Strange lag spikes - Unplayable

Hey I recently re-downloaded PoE. Last time I played it ran fairly well with the exception of a few desync issues from time to time. After reinstalling I'm now able to connect to the Australian server (yay) of which I have a ping of ~33ms.

Once connected however, I have about 10 seconds of butter smooth game play followed by a few seconds of stuttering where my character is uncontrollable. This cycle repeats itself with the times of smoothness and stuttering varying a little - but on the whole it's making the game unplayable. From what I gathered from general chat I understand I am probably experiencing 'lockstep' so I tried both modes. Neither help my situation. Playing without lockstep smooths out gameplay, but its still plainly obvious that im lagging.

Here is a screenshot I took when I experienced a spike.


I experience no such spikes on any other online game I play.

I downloaded WinMTR and ran it for ~1minute. I did notice one server is at 100% loss and not giving a response. Everything else looks fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Computer specs and WinMTR below:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| home.gateway.home.gateway - 0 | 99 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| lo0.lns20.syd4.on.ii.net - 0 | 99 | 99 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 19 |
| xe-11-2-1.cr1.syd4.on.ii.net - 0 | 99 | 99 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 18 |
| ae5.br1.syd4.on.ii.net - 0 | 99 | 99 | 18 | 37 | 280 | 27 |
| ae0.br1.syd7.on.ii.net - 0 | 99 | 99 | 17 | 31 | 106 | 23 |
| No response from host - 100 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ae0.bbr02.nd01.mel02.networklayer.com - 0 | 99 | 99 | 31 | 32 | 40 | 32 |
| ae6.dar01.mel01.networklayer.com - 0 | 99 | 99 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 31 |
| po1.fcr01b.mel01.networklayer.com - 0 | 99 | 99 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 34 |
| speedtest.mel01.softlayer.com - 0 | 99 | 99 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 33 |
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Computer specs:
CPU: i5 4690k
Mobo: Asus maximus VI impact
GPU: GTX980
Ram: 16gb
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Internet connection: Ethernet

I have EXACTLY the same problem on EU servers. It's unplayable =/

I'm going through this right now too. Tried Cali and Texas servers and still getting lag spikes. I'm sure its on my end but I have family over right now So I can't try messing with my internet to much. Hopefully it's something simple. Been hyped for this patch for a while now.

I get these too, very frequent as well.

I get the same exact problem!!

Same here. Sometimes it is extended and causes unexpected disconnection after being stuck for 5-10 sec too

Turning off reverb in sound options removed the issue for me, no idea why

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Rocksteady85 wrote:

Turning off reverb in sound options removed the issue for me, no idea why

Didn't work for me.

This has been happening since I woke up today, but at 3 second intervals, not 10 second intervals. Ping spikes to 1.1k - 1.3k for 2-3 seconds, then smooths for 2-3. Happens with DC/Texas/Cali servers.

No such issues in CS GO, WoW or League of Legends.

Lockstep/Predictive makes no difference. I'll try the reverb thing now.

Edit: turning reverb off seems to have worked, my biggest spike since the post has been ~145

Edit # 2: hours later, its back and as bad as ever

I had something similar happening to me, I disabled vsync in-game and forced a fps cap of 60-65 using RivaTuner. This fixes the FPS/Latency spike while using either Lockstep or Predictive mode for me. Using Lockstep now and everything is great.