already been hit.

[Blackmogg]

same here, shiva

[Remilia_Nightfall]

Same - having this issue today as well, especially during Garuda HM.

I am guessing it has to do something with a Windows update from last Tuesday that is messing up our gaming performance?

Do you have any evidence that this might be the cause?

[mythicrose]

Log in restrictions have been relaxed (meaning more people to cause lag in zones). Sales are starting up again. There's also some issues with the data centers themselves. Please read this dev posting for more info.