[Stamplicker]

1. Where you are located
Louisville, KY

2. ISP you are using
Insight

3. Server you're on
Doomsayer

4. What you were doing at the time of the spike
can happen anytime it seems usually when just running to the next quest spot

5. Estimate of the time it happened at
...

6. How long does it last
about 5min then I get disconnected and log back on and everything is fine again.

7. Specs of your Computer
8800 Ultra
6700 core2
3gigs of pc6400 xms2 ram
p5nsli mobo

[AndrosHanarak]

Originally Posted by vann77 yes i can confirm that.. when the game is loading a screen it picks a server/instance "more appropiate" for your conection and many cases its not the best choice.. choosing a diferent intance.. (for the people that doesnt know..the orange triangle at the top right fo the screen) helps.. However The are provinces ,places where at REz point you cant choose another instances..there arent any other. (at least not on your same level of dificulty. ) But still you can try {Epic} instead of {normal) ,which is also another instance and its about 5x times more dificult ,but you get about 5xtimes more Experience on every kill and far lower latency since less people are on the instance. So far for two days have been able to play with far better latency.. since much less people play on epic quests. oddly Still you will see spikes at times of 10k but they dont last . and u can quickly "reset" the latency using the teleporting skill to a previous zone and returning to the same place. i know its painfull but it works. lol About the people that VPN it doing the trick.. it looks that your Isp is using a much ea-$-ier route for their network with less bandwidht. As a matter of fact there are ISp's that play tricks with internet conection.. some of their measures are ok but others are questionable. for example they have software that whenever a bitorrent transmission or P2P conection of popular download software is detected they modify the flow of the information in a way that cause a delay on the client ,with the result that you cant download faster than a dialup modem,even if you have 5megabits conection. Yet the people that doesnt know will believe the problem is in the other side ..because they can browse internet and download their game patches very fast. To counter those measures of some ISP , Bitorrents clients like azureus have advance options to encrypt all their conections.. to countermeasure some ISp's (some kind of VPN) and you get your downloads speed again. So i would not be surprised that some ISp "shapeshift" your conection whever they notice something that in their eyes is ilegal or that requires a lot of their bandwidht for too much time like gaming.Dont know why but usually cable companies are the ones that do this.. haven't heard of DSL companies like verizon.. playing tricks with your internet line. i think that a way to know where is the problem in your conection can be easily know by creating a new character and playing all the way to tortola city ,the first 5 levels. If you get lagg and 10k spikes the problem is on your line . If everything is perfect and only laggs where lots of people interact ..then very likely the issue is on the game servers.

This would have been all fine and dandy if people had not reported that while sharing the same line, 2 identical PCs playing AoC, one has the lag spikes/constant lag and the other runs fine with no problems whatsoever. And in one of the posts a guy mentions the 2 computers to be on the same room side by side.

That in itself shows the problem goes deeper than our ISPs.

[larric]

Originally Posted by AndrosHanarak This would have been all fine and dandy if people had not reported that while sharing the same line, 2 identical PCs playing AoC, one has the lag spikes/constant lag and the other runs fine with no problems whatsoever. And in one of the posts a guy mentions the 2 computers to be on the same room side by side. That in itself shows the problem goes deeper than our ISPs.

I agree--I have two housemates: One has extremely frequent lag spikes(about one every 5-10 min, and only during combat), one has not seen a single spike, and I only get the spikes when I group(and even then, only in combat, but it's literally EVERY fight).

We're all on the same wireless router, too. Not going to bother posting specs, because I've seen plenty here already.

[Deputydog857]

This normally begins around 1800 (6pm EST) and lasts ALL night. Every zone, instance or multiplayer.


1. Where you are located - Orlando, Florida

2. ISP you are using - Comcast

3. Server you're on - Wiccana

4. What you were doing at the time of the spike - Fighting, Harvesting, walking, pretty much anything you can do in the game.

5. Estimate of the time it happened at - Spikes from 30ms-10k ms every couple of minutes.

6. How long does it last - Constant, from around 6pm est, then through the whole night.

7. Specs of your Computer - Intel 3.0, 2 gigs DDR, Win XP, GeForce 7800 GS OC.

[Arinara]

Actually managed to play with a group for a bit today...

1. Where you are located
England, UK (my guildies are in the US, so I am too)

2. ISP you are using
PlusNet

3. Server you're on
Cimmeria

4. What you were doing at the time of the spike
Absolutely nothing. Just standing there, waiting for 19:31 BST (British Summer Time, GMT+1) to see if the lag spike happened. I was in the Acheronian Ruins. Normal latency registers at around 100ms.

5. Estimate of the time it happened at
19:31 BST

6. How long does it last
3-5 seconds. This is pretty much liveable, but I imagine in PvP situations it's not so great.

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Additional Report

3. Server you're on
Cimmeria

4. What you were doing at the time of the spike
Returned to City of Tortage, entered the tavern.
Ping almost immediately shot to 3,600ms at the low points and close to 9,000ms at the high points.

5. Estimate of the time it happened at
20:15 BST?

6. How long does it last
Indefinitely. Switching instances failed to resolve, too.


Specs (from a DxDiag...)

--- System info --- Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model: 945PL-S3 BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 2048MB RAM Page File: 701MB used, 3239MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode ... --- Display Devices --- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTS DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0193&SUBSYS_042110DE&REV_A2 Display Memory: 640.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0011.6218 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 6/29/2007 00:43:00, 5690624 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 6/29/2007 00:43:00, 6807328 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-42D3-11CF-246B-2A2403C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x0193 SubSys ID: 0x042110DE Revision ID: 0x00A2 Revision ID: 0x00A2 ...

Connect through a (wired) Netgear DG834v2 ADSL Firewall/Router.
Connect to the router through the onboard port on the motherboard.

That's about all I've got. Nobody make fun of my system

[Kilbane]

1. Where you are located- South Carolina

2. ISP you are using-At&t

3. Server you're on-Wicanna

4. What you were doing at the time of the spike-various(fighting, running, chatting, though chat seems to coninue to work)

5. Estimate of the time it happened at-it has happened many times

6. How long does it last-30 sec to several mins then disconnect (most of the time)

7. Specs of your Computer-AMD x2 6000, 4 gig ram, Vista Ult. 32. 8800 GTX

[Meatwaad]

Originally Posted by XNightfire Heldar PoM Zug Intel 2X 1.8 Nvidia 8400 M GT 2 gig ddr TN Wireless network in house 8 or 9pm to 1am Random spike while fighting mobs

I have the same issue, it's due to Vista + wireless. Vista scans once every 60 seconds (you wont notice unless you're fighitng mobs. In XP you could just turn off WIreless zero config for this, but unfortunatly for vista it's not that easy. There are ways to fix this, however.

[loandaniel]

guys try opening port 6881-6889 tcp and udp
and the 7000-7000 tcp udp


after that i play fine for an our ill do more playing when i arrive from work but i play fine with random 1 sec lag from time to time nothing you cant live without it

[Snowdown]

Location: Chester, Virginia
ISP: Comcast 16mbps
Server: Cimmeria
Doing: Doesn't matter, seems to be random in both when it happens, as well as how long it happens for. Disconnects happen with the reported error message on occasion.

Most recent time this happened was last night 6/04 at 8:58 pm eastern time. It happened to myself, and my wife who was sitting across the room, as well as two guild members who are in different areas of the country, and who were in different zones in the game. All four of us got kicked to the login screen.

PC Specs:

MSI P7N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i
Intel Q6600 2.4ghz quad core processor
GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512HPV1 GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
(4 gig total) CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Windows XP Pro

All with the most up to date drivers.
Router is Linksys WMP54G wireless-g router with latest firmware.

I have two pcs, exact same technical specs (except two different NIC cards)
the PCs do not always have the ping issues at the same time. However sometimes they both do it at the same moment, for the same length of time, etc.

In addition, I have a friend who is also on comcast, in Delaware, on a completely different system spec who had the same issue happen to him, at the same time as we did. I also know that chat still works, in realtime while this "ping" problem is in effect.

[Axles]

1. Where you are located. Fort bragg CA
2. ISP you are using. Comcast
3. Server you're on. Cimmeria
4. What you were doing at the time of the spike. Standing still.
5. Estimate of the time it happened. at daytime.
6. How long does it last. until i timed out and got shot to loading screen
7. Specs of your Computer

AMD athlon x2 dual core 4200+ OC'd to 2.3ghz
3gb DDR2@800
Two EVGA 8600GTS's in SLI
Vista 32bit
650W SLI ready PSU